Human Planet is an 8-part British television documentary series. It is produced by the BBC with co-production from Discovery and BBC Worldwide. It describes the human species and its relationship with the natural world by showing the remarkable ways humans have adapted to life in every environment on Earth.
Human Planet was originally screened in the UK on BBC One each Thursday at 8pm over eight weeks, starting from 13 January 2011. Domestic repeats have been seen on Eden, with all 8 episodes aired over one week in April 2012. BBC Worldwide has since announced they have sold the broadcast rights to 22 international markets.
Production
Announced in 2007, the production teams based at the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol and BBC Wales spent three years shooting over 70 stories in some of the most remote locations on Earth spanning about 40 countries. Each episode of the series focuses on a different human-inhabited environment, including deserts, jungles, the Arctic, grasslands, rivers, mountains, oceans, and the urban landscape.
For the first time on a BBC landmark series, the production had a dedicated stills photographer, Timothy Allen, who documented the project photographically for the books and multimedia that accompany the series.
Broadcast
Episodes
Only one creature has carved a life for itself in every habitat on Earth. That creature is us. All over the world we still use our ingenuity to survive in the wild places far from the city lights - face to face with raw nature. This is the Human Planet.
Reception
Human Planet was nominated for 7 BAFTA Television Craft awards, the most for any programme in 2011, and it won 2 of them, both for the Arctic episode, where Jason Savage won the factual editing prize, and Will Edwards, Doug Allan and Matt Norman won the photography (cinematography) prize.
Merchandise
The Region 2 DVD and Blu-ray three-disc set was released on 21 February 2011.
The Region 1 DVD and Blu-ray three-disc set was released on 26 April 2011.
The Region 4 DVD and Blu-ray three-disc set was released on 5 May 2011.
The accompanying hardcover book was released on 20 January 2011: Templar, Dale (2011). Human Planet. BBC Books. ISBNÂ 978-1-84607-956-6.Â
References
External links
- Human Planet at BBC Programmes
- Human Planet at BBC Earth
- Human Planet on Internet Movie Database
- Human Planet Audio Slideshow â€" BBC interview with Human Planet photographer Timothy Allen
- Human Planet Explorer â€" BBC video and audio clips documenting the stories of man's relationship with nature
- Human Planet Gallery â€" Photo Gallery of the Human Planet series
- Human Planet web exclusives â€" Behind the scenes and extra footage
- Human Planet blog
- Timothy Allen's Human Planet photography blog
- Daily Telegraph Review
- Human Planet on Eden
