Planet Earth
From Pole to Pole
TV Flash files “From Pole to Pole” as a desk essential hour — Planet Earth (2006) on BBC/Discovery, season 1, episode 1, aired 2006-03-05, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E01: listed hour 1 of 11 in the Planet Earth guide, first listed hour of season 1. It aired 2006-03-05 (60 min). No earlier hour is listed in this guide. Next is “Mountains” (S01E02).
Essential hour: “From Pole to Pole”. From Pole to Pole is the 2006 door: David Attenborough whispering over footage that made Earth look extra-terrestrial, biomes as set pieces.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
This episode journeys across the planet, from pole to pole, following the influence of the sun and discovering how its seasonal journey affects the lives of all who live on earth. As spring arrives in the Arctic, a mother polar bear emerges from her den with two tiny cubs. At the other end of the planet, winter arrives and emperor penguins are plunged into darkness for four months, enduring the coldest temperatures on the planet. From the Amur leopard in Russia to the birds of paradise in Papua New Guinea. No stone is left unturned to bring you the rarest and the weirdest creatures on earth.
Viewer FAQ
Where does From Pole to Pole sit in the Planet Earth guide?
S01E01 is listed hour 1 of 11 — first listed hour of season 1, season 1 episode 1.
When did Planet Earth S01E01 air?
From Pole to Pole aired 2006-03-05 and is listed at 60 minutes.
BBC or Discovery version?
BBC Natural History Unit masterpiece; U.S. version aired on Discovery. Attenborough whispering over HD biomes is the event.
In the series
Why this series still plays
David Attenborough whispers over high-definition footage that made Earth look extra-terrestrial in 2006. Planet Earth is natural-history spectacle as appointment awe — biomes as set pieces, how-did-they-film-that making-of lore, the production ceiling every later nature series still jumps for.
The group chat for Planet Earth is just people typing how did they film that until the making-of diaries become the second show, which they kind of are. Alastair Fothergill and the BBC Natural History Unit, David Attenborough whispering, U.S. version on Discovery in 2006: a landmark wildlife series spanning the planet's biomes in then-revolutionary high definition. Earth looking extra-terrestrial. Biomes as set pieces. Awe as a weekly appointment. Eleven episodes, one season, sequels including Planet Earth II.…
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- David Attenborough as Narrator
David Attenborough whispers Planet Earth into appointment awe — high-definition footage that made the globe look extra-terrestrial in 2006, biomes as set pieces, how-did-they-film-that lore. Natural-history spectacle as a 2000s production…