Miniseries · Netflix
Life on Our Planet
The battle for survival.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Life on Our Planet actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Life on Our Planet reads strongest on Bingeability, Character Depth and Emotional Weight.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The story
What it's about
Life's extraordinary journey to conquer, adapt and survive on Earth across billions of years comes alive in this groundbreaking nature docuseries.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E03
Chapter 3: Invaders of the Land
Sprawling moss, towering trees, flying insects, limbed amphibians: Early species vied for domination as the land went from hostile to hospitable.
- Directed by Sophie Lanfear
- Written by Sophie Lanfear
S01E02
Chapter 2: The First Frontier
For billions of years, land on Earth was uninhabitable. But in the seas, predation allowed species to thrive before — and after — two mass extinctions.
- Directed by Gisle Sverdrup
- Written by Dan Tapster
S01E01
Chapter 1: The Rules of Life
Evolution. Competition. Mass extinction. Three fundamental rules have driven the rise and fall of life on Earth for over four billion years.
- Directed by Adam Chapman
- Written by Adam Chapman
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E01
Chapter 1: The Rules of Life
- Directed by Adam Chapman
- Written by Adam Chapman
S01E02
Chapter 2: The First Frontier
- Directed by Gisle Sverdrup
- Written by Dan Tapster
S01E03
Chapter 3: Invaders of the Land
- Directed by Sophie Lanfear
- Written by Sophie Lanfear
S01E04
Chapter 4: In Cold Blood
- Directed by Barny Revill
- Written by Barny Revill
S01E05
Chapter 5: In the Shadow of Giants
- Directed by Barny Revill
- Written by Barny Revill
S01E06
Chapter 6: Out of the Ashes
- Directed by Nick Shoolingin-Jordan
- Written by Nick Shoolingin-Jordan
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Alastair Fothergill
Executive producer
Keith Scholey
Executive producer
Justin Falvey
Executive producer
Darryl Frank
Executive producer
Steven Spielberg
Executive producer
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Sophie Lanfear
Writer
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Adam Chapman
Writer
Nick Shoolingin-Jordan
Writer
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Barny Revill
Writer
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Dan Tapster
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Sophie LanfearProducer
- Adam ChapmanProducer
- Alastair FothergillExecutive Producer
- Alastair FothergillProducer
- Gisle SverdrupProducer
- Nick Shoolingin-JordanProducer
Writing
- Sophie LanfearWriter
- Adam ChapmanWriter
- Nick Shoolingin-JordanWriter
- Barny RevillWriter
- Dan TapsterWriter
Direction
- Sophie LanfearDirector
- Adam ChapmanDirector
- Gisle SverdrupDirector
- Nick Shoolingin-JordanDirector
- Barny RevillDirector
Cinematography
- Didier NoirotDirector of Photography
- Aaron ColussiDirector of Photography
- John AitchisonDirector of Photography
- Rod ClarkeDirector of Photography
- Benjamin HardmanDirector of Photography
- Alex VailDirector of Photography
Music
- Lorne BalfeOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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