Series in retrospect

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4 – Tangled Worlds

Original air dates: 24 November 2024 Above is a timeline of the programme Selected material Titan arum (30’15-32’45) Titan arum tricks animals into thinking it

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2 – Above the Clouds

Original air date: 10 November 2024 Above is timeline of the programme Selected material Elephants treading carefully (15’33), through a tea plantation The elephants tread

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6 – Forest

Original air date: 5 April 2024 The timeline above shows what happens in the episode Selected sequences Tenrecs use bristles to communicate A group of

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5 – Heat

Original air date: 28 April 2024 Above is a timeline of the episode – Blue marks the filming locations, given. Green marks Attenborough’s comments when

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4 – Cold

Original air date: 21 April 2024 A timeline of what happens in the episode Selected sequences Polar bear hunting a reindeer A very unusual prey

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3 – Water

Original air date: 14 April 2024 A timeline of what happens in the episode Selected sequences Macaques hate to get wet But the best food,

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2 – The new wild

Original air date: 7 April 2024 A timeline of the episode The timeline above shows the contents of each story (in black) and Attenborough’s vitally

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1 – Dark

First aired 31 March 2024 The timeline above gives a detailed look at what happens in the episode. Blue marks the filming locations. Green gives

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8 – Heroes

Original air date: 10 December 2023 The table below shows a timeline of what happens in the episode which is devoted to those fighting for

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7 – Human

Original air date: 3 December 2023 The table below shows a timeline of what happens in the episode A humpback creating space that the fish

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6 – Extremes

Original air date: 26 November 2023 The table below shows a timeline of what happens in the episode Selected material A family of FOUR snow

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5 – Forests

Original air date: 19 November 2023 The table below shows a timeline of what happens in the episode A few of the varied examples of

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4 – Freshwater

Original air date: 12 November 2023 The table below shows a timeline of what happens in the episode Selected sequences The gobies scaling the waterfall

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6 – Cities

Original air date: 11 December 2016 The table below shows a timeline of what happens in the episode Selected sequences Trouble at the supermarket Trouble

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5 – Grasslands

Original air date: 4 December 2016 The table below shows a timeline of what happens in the episode Selected sequences The serval vs the rat

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4 – Deserts

Original air date: 27 November 2016 The table below shows a timeline of what happens in the episode For all ‘Planet’ series it feels logical

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2 – Mountains

Original air date: 13 November 2016 The table below shows a timeline of what happens in the episode Selected sequences The snow leopard A female

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1 – Islands

Original air date: 6 November 2016 The table below shows a timeline of what happens in the episode Selected sequences The iguanas vs the snakes

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2 – Conquest

Original air date: 12 November 2010 Above is a timeline of how the programme progresses Selected material The various forms of trilobites Snapshots from 23’10-26’35

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1 – Arrival

Original air date: 5 November 2010 A programme covering the first signs of life on the planet, from tiniest signs of life to multicellular ones

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Extra – Meerkats

Original air date : 28 December 2020 The main characters in this programme can be told apart using this BBC guide This timeline shows how

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5 – Ocean

Original air date: 9 April 2023 A graphical timeline of the episode is below A relatively detailed look at the episode can be seen below

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4 – Freshwater

Original air date: 2 April 2023 A graphical timeline of the episode is below Below is a relatively detailed look at a timeline of the

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3 – Grasslands

Original air date: 26 March 2023 A graphical timeline of the episode is below Below is a relatively detailed look at the timeline of the

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2 – Woodland

Original air date: 19 March 2023 A graphical timeline of the episode is below A relatively detailed timeline of the events of the episode are

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Series in retrospect

The two series of Dynasties should help people to better understand that, just like us humans, those animals are a group of individuals too each

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4 – Frozen South

Original air date: 2 October 2022 The timeline above gives basic information about the flow of the programme. Grey lines show how it is broken into main

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1 – Frozen Worlds

Original air date: 11 September 2022 Life for the Siberian tiger is so hard it has to risk almost anything to get something to eat. Through computer

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3 – Our Fragile Planet

Original air date: 30 November 2012 This programme is about environmental issues, the story being told through Attenborough’s various series (titles shown in the detailed

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1 – Life on Camera

Original air date: 16 November 2012 This programme is about the advances in camera technology during TV’s first 60 years (Attenborough’s period). The programme ran

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4 – The Door Closes

Original air date: 9 December 1993 A detailed look at the timeline of the episode Selected sequences A really daunting task awaiting the young penguins

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2 – The Ice Retreats

Original air date: 25 November 1993 A detailed look at the timeline of the episode Selected sequences Macaroni penguins and the extra egg Macaroni penguins

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More episodes

1- One Ocean
2- The Deep
3- Coral Reefs
4- Big Blue
5- Green Seas
6- Coasts
7- Our Blue Planet
8- Oceans of Wonder