Miniseries · BBC One
Planet Earth
Prepare to see it as never before.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Planet Earth actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Planet Earth 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
David Attenborough celebrates the amazing variety of the natural world in this epic documentary series, filmed over four years across 64 different countries.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
From Pole to Pole
A global tour examining the behaviors of animals and revealing the effects of climate change on their environments.
- Written by Alastair Fothergill, David Attenborough
S01E09
Shallow Seas
A look at the shallow seas of the earth, from coral reefs to kelp forests and beyond.
- Directed by Alastair Fothergill
S01E04
Caves
Although often overlooked, caves are remarkable habitats with bizarre wildlife. Explore the structures created inside the earth as well as the adaptations animals have made to thrive in these environments.
- Directed by Alastair Fothergill
- Written by David Attenborough
S01E11
Ocean Deep
An exploration of the deepest, darkest realms of the ocean, spanning countless species to a depth of 2,000 meters.
- Directed by Alastair Fothergill
S01E03
Fresh Water
Although merely 3% of water on earth, fresh water plays an important part in the planet's weather and erosion. It is immensely important for all non-marine wildlife, which drinks fresh water and swims, procreates, hunts in it. Its concentrations, such as rivers, lakes and swamps, abound in aquatic and other species, often adapted to 'wet' life.
- Directed by Alastair Fothergill
- Written by David Attenborough
S01E08
Jungles
Jungles cover roughly three percent of our planet yet contain fifty percent of the world's species. Experience the countless flora and fauna that inhabit these unique areas.
- Directed by Alastair Fothergill
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
- Mike GuntonExecutive Producer
- Alastair FothergillExecutive Producer
- Alastair FothergillProducer
- Tom Hugh-JonesExecutive Producer
- Mark LinfieldProducer
- Maureen LemireExecutive Producer
Writing
- Alastair FothergillWriter
- Vanessa BerlowitzWriter
- Gary ParkerWriter
- David AttenboroughWriter
Direction
- Alastair FothergillDirector
Cinematography
- Richard BurtonDirector of Photography
Music
- George FentonOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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