Planet Earth

Latest Episodes

• Season 1 Episode 11: Ocean Deep

  An exploration of the survival techniques used by creatures inhabiting the oceans of the world, where adaptation is paramount for those dwelling on the surface as well as below. Pods of dolphins are filmed charging in search of prey, surprising methods for conserving energy are revealed as deep-sea octopuses 'fly' with wings, and vampire squid use bioluminescence to create a colour display. Last in series

• Season 1 Episode 10: Seasonal Forests

  An insight into woodlands around the world, from the silent, stunted conifers cloaked in snow and ice in the taiga forest, to the broadleaf woods in North America and Europe. Cameras capture the majesty of the 100-metre-high giant redwoods in California, as well as Madagascar's unusual upside-down species, which store water in their swollen trunks and harbour strange wildlife

• Season 1 Episode 9: Shallow Seas

  Following the epic journey of a humpback whale and its calf as they travel from a tropical paradise to the species' great feeding ground in the icy polar seas. David Attenborough also narrates footage of colonies of seabirds in the Arabian desert and surfing dolphins in Australia that swim onto the beach to catch their fish