Human Planet

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Human Planet is a BBC documentary series from 2011 that explores how people have adapted to survive in Earth’s most extreme environments. Directed by Mark Flowers, Nicolas Brown, and Tom Hugh-Jones, and narrated by John Hurt, the series examines human ingenuity across diverse habitats including the Arctic, mountains, oceans, jungles, grasslands, deserts, and rivers. Through compelling stories of resilience and resourcefulness, the documentary reveals how communities have learned to thrive by working with and understanding the natural world around them, culminating in an examination of how humans now inhabit urban environments.

This three-disc Blu-ray release contains the complete series with a runtime of seven hours and one minute, presented with a TV-PG rating. The BBC production features a distinctive globally-influenced score and brings together numerous accounts of human survival and adaptation across the planet’s most challenging landscapes. Own this acclaimed nature documentary on physical media and experience it again and again.