Tring Planet programme guide

Animals congregate in places where their basic needs can be met: havens from predators where competition for food is manageable and breeding opportunities are abundant. Journey to the habitats of these one-of-a-kind animals and learn their survival stories, from nesting fairy penguins, to migrating caribou.

Year

2016

• Documentary
• nature
• animals

The diverse peoples, wildlife, landscape and culture of Mexico are explored by focusing on three distinct worlds, great mountain ranges, tropical forests and scorching deserts.

Original title

S0E1 - Mexico: Earth’s Festival of Life

Year

2017

• Documentary
• history

Rooted is the story of five iconic trees in found in a Southern Africa. Each tree is located in a completely unique habitat, and hosts, feeds and shelters an array of insects, birds and animals in the bows of its branches.

Rated 10+

10+

• Documentary
• nature
• travel

• Series

We celebrate spring on Planet Earth; this magical season brings a burst of new life, but as soon as the air starts to warm, it’s a race to wake up and get ahead of everyone else.

Original title

S1E1 - Earth’s Seasonal Secrets

Year

2016

• Documentary
• nature

Animal Fight Night features battles between some of the biggest, baddest and often surprising fighters in the wild. National Geographic dissects the science behind the fight tactics and weapons that human champions wouldn’t and couldn’t employ.

Original title

S2E5 - Animal Fight Night

Year

2013

• Documentary
• nature
• animals

This major landmark series looks in detail at the fascinating relationship between predators and their prey. Rather than concentrating on ’the blood and guts’ of predation, the series looks in unprecedented detail at the strategies predators use to catch their food and prey use to escape death.

Rated 10+

10+

• Documentary
• thriller
• action
• crime

The team behind the multi-award-winning natural history series The Blue Planet are back with the ultimate portrait of our planet. Four years in the making, this is the Earth celebrated as never before. Over the years BBC ONE has shown viewers the most incredible sights on the planet, but there’s an even more amazing world out there that’s never been seen, and it’s captured for the first time in Planet Earth. From the world’s greatest rivers and impressive gorges to the mightiest mountains, the hidden underground world of caves and caverns, to vast deserts – so much has yet to be explored. Planet Earth is the first natural history series to be filmed entirely in high definition, providing an unparalleled view of awe-inspiring landscapes from all across the globe and incredible footage of the rarely spotted, almost mythical creatures that live in these habitats. The Blue Planet blew audiences away with its alien footage from the depths of the ocean. Four years on and cameras can now track great migrations, capture split-second actions, and get amazing footage of land-based animals in their natural habitats, no matter whether this is a mountain top, the most remote parts of the desert, or the dark depths of the forest floor. The world’s premier wildlife cameramen have traveled all over the planet, even to the most far-flung reaches, to create the biggest series the BBC’s Natural History Unit has ever done. It’s the definitive look at the diversity of our planet, narrated by David Attenborough. Prepare to be overwhelmed by the beauty of Planet Earth.

Original title

S0E8 - Planet Earth

Year

2006

Rated 10+

10+

• Documentary
• family
• nature

• Documentary

• Series

Focuses on life and the environment in both the Arctic and Antarctic.

Year

2011

Rated 10+

10+

• Documentary
• nature
• animals

This is a documentary drama series which follows a meerkat family in the Kalahari Desert, South Africa, called the Whiskers. Flower is the leader/dominant female of the group, Zaphod is her partner and dominant male, Youssarian is Zaphod’s younger brother and Flower’s ex-lover and Mozart, Tosca and Shakespeare are all children of Flower. In our journey with this group we’ll follow several intriguing events like: Fights with arch rival group the Lazuli; storms; death; family politics and the disappearance of a meerkat we had gotten to know very well.

Year

2005

• Documentary
• drama

This is a documentary drama series which follows a meerkat family in the Kalahari Desert, South Africa, called the Whiskers. Flower is the leader/dominant female of the group, Zaphod is her partner and dominant male, Youssarian is Zaphod’s younger brother and Flower’s ex-lover and Mozart, Tosca and Shakespeare are all children of Flower. In our journey with this group we’ll follow several intriguing events like: Fights with arch rival group the Lazuli; storms; death; family politics and the disappearance of a meerkat we had gotten to know very well.

Year

2005

• Documentary
• drama

• Documentary

The team behind the multi-award-winning natural history series The Blue Planet are back with the ultimate portrait of our planet. Four years in the making, this is the Earth celebrated as never before. Over the years BBC ONE has shown viewers the most incredible sights on the planet, but there’s an even more amazing world out there that’s never been seen, and it’s captured for the first time in Planet Earth. From the world’s greatest rivers and impressive gorges to the mightiest mountains, the hidden underground world of caves and caverns, to vast deserts – so much has yet to be explored. Planet Earth is the first natural history series to be filmed entirely in high definition, providing an unparalleled view of awe-inspiring landscapes from all across the globe and incredible footage of the rarely spotted, almost mythical creatures that live in these habitats. The Blue Planet blew audiences away with its alien footage from the depths of the ocean. Four years on and cameras can now track great migrations, capture split-second actions, and get amazing footage of land-based animals in their natural habitats, no matter whether this is a mountain top, the most remote parts of the desert, or the dark depths of the forest floor. The world’s premier wildlife cameramen have traveled all over the planet, even to the most far-flung reaches, to create the biggest series the BBC’s Natural History Unit has ever done. It’s the definitive look at the diversity of our planet, narrated by David Attenborough. Prepare to be overwhelmed by the beauty of Planet Earth.

Original title

S2E4 - Planet Earth

Rated 10+

10+

• Documentary
• family
• nature

Using new technology and exclusive stories, Rivers of Life reveals a wider and fresh perspective on the extraordinary landscapes, surprising wildlife, and extraordinary people of the Nile, the Mississippi, and the Amazon.

• Documentary
• nature

• Series

With more than 300 species, the snakes of Australia are as diverse and striking as the landscape they inhabit. Discover their clever hunting techniques, along with the ways their favourite prey, lizards, have evolved to outwit them.

Year

2016

• Documentary
• documentary
• nature

Patrick follows the grizzly bears taking a risk by leaving their winter dens early. 2016 saw weather records broken at the park, Kate gets to grips with the science behind the data.

Year

2017

• Documentary
• nature
• mini series

The diverse peoples, wildlife, landscape and culture of Mexico are explored by focusing on three distinct worlds, great mountain ranges, tropical forests and scorching deserts.

Original title

S0E1 - Mexico: Earth’s Festival of Life

Year

2017

• Documentary
• history