Introduction
From the team behind the multi-award-winning The Blue Planet comes an epic series celebrating the Earth as never before. It’s the definitive look at the diversity of our planet – an emotional as well as an intellectual journey…
We live on a planet of stunning natural beauty. From the towering peaks of Nepal, the lush green of the Amazon, from the dry-sculpted crescents of the Sahara to glistening polar icecaps, our world is truly spectacular. Using high definition film and with a production budget of unprecedented proportions, no part of our planet is left unexplored. Through stunning time-lapse sequences, witness the evolution of environments over thousands of years. CGI is used sparingly, and to breathtaking effect, to take viewers where a camera cannot venture – down an erupting volcano and into the Earth’s core.
PLANET EARTH's premiere episode, "Pole to Pole," ties the series together with a fresh understanding of how life in every nook and cranny of the globe is connected -- from the highest mountains and darkest caves; shallowest water and deepest oceans; ice-covered lands and great plains; untamed jungles and giant forests; to freshwater and the harshest deserts. The sunward tilt of Earth's orbit dictates all our lives, creating the seasons that trigger one of the greatest spectacles in the world -- the mass migration of animals. It's a unique view of the majesty of our planet and the amazing creatures that live here.
