Human Planet is an 8-part British television documentary series. It is produced
by the BBC with co-production from Discovery and BBC Worldwide. It describes
the human species and its relationship with the natural world by showing the
remarkable ways humans have adapted to life in every environment on earth.[1]
Announced in 2007,[2] the production teams based at the BBC Natural History
Unit in Bristol and BBC Wales spent two years shooting over 70 stories in some
of the most remote locations on earth spanning about 40 countries. Each episode
of the series focuses on a different human-inhabited environment, including
deserts, jungles, the Arctic, grasslands, rivers, mountains, oceans, and the
urban landscape.
For the first time on a BBC landmark series the production has a dedicated
stills photographer, Timothy Allen who is documenting the project
photographically for the books that will accompany the series.[1]
Human Planet is being broadcast in the UK on BBC One at 8pm on for 8 weeks,
starting on 13 January 2011. An international release is to follow soon
after.[1]
Episodes list
a.. Episode 1: Thursday 13 January 2011: Oceans. Topics include:
a.. Goose Barnacle collection in northern Spain
b.. Sperm whale hunting in the Indonesian archipelago
c.. Dolphin assisted fishing in Brazil
d.. The origin of surfing in Hawaii
e.. Shark calling in Papua New Guinea
f.. Compressor diving in the Philippines
g.. Nationless Bajau people in the coral sea near Borneo
b.. Episode 2: Thursday 20 January 2011: Deserts. Topics include:
a.. Sandstorm and cattle herding near elephants in Mali
b.. Fishing in Antogo lake after it has shrunk by evaporating water
c.. Crossing the Sahara with a camel caravan
d.. Camel herders in the Gobi Desert
e.. Moisture farming in the Atacama desert
f.. Underground aqueducts in Algeria
g.. Fertility dance of the Wodaabe in Niger
c.. Episode 3: Thursday 27 January 2011: Arctic. Topics include:
a.. Hunting Greenland sharks in Greenland
b.. Gathering Mussels in North-Eastern Canada
c.. Hunting Narwhals in Greenland
d.. Catching Auks in Greenland; making a Kiviak
e.. Herding Reindeer in Norway
f.. Removing Polar Bears in Churchill, Manitoba
d.. Episode 4: Thursday 3 February 2011: Jungles. Topics include:
a.. Hunting Monkeys in Brazil
b.. Gathering Honey in the Congo Jungle
c.. Hunting Tarantulas in Venezuela
d.. Filming Uncontacted peoples in Brazil
e.. Building treehouses 35 metres high in West Papua
f.. Transporting timber using Asian elephants in Assam, India
e.. Episode 5: Thursday 10 February 2011: Mountains. Topics include:
a.. Hunting with Golden eagles in the Altai mountains of Mongolia
b.. Battling Gelada monkeys in the Semien mountains of Ethiopia
c.. Sulphur mining the inside Ijen crater on the Indonesian island of Java
d.. Catching Giant Bats in the New Guinea Highlands
e.. Avalanche control in the Swiss Alps
f.. Tibetan sky burial
g.. Cataract Surgery in the Himalayas, Nepal
f.. Episode 6: Thursday 17 February 2011: Grasslands.
a.. Stealing food from a lion pride in Kenya
b.. Ambushing kudu in the Kalahari
c.. Trapping water snakes in Cambodia's flooded grasslands
d.. Maasai boys and a honeyguide working together to find honey
e.. Swarming quelea attacking rice crops in Tanzania
f.. Horsemanship on the Mongolian steppe
g.. Donga fights of Ethiopia's Suri tribesmen
h.. Cattle mustering by helicopter in the Australian outback
g.. Episode 7: Thursday 24 February 2011: Rivers.
h.. Episode 8: Thursday 3 March 2011: Cities
