The Secret Life of Trees

The Secret Life of Trees

2025•7.0/10

Documentary

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.0/10(3)

Narrated by Michael Palin, this fascinating series follows the incredible lives of trees - from their beginning as tiny seeds through to magnificent giants and into old age, revealing the secrets of how they communicate, how they drink and even how some of the three trillion trees on our planet are as old as the pyramids.

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Production

Voltage TV, WPP Motion Entertainment

Language

EN

Status

Returning Series

First Aired

July 25, 2025

Last Aired

August 7, 2025

Networks

5

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

US

No providers available for this region.

Seasons & Episodes

Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.

Season

E1

The Early Years

Air date: 2025-07-25

We explore the lives of young trees, discovering how they transform from minute seeds into mature adults. But with fewer than 1 in 1000 seeds reaching adulthood, a tree's early years are the most treacherous.

E2

Adulthood

Air date: 2025-08-01

Michael Palin narrates this captivating series, discovering how trees have developed the art of growing and ageing gracefully as they pass from their early years into middle age.

E3

Old Age

Air date: 2025-08-07

Michael Palin narrates as we follow trees into old age and discover how some trees alive today are as old as the pyramids. And a look at how a dying tree creates new life.

Cast

Michael Palin

Michael Palin

Self - Narrator

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