Life on Our Planet

2023 - 2023

Chapter 1: The Rules of Life

25th October 2023

Episode 1

Evolution. Competition. Mass extinction. Three fundamental rules have driven the rise and fall of life on Earth for over four billion years.

Chapter 2: The First Frontier

25th October 2023

Episode 2

For billions of years, land on Earth was uninhabitable. But in the seas, predation allowed species to thrive before — and after — two mass extinctions.

Chapter 3: Invaders of the Land

25th October 2023

Episode 3

Sprawling moss, towering trees, flying insects, limbed amphibians: Early species vied for domination as the land went from hostile to hospitable.

Chapter 4: In Cold Blood

25th October 2023

Episode 4

After Earth's third mass extinction, mammals' surviving ancestors ruled the supercontinent Pangea. But lizards soon ushered in the age of reptiles.

Chapter 5: In the Shadow of Giants

25th October 2023

Episode 5

The formation of continents with varied environments allowed for an explosion of biodiversity — and turbo-charged the evolution of mighty dinosaurs.

Chapter 6: Out of the Ashes

25th October 2023

Episode 6

The dinosaurs met their end with a cataclysmic asteroid impact. Rising from the ashes, birds reinvented themselves into a dynasty 10,000 species strong.

Chapter 7: Inheriting the Earth

25th October 2023

Episode 7

Emerging from the dinosaurs' shadows, mammals went from underdogs to global power, with game-changing adaptations that would conquer land, air and sea.

Chapter 8: Age of Ice and Fire

25th October 2023

Episode 8

As the Ice Age thawed, humans rose above the rest. But the possibility of a sixth mass extinction now looms: Has our ingenuity caused our downfall?

Top Cast

Morgan Freeman

Documentary

Life's extraordinary journey to conquer, adapt and survive on Earth across billions of years comes alive in this groundbreaking nature docuseries.

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Morgan Freeman

Self - Narrator (voice)

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Dan Tapster

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Alastair Fothergill

Executive Producer

Keith Scholey

Executive Producer

Darryl Frank

Executive Producer

Justin Falvey

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Keith Scholey

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Alastair Fothergill

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Steven Spielberg

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