All episodes Season 1 S01E09 2006-11-26 60 min 2000s BBC/Discovery

Planet Earth

Shallow Seas

TV Flash files “Shallow Seas” as hour 9 of 11 in the TV Flash guide — Planet Earth (2006) on BBC/Discovery, season 1, episode 9, aired 2006-11-26, 60 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S01E09: listed hour 9 of 11 in the Planet Earth guide, hour 9 of 11 in season 1. It aired 2006-11-26 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Jungles” (S01E08). Next is “Seasonal Forests” (S01E10).

Planet Earth — Shallow Seas (S01E09)

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Documentary series which celebrates our planet in all its glory, both its spectacular scenery and its captivating natural history. David Attenborough narrates the epic journey of a humpback whale and calf as they cross the richest seas that fringe our coasts. From tropical paradises, where the newborn calf takes his first faltering breaths, to the storm-ravaged icy polar seas, the whales' great feeding grounds, the programme reveals seas of great contrast and surprise.

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Where does Shallow Seas sit in the Planet Earth guide?

S01E09 is listed hour 9 of 11 — hour 9 of 11 in season 1, season 1 episode 9.

When did Planet Earth S01E09 air?

Shallow Seas aired 2006-11-26 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.

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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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