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Seven Worlds One Planet

★ 9.3 7K votes 2019–2020 1 season · 8 episodes Ended BBC One
Nature & scienceThe natural world or science itself as the subject.This show: 10/10Wonder & aweSpectacle and imagination that expand the world.This show: 10/10Visually strikingComposition and imagery worth pausing for.This show: 10/10Big-budget spectacleBlockbuster-scale production values.This show: 9/10DocuseriesNonfiction storytelling across episodes.This show: 8/10Family-safeNothing to worry about with anyone in the room.This show: 8/10AtmosphericMood and place thick enough to touch.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Peter DrostGoetz Bielefeldt
Starring
Peter DrostGoetz Bielefeldt
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"Earth's continents rendered as character studies"

A continent-by-continent nature documentary exploring how geography and climate have shaped wildly different animal life on each of Earth's seven continents. Expect sweeping aerial shots, intimate close-up footage of rarely filmed creatures, and a stately, awe-driven pace built around David Attenborough's narration. It's less about narrative tension than immersion: long silences, sudden bursts of drama in the wild, and a persistent undercurrent about environmental fragility. Feels contemplative and visually staggering rather than fast-paced, best watched in chunks to absorb the scale of what's being shown.

Watch it for

the continent-by-continent structure reveals how geography shapes evolution in genuinely surprising ways.

Maybe skip if

you want fast-paced storytelling rather than slow, observational nature footage.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12019
9.04K87h 49m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Antarctica9.1
72159 min
▶2Asia9.1
62459 min
▶3South America9.1
57258 min
▶4Australia8.9
54060 min
▶5Europe8.6
49258 min
▶6North America8.9
45758 min
▶7Africa9.1
45058 min
▶8Continents of Wonder8.8
1759 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

David Attenborough Self - Presenter
Peter Drost Narrator: The Netherlands
Goetz Bielefeldt Narrator Germany
Bertie Gregory Self - Camera Operator
Chadden Hunter Self - Producer
Justine Evans Self - Camera Operator
Mark MacEwen Self - Camera Operator, Self - Cameraman
John Shier Self - Camera Operator
Daniel Hunter Self - Camera Operator
Joanna Haley Self

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