Life in the mountains demands elaborate adaptations, for despite the extreme biological diversity people often have little choice of meat supply, despite elaborate hunting methods such as nets in clearings to lure giant bats. In developed...
Aired: Jan 13, 2011 Nearly all human populations in coastal areas interact intensively with the s...
2. Deserts: Life in the Furnace
Aired: Jan 20, 2011Deserts cover a third of the earth's land mass, yet harbor only some 300,000 ...
3. Arctic: Life in the Deep Freeze
Aired: Jan 27, 2011In the vast icy wastes of the Arctic very little grows. It's dark for months ...
4. Jungles: People of the Trees
Aired: Feb 3, 2011Although a mall part of earth's landmass, tropical rain forests contain half ...
5. Mountains: Life in Thin Air
Aired: Feb 10, 2011Life in the mountains demands elaborate adaptations, for despite the extreme ...
6. Grasslands: The Roots of Power
Aired: Feb 17, 2011Grass lands cover vast plains, such as savanna, prairies and pampas. The many...
Aired: Feb 24, 2011 Man always was attracted by rivers, not unlike seas, for water, fishing, irri...
8. Cities: Surviving the Urban Jungle
Aired: Mar 3, 2011Urban environments are man-made, so human design seems totally to overtake wi...
Main Cast
Current Status: Ended
Network: BBC One
Production Countries: France, United Kingdom, United States
Genres:Documentary
