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Planet Earth

Season 1 Episode 5: Deserts

A large and growing part of earth's land mass is covered in desert - each one widely varied in composition and dryness. Wildlife species have adapted in different ways to these different arid lands especially to get and conserve water....

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 From Pole to Pole

1. From Pole to Pole

Aired: Mar 5, 2006

"Planet Earth" travels around the Earth, finding where the sun always shines ...

Episode 2 Mountains

2. Mountains

Aired: Mar 12, 2006

Mountains are the most prominent products of the immense forces which shape t...

Episode 3 Fresh Water

3. Fresh Water

Aired: Mar 19, 2006

Although merely 3% of water on earth, fresh water plays an important part in ...

Episode 4 Caves

4. Caves

Aired: Mar 26, 2006

The Earth's large, deep calcareous caves are virtually inaccessible and there...

Episode 5 Deserts

5. Deserts

Aired: Apr 2, 2006

A large and growing part of earth's land mass is covered in desert - each one...

Episode 6 Ice Worlds

6. Ice Worlds

Aired: Nov 5, 2006

The polar caps have the most extreme seasonal contrasts, growing and melting ...

Episode 7 Great Plains

7. Great Plains

Aired: Nov 12, 2006

A quarter of the earth's land mass, from arctic to tropical, are open plains ...

Episode 8 Jungles

8. Jungles

Aired: Nov 19, 2006

On 3% of the Earth's surface, the rain forest is the habitat for half our ani...

Episode 9 Shallow Seas

9. Shallow Seas

Aired: Nov 26, 2006

Shallow seas cover only 8% of earth's surface, but contain the richest, most ...

Episode 10 Seasonal Forests

10. Seasonal Forests

Aired: Dec 3, 2006

Trees are earth's largest organisms and are also one of the planet's oldest i...

Episode 11 Ocean Deep

11. Ocean Deep

Aired: Dec 10, 2006

Open ocean, a vast biotope covering two thirds of the planet, some shallow, s...

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Info about Planet Earth

Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC One

Production Countries: Japan, United Kingdom, United States

Genres:Family, Documentary

Planet Earth: Where to Watch Online in United Kingdom?

Currently you are able to watch "Planet Earth" for free with ads on BBC iPlayer, UKTV Play. It is also possible to rent or buy on AppleTV, Amazon, Google Play online.