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Human Planet

★ 9.0 34K votes 2011–2011 1 seasons · 8 episodes Ended BBC One
Nature & scienceThe natural world or science itself as the subject.This show: 10/10Visually strikingComposition and imagery worth pausing for.This show: 10/10Wonder & aweSpectacle and imagination that expand the world.This show: 9/10DocuseriesNonfiction storytelling across episodes.This show: 9/10Big-budget spectacleBlockbuster-scale production values.This show: 8/10SurvivalStaying alive against nature, scarcity or pursuit.This show: 8/10AtmosphericMood and place thick enough to touch.This show: 7/10Family-safeNothing to worry about with anyone in the room.This show: 7/10
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Starring
John Hurt
Starring
John Hurt
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"Nature documentary filmmaking turned toward humanity itself"

Human Planet spends eight episodes showing how people survive and thrive in the planet's most extreme environments, from deserts and jungles to open ocean and frozen tundra. It's a companion piece to nature documentaries but flips the lens onto humans as the adaptable, resourceful species. The pace is calm and observational, letting stunning cinematography and quiet narration do the work rather than manufactured drama. Each episode focuses on a different terrain and the ingenious ways communities have learned to live there. It's the kind of show you put on to feel awe and perspective rather than tension or plot.

Watch it for

the jaw-dropping footage of human ingenuity surviving in the world's harshest landscapes.

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you want narrative arcs or character-driven storytelling rather than pure observation.

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All Seasons

Season 12011
8.54K87h 1m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
1Oceans: Into the Blue8.6
56052 min
2Deserts: Life in the Furnace8.4
47752 min
3Arctic: Life in the Deep Freeze8.7
47151 min
4Jungles: People of the Trees8.7
46860 min
5Mountains: Life in Thin Air8.5
41852 min
6Grasslands: The Roots of Power8.4
40551 min
7Rivers: Friend and Foe8.5
40052 min
8Cities: Surviving the Urban Jungle8.1
40051 min

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Cast

John Hurt Narrator
Roger Munns Self

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