Planet Earth

Planet Earth is a 2006 British television series produced by the BBC Natural History Unit. It took five years to create and was the most expensive nature documentary series ever commissioned by the BBC, as well as the first to be filmed in high definition. The series won several awards, including four Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award and a Royal Television Society Award.

“Planet Earth” premiered on March 5, 2006 in the United Kingdom on BBC One, and by June 2007 it had been shown in 130 countries. The original version was voiced by David Attenborough, while some international versions used alternate narrators.

The series consists of eleven episodes, each presenting a global overview of a different biome or habitat on Earth. At the end of each fifty-minute episode, a ten-minute short film recounts the problems of filming the series from behind the scenes.

Ten years later the BBC announced a six-part sequel called Planet Earth II, the first television series produced by the BBC in super high definition (4K). David Attenborough returns as narrator and host. A second sequel, Planet Earth III, has now been announced and is scheduled to air in 2022.