Documentary series · Netflix
Night on Earth
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Night on Earth actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Night on Earth reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
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 much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The story
What it's about
This nature series’ new technology lifts night’s veil to reveal the hidden lives of the world’s creatures, from lions on the hunt to bats on the wing.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E01
Moonlit Plains
S01E02
Frozen Nights
S01E03
Jungle Nights
S01E04
Dark Seas
S01E05
Sleepless Cities
S01E06
Dusk Till Dawn
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Nick Smith-BakerProducer
- Martha HolmesExecutive Producer
- Alex MintonProducer
- Tom Hugh-JonesExecutive Producer
- Ingrid KvaleProducer
- Hannah HoareProducer
Direction
- Alex MintonDirector
- Ingrid KvaleDirector
- Hannah HoareDirector
- Peter FisonDirector
- Mateo WillisDirector
- Bill MarkhamDirector
Cinematography
- Didier NoirotDirector of Photography
- Justine EvansDirector of Photography
- Ian LlewellynDirector of Photography
- Peter CaylessDirector of Photography
- Richard JonesDirector of Photography
- Jamie McPhersonDirector of Photography
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- NetflixStreaming
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