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A documentary series on the wildlife found on Earth. Each episode covers a different habitat: deserts, mountains, deep oceans, shallow seas, forests, caves, polar regions, fresh water, plains and jungles. Narrated by David Attenborough.
Where to Watch Planet Earth • Specials
12 Episodes
- The Future: Saving Species
A12The Future: Saving SpeciesMany of the animals featured in the Planet Earth series are endangered so do we face an extinction crisis? Saving Species asks the experts if there really is a problem, looks at the reasons behind the declining numbers of particular animals and questions how we choose which species we want to conserve. - The Future: Into the Wilderness
A13The Future: Into the WildernessPollution, climate change and a growing human population are all putting pressure on Earth's wildernesses including the Bialowieza forest, the Gobi Desert and the Arctic tundra. So how much of the planet is still wilderness? And why should we care? Into the Wilderness explores why these uninhabited expanses are important for our survival as well as that of all creatures on the planet. - The Future: Living Together
A14The Future: Living TogetherThis history of conservation throws up some interesting ideas as we look to the future of an ever more populated planet. How can conservation fit into this new world driven by economics and development? Living Together looks at the challenges facing conservation in the 21st century and looks at the role of religion in piloting a moral and ethical approach to the world we live in. - Woestijnleeuwen
A17WoestijnleeuwenOorspronkelijk uitgezonden onder BBC Natural World Collection. Vele jaren geleden gedijden leeuwen in de woestijnen van de Skeleton Coast van Namibië, totdat ze door de mens werden uitgeroeid. Zes jaar geleden ontdekte de non-conformistische bioloog Flip Stander een kleine overgebleven populatie levend en wel in nabijgelegen bergen, en begon ze te bestuderen. Hun aantal is gegroeid en ze keren nu in steeds grotere aantallen terug naar de woestijn. Maar als deze leeuwen hier blijven rondzwerven, zal Flip de lokale bevolking moeten overtuigen dat deze leeuwen levend meer waard zijn dan dood. - Great Planet Earth Moments
A19Great Planet Earth MomentsThe Planet Earth team reveal their most memorable moments from the making of the series. We'll discover their high points, and their not so high points. And they'll tell us which sequences they consider to be their great Planet Earth moments. From the - Secrets of the Maya Underworld
A20Secrets of the Maya UnderworldThe freshwater pools that dot Mexico's Yucatan peninsula were believed by the Mayans to be portals to the underworld. For the first time ever, the BBC Natural History Unit explores this incredible, labyrinthine system of underground rivers.
