Trees are earth's largest organisms and are also one of the planet's oldest inhabitants. Seasonal forests (unlike tropical rain-forest) the largest land habitats. A third of all trees grow in the endless taiga of the Arctic north. Northern...
Aired: Mar 5, 2006 "Planet Earth" travels around the Earth, finding where the sun always shines ...
Aired: Mar 12, 2006 Mountains are the most prominent products of the immense forces which shape t...
Aired: Mar 19, 2006 Although merely 3% of water on earth, fresh water plays an important part in ...
Aired: Mar 26, 2006 The Earth's large, deep calcareous caves are virtually inaccessible and there...
Aired: Apr 2, 2006 A large and growing part of earth's land mass is covered in desert - each one...
Aired: Nov 5, 2006 The polar caps have the most extreme seasonal contrasts, growing and melting ...
Aired: Nov 12, 2006 A quarter of the earth's land mass, from arctic to tropical, are open plains ...
Aired: Nov 19, 2006 On 3% of the Earth's surface, the rain forest is the habitat for half our ani...
Aired: Nov 26, 2006 Shallow seas cover only 8% of earth's surface, but contain the richest, most ...
Aired: Dec 3, 2006 Trees are earth's largest organisms and are also one of the planet's oldest i...
Aired: Dec 10, 2006 Open ocean, a vast biotope covering two thirds of the planet, some shallow, s...
Current Status: Ended
Network: BBC One
Production Countries: Japan, United Kingdom, United States
Genres:Family, Documentary
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