Planet Earth Episode Guide

Episode Guide

Planet Earth: Season 1 (2006 - 2007)

• 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

• Season 1 Episode 8: Jungles

  The team travel to the Ngogo Forest in Uganda, where they study the largest chimpanzee group in the world defending their territory against neighbours. Life-forms such as the flying colugo, red crab spiders, blue birds of paradise and the parasitic fungi cordyceps - which have developed unique survival abilities - are also observed

• Season 1 Episode 7: Great Plains

  The wildlife on the great plains of Africa, Asia, North America and the Arctic, which cover a quarter of the land on Earth. The distinctive Tibetan fox is captured on film for the first time, while a herd of caribou migrates 2,000 miles across the tundra in search of grass. Night vision equipment tracks a pride of 30 lions hunting elephants in the tropical African savannah near one of the region's few remaining waterholes. Narrated by David Attenborough

• Season 1 Episode 6: Ice Worlds

  Camera crews follow the activities of wildlife in the Arctic and Antarctic, including an emperor penguin colony's nine-month migration across sea ice to its breeding ground. The team also takes aerial and underwater shots to capture humpback whales feeding and tracks a male polar bear as it swims 100km to find new ice from which to hunt seals

• Season 1 Episode 5: Deserts

  David Attenborough concludes the documentary series by focusing on the world's deserts. Cameras explore the dry Atacama of Chile, where guanacos survive by licking dew off cacti, and capture the rare sight of wild camels eating snow to stay hydrated on Mongolia's Gobi plains. In the rocky Namibian desert, elephants desperately search for food and lions wander the wilderness hunting oryx. Last in the series

  Next on: Tomorrow at 7:00pm EST - The Discovery Channel
• Season 1 Episode 4: Caves

  David Attenborough looks at the world's caves, including the Lechuguilla Cave in America which contains chambers filled with six-metre-long crystals. Inside Deer Cave in Borneo he finds five million bats, whose droppings support an entire ecosystem, and he observes creatures in Texas and Thailand which never see daylight

• Season 1 Episode 3: Freshwater

  A tour of the mightiest rivers in the world, from the deep waters of Siberia's Lake Baikal, home to the world's only freshwater seal, to the wetlands downstream of Earth's tallest waterfall, patrolled by frenzied piranhas. There is also footage of the lightning-quick ambush of wildebeest by crocodiles in Africa, and macaque monkeys swimming underwater to catch crabs in Indonesia. David Attenborough narrates

  Next on: Tomorrow at 8:00pm EST - The Discovery Channel
• Season 1 Episode 2: Mountains

  The nature series looks at the animals that live on some of the planet's highest mountains. Cameras show gelada baboons screaming to frighten off predators in Ethiopia, demoiselle cranes struggling to migrate over the Himalayas, snow leopards hunting on the peaks of Pakistan and a wild giant panda nursing a baby in a hillside cave. Narrated by David Attenborough

  Next on: Tomorrow at 9:00pm EST - The Discovery Channel
• Season 1 Episode 1: From Pole to Pole

  Series exploring the history of the planet and the natural factors that have affected it. The programme also examines mankind's dependence on the elements, and how animals' lives are governed by the seasons. A mother polar bear prepares her cubs for a long journey to avoid becoming stranded on floating glaciers. Narrated by David Attenborough

Planet Earth: Special (2007)

• Behind the Scenes: Camels