A Year on Planet Earth

Episode 01

Winter

Dec 22, 2022 · 43 min

Stephen Fry explores how nearly all life on Earth is impacted by our annual journey around the sun. Northern winters bring notably harsh conditions for polar bears, for example.

Episode 02

Spring

Dec 22, 2022 · 43 min

As the North starts to face the sun, the great melt begins, and there's a baby boom. But for penguins and foxes in the South, conditions are getting harsher.

Episode 03

Summer

Dec 22, 2022 · 43 min

Summer can be extreme. In The Rockies, summers are short. Pika must harvest flowers to eat before the snow returns. For Marion Island’s king penguin chicks, life has frozen still.

Episode 04

Autumn

Dec 22, 2022 · 43 min

Autumn signals change. For many, change brings opportunity, but also huge challenges. For some, like Monarch butterflies, it offers a chance to begin again or take a new path.

Episode 05

Full Circle

Dec 22, 2022 · 44 min

See the incredible strategies animals like red squirrels, pikas and penguins use to cope with their changing worlds, as we journey through the seasons, in our orbit around the sun.

Episode 06

A Year on My Planet Earth

Dec 22, 2022 · 44 min

These are the stories of the scientists and conservationists who have have used pioneering techniques to uncover new behaviour, enabling us to film this extraordinary series.