Human Planet

Human Planet

Natural born survivors.

Ended First aired 13/Jan/2011 United Kingdom English 2 season(s) 19 episode(s)
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A cinematic experience bringing you the most amazing human stories in the world. Humans and wildlife surviving in the most extreme environments on Earth.
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Season 1 · Season 1
8 episode(s) · Air date: 13/Jan/2011
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S1E8
Cities: Surviving the Urban Jungle
Air date: 03/Mar/2011 · Time: 20:00 · Runtime: 48 min
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A look at the man-made environment: the city. Over half of the world's population now lives in the urban jungle. The city is built to keep untamed nature out - but nature can't be pushed away. From bed bugs sucking blood at night to rats in our restaurants, many animals have adapted to a life in man's creation.

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A look at the man-made environment: the city. Over half of the world's population now lives in the urban jungle. The city is built to keep untamed nature out - but nature can't be pushed away. From bed bugs sucking blood at night to rats in our restaurants, many animals have adapted to a life in man's creation.

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S1E7
Rivers: Friend and Foe
Air date: 24/Feb/2011 · Time: 20:00 · Runtime: 49 min
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Rivers provide the essentials of life: fresh food and fresh water. They act as natural highways and enable humans to live in just about every environment on Earth. Rivers are not to be taken for granted, however, as they freeze, flood, and sometimes dry up - disappearing entirely!

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Rivers provide the essentials of life: fresh food and fresh water. They act as natural highways and enable humans to live in just about every environment on Earth. Rivers are not to be taken for granted, however, as they freeze, flood, and sometimes dry up - disappearing entirely!

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S1E6
Grasslands: Roots of Power
Air date: 17/Feb/2011 · Time: 20:00 · Runtime: 48 min
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Grasslands feed the world. Over thousands of years, humans have learned to grow grains on the grasslands and domesticate the creatures that live there, propelling our population to almost seven billion people in the process.

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Grasslands feed the world. Over thousands of years, humans have learned to grow grains on the grasslands and domesticate the creatures that live there, propelling our population to almost seven billion people in the process.

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Mountains: Life in Thin Air
Air date: 10/Feb/2011 · Time: 20:00 · Runtime: 49 min
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From lush cloud forests to bare summits, many people make their homes in the extreme altitudes of the world's mountain ranges. Explore the extraordinary ways life is sustained in this world of thin air and few resources.

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From lush cloud forests to bare summits, many people make their homes in the extreme altitudes of the world's mountain ranges. Explore the extraordinary ways life is sustained in this world of thin air and few resources.

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Jungles: People of the Trees
Air date: 03/Feb/2011 · Time: 20:00 · Runtime: 49 min
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The rainforest is home to more species of plants and animals than any other habitat on the planet. For the humans who call this environment home, life requires skill, ingenuity, and sheer bravery.

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The rainforest is home to more species of plants and animals than any other habitat on the planet. For the humans who call this environment home, life requires skill, ingenuity, and sheer bravery.

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Arctic: Life in the Deep Freeze
Air date: 27/Jan/2011 · Time: 20:00 · Runtime: 49 min
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Welcome to the Arctic: months of darkness, frigid temperatures, little food to be found or grown. Despite this, four million people live their lives in this environment. Meet them and witness their remarkable tales of survival in the world's harshest climate.

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Welcome to the Arctic: months of darkness, frigid temperatures, little food to be found or grown. Despite this, four million people live their lives in this environment. Meet them and witness their remarkable tales of survival in the world's harshest climate.

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Deserts: Life in the Furnace
Air date: 20/Jan/2011 · Time: 20:00 · Runtime: 49 min
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While man can survive for weeks without food, he can survive mere days without water. Despite this, millions of people live in parched desert environments around the world. Discover the enormous challenges presented to man in the driest corners of the earth, and marvel at the ingenious solutions he has come up with to make life sustainable.

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While man can survive for weeks without food, he can survive mere days without water. Despite this, millions of people live in parched desert environments around the world. Discover the enormous challenges presented to man in the driest corners of the earth, and marvel at the ingenious solutions he has come up with to make life sustainable.

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Oceans: Into the Blue
Air date: 13/Jan/2011 · Time: 20:00 · Runtime: 49 min
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As an air-breathing animal, man is ill-suited to living in watery environments. Nonetheless, people in certain cultures have found ways to live an almost aquatic life in order to exploit the vast riches of the sea.

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As an air-breathing animal, man is ill-suited to living in watery environments. Nonetheless, people in certain cultures have found ways to live an almost aquatic life in order to exploit the vast riches of the sea.

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Season 0 · Specials
11 episode(s) · Air date: 13/Jan/2011
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Best of Human Planet
Air date: 10/Mar/2011 · Time: 20:00
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A 'best of' episode airing on the American Discovery Channel. Humans living in every corner of the earth have found ingenious ways to survive - whether it's stealing a wildebeest haunch from a pride of hungry lions, teaching an eagle to hunt foxes or building a tree house ten stories above the ground.

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A 'best of' episode airing on the American Discovery Channel. Humans living in every corner of the earth have found ingenious ways to survive - whether it's stealing a wildebeest haunch from a pride of hungry lions, teaching an eagle to hunt foxes or building a tree house ten stories above the ground.

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