A Year on Planet Earth

122022•58m•7.3/10

Documentary

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7.3/10(6)

Filmed in over 60 different locations this epic documentary series will draw on the most spellbinding and dramatic stories from all corners of the globe. It will reveal the ways all life is connected and how natural events affect animals.

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Production

ITV

Language

Status

Ended

First Aired

December 22, 2022

Last Aired

December 22, 2022

Networks

ITVX

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Seasons & Episodes

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Season

Winter

Air date: 2022-12-22

Stephen Fry explores how nearly all life on Earth is impacted by our annual journey around the sun. Northern winters bring notably harsh conditions for polar bears, for example.

Spring

Air date: 2022-12-22

As the North starts to face the sun, the great melt begins, and there's a baby boom. But for penguins and foxes in the South, conditions are getting harsher.

Summer

Air date: 2022-12-22

Summer can be extreme. In The Rockies, summers are short. Pika must harvest flowers to eat before the snow returns. For Marion Island’s king penguin chicks, life has frozen still.

Autumn

Air date: 2022-12-22

Autumn signals change. For many, change brings opportunity, but also huge challenges. For some, like Monarch butterflies, it offers a chance to begin again or take a new path.

Full Circle

Air date: 2022-12-22

See the incredible strategies animals like red squirrels, pikas and penguins use to cope with their changing worlds, as we journey through the seasons, in our orbit around the sun.

A Year on My Planet Earth

Air date: 2022-12-22

These are the stories of the scientists and conservationists who have have used pioneering techniques to uncover new behaviour, enabling us to film this extraordinary series.