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Season 1 Episode 8 - Cities: Surviving The Urban Jungle
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A look at the one environment that's been made by us for us - the city. Over half of the world's population now lives in the urban jungle. The city is built to keep untamed nature out - but nature can't be pushed away, and many animals have adapted to a life with us. In Dubai, the ancient art of falconry has offered a solu...
49:18Season 1 Episode 7 - Rivers: Friend And Foe
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Rivers provide the essentials of life - fresh food and water. They often provide natural highways and enable us to live in just about every environment on Earth. But rivers can also flood, freeze or disappear altogether. In Laos, a man risks his life by crossing the Mekong during a flood, hoping to reach an island where he...
49:40Season 1 Episode 5 - Mountains: Life In Thin Air
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From lush cloud forests to bare summits that take your breath away, the higher you climb the tougher life gets on a mountain. This episode explores the extraordinary ways in which people survive at extreme altitudes, beginning on the Altai Mountains in western Mongolia, where the locals have forged an unusual hunting partn...January 2018
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48:40Season 1 Episode 6 - Grasslands: The Root Of Power
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Grasslands feed the world. Over thousands of years, we humans have learned to grow grains on the grasslands and domesticate the creatures that live there. Our success has propelled our population to seven billion people. But this episode reveals that, even today, life in the 'Garden of Eden' is not always rosy. In Kenya, t...
48:45Season 1 Episode 3 - Arctic: Life In The Deep Freeze
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In the vast icy wastes of the Arctic very little grows. It's dark for months in the winter and the freezing temperatures make it particularly inhospitable. Yet four million people live there thanks to ingenious survival techniques passed down through generations. In Greenland, where food is hard to come by and dogs are a c...
49:42Season 1 Episode 2 - Deserts: Life In The Furnace
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We can survive for weeks without food, but only days without water: it is the essential element of life. Yet many millions live in parched deserts around the world. In this episode, we discover how the eternal quest for water brings huge challenges - and ingenious solutions - in the driest places on Earth. In Mali, a man b...
49:23Season 1 Episode 1 - Oceans: Into The Blue
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A landmark series that marvels at mankind's incredible relationship with nature in the world today. As an air-breathing animal, humans are not built to survive in water. But people have found ways to live an almost aquatic life so they can exploit the sea's riches. From a 'shark-whisperer' in the Pacific to Brazilian fishe...March 2015 48:17
48:17Season 1 Episode 8
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Human Planet is an awe-inspiring, jaw-dropping, heart-stopping series that marvels at mankind's incredible relationship with nature. The city is built to keep untamed nature out, but nature cannot be pushed away.February 2015 49:27
49:27Season 1 Episode 7
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Human Planet is an awe-inspiring, jaw-dropping, heart-stopping series that marvels at mankind's incredible relationship with nature. Meets people for whom rivers can be both a risk to life and a lifeline. 49:48Season 1 Episode 5
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This program is an awe-inspiring, jaw-dropping, heart-stopping series that marvels at mankind's incredible relationship with nature. This episode explores the extraordinary ways in which people survive at extreme altitudes.
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