Human Planet
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Following in the footsteps of Planet Earth and Life, this epic eight-part blockbuster is a breathtaking celebration of the amazing, complex, profound and sometimes challenging relationship between humankind and nature. Humans are the ultimate animals – the most successful species on the planet. From the frozen Arctic to steamy rainforests, from tiny islands in vast oceans to parched deserts, people have found remarkable ways to adapt and survive in the harshest environments imaginable. We've done this by harnessing our immense courage and ingenuity; learning to live with and utilise the other creatures that share these wild places. Human Planet weaves together eighty inspiring stories, many never told before on television, set to a globally influenced soundtrack by award-winning composer Nitin Sawhney.
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Season01
- S01E01
Oceans - Into the BlueJanuary 13, 2011—As an air-breathing animal, the human is not built to survive in water. But people have found ways to live an almost aquatic life so they ca - S01E02
Deserts - Life in the FurnaceJanuary 20, 2011—We can survive for weeks without food, but only days without water: it is the essential element of life. Yet many millions of us live in par - S01E03
Arctic - Life in the Deep FreezeJanuary 27, 2011—The Arctic is the harshest environment on Earth - little food grows, it's dark for months on end and temperatures stay well below freezing f - S01E04
Jungles - People of the TreesFebruary 3, 2011—The rainforest is home to more species of plants and animals than any other habitat on the planet. But for humans, life there is not as easy - S01E05
Mountains - Life in Thin AirFebruary 10, 2011—From lush cloud forests to bare summits that take your breath away, the higher you climb the tougher life gets on a mountain. Human Planet e - S01E06
Grasslands - The Roots of PowerFebruary 17, 2011—Grasslands feed the world. Over thousands of years, we humans have learned to grow grains on the grasslands and domesticate the creatures th - S01E07
Rivers - Friend and FoeFebruary 24, 2011—Rivers provide the essentials of life: fresh food and water. They often provide natural highways and enable us to live in just about every e - S01E08
Cities - Surviving the Urban JungleMarch 3, 2011—A look at the one environment that's been made by us for us - the city. Over half of the world's population now lives in the urban jungle. T
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