Human Planet is a landmark series that marvels at mankind's incredible relationship with nature in the world today. Uniquely in the animal kingdom, humans have managed to adapt and thrive in every environment on Earth. Each episode takes you to the extremes of our planet, where you will meet people who survive by building complex, exciting and often mutually beneficial relationships with their animal neighbours and the hostile elements of the natural world.
A look back at 2010 and a look to the future, including highlights from Springwatch & Autumnwatch, plus investigations into some of the UK wildlife stories that hit the headlines over the past 12 months.
SOUTH PACIFIC
("Wild Pacific" in the U.S.)
6 x 60 minutes for BBC2 & Discovery Channel
Transmitted May-June 2009
("Wild Pacific" in the U.S.)
6 x 60 minutes for BBC2 & Discovery Channel
Transmitted May-June 2009
This landmark series explores the sheer scale and majesty of the largest ocean on Earth, the isolation of its islands, the extraordinary journeys wildlife and humans have gone through to reach these specks of land, and what happened to both after their arrival.
An Indus Films production for BBC4's Anthropology Season.
Made in conjunction with the award-winning BBC2 series GALAPAGOS.
The second series in Bruce Parry's TRIBE trilogy, these three programmes were all filmed during a 10 week expedition through the Omo Valley in Ethiopia.
Steve Leonard attempts to follow individual animals as they undertake some of the natural world's most challenging migrations.
The first ground-breaking series of the popular TRIBE strand for BBC2, with Bruce Parry. Six programmes and six remote tribes from the 4 corners of the Earth.
A one-off documentary for BBC4 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Great Flood of 1953, when more than 300 people died along the east coast of England.
A series of 6 shorts commissioned by BBC4 for broadcast during the 2002 Earth Summit in Johannesburg.