Life on Earth
Life on Earth Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 8.6 |
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About
"The blueprint every nature documentary since has copied"
David Attenborough's landmark survey of the animal kingdom, tracing life from single-celled organisms to mammals across thirteen episodes, each built around a major branch of evolution. It moves at an unhurried, almost lecture-like pace, with Attenborough traveling the globe to show behavior rarely filmed before. The tone is calm, curious, and reverent rather than thrilling, carried entirely by his narration and the novelty of the footage. It feels more like a beautifully illustrated textbook than modern nature TV, but its patience and clarity are exactly the point.
the sight of a young Attenborough inventing the modern nature documentary format on the fly.
you expect fast editing, dramatic music swells, or CGI-era visual polish.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | The Infinite Variety | 8.7 | 125 | 55 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Building Bodies | 8.5 | 100 | 55 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | The First Forests | 8.8 | 94 | 55 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | The Swarming Hordes | 8.6 | 94 | 55 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | The Conquest of the Waters | 8.6 | 89 | 55 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | Invasion of the Land | 8.9 | 85 | 55 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | Victors of the Dry Land | 8.7 | 86 | 55 min | |
| ▶ | 8 | Lords of the Air | 8.7 | 86 | 55 min | |
| ▶ | 9 | The Rise of the Mammals | 8.8 | 87 | 55 min | |
| ▶ | 10 | Theme and Variations | 9.0 | 80 | 55 min | |
| ▶ | 11 | The Hunters and Hunted | 8.8 | 84 | 55 min | |
| ▶ | 12 | Life in the Trees | 8.9 | 89 | 55 min | |
| ▶ | 13 | The Compulsive Communicators | 8.6 | 83 | 55 min |