Series synopsis
The Green Planet is a British documentary television series that premiered on BBC One on January 9, 2022. It ended on February 6, 2022. It stars David Attenborough.
This documentary series about plants is the first immersive portrayal of an unseen, inter-connected world, full of remarkable new behaviour, emotional stories and surprising heroes in the plant world. Planet Earth from the perspective of plants.
Premise
This documentary series about plants is the first immersive portrayal of an unseen, inter-connected world, full of remarkable new behaviour, emotional stories and surprising heroes in the plant world. Planet Earth from the perspective of plants.
Premise: Breathing life into our world.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- David Attenborough as Self - Narrator (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 5 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 5 | January 9, 2022 | February 6, 2022 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Tropical Worlds Tropical rainforests are plant battlegrounds. New filming techniques allow us to enter the world of plants to see it from their perspective and on their timescale. |
January 9, 2022 |
| 2 |
Water Worlds Water plants create beautiful, bizarre worlds. Flowers smother rivers and lakes. Plants fight and hunt. A river bubbles like champagne as plants create the atmosphere itself. |
January 16, 2022 |
| 3 |
Seasonal Worlds Plants of the seasonal world face constant change. They use use strategy, deception and feats of engineering to survive. Most importantly, they must get their timing right. |
January 23, 2022 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | BBC One |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 9, 2022 |
| Last aired | February 6, 2022 |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Sunday at 19:00:00 |