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All Episodes of Life on Our Planet

Browse all episodes of Life on Our Planet

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Life's extraordinary journey to conquer, adapt and survive on Earth across billions of years comes alive in this groundbreaking nature docuseries.

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Season 1

8.1/10420 votes
Chapter 5: In the Shadow of Giants
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/25/2023
The formation of continents with varied environments allowed for an explosion of biodiversity — and turbo-charged the evolution of mighty dinosaurs.
Director: Barny Revill
Writer: Barny Revill
8.0/10453 votes
Chapter 3: Invaders of the Land
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/25/2023
Sprawling moss, towering trees, flying insects, limbed amphibians: Early species vied for domination as the land went from hostile to hospitable.
Director: Sophie Lanfear
Writer: Sophie Lanfear
8.0/10420 votes
Chapter 4: In Cold Blood
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/2023
After Earth's third mass extinction, mammals' surviving ancestors ruled the supercontinent Pangea. But lizards soon ushered in the age of reptiles.
Director: Barny Revill
Writer: Barny Revill
8.0/10389 votes
Chapter 6: Out of the Ashes
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/25/2023
The dinosaurs met their end with a cataclysmic asteroid impact. Rising from the ashes, birds reinvented themselves into a dynasty 10,000 species strong.
Director: Nick Shoolingin-Jordan
Writer: Nick Shoolingin-Jordan
8.0/10383 votes
Chapter 8: Age of Ice and Fire
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/25/2023
As the Ice Age thawed, humans rose above the rest. But the possibility of a sixth mass extinction now looms: Has our ingenuity caused our downfall?
Director: Sophie Lanfear
Writer: Sophie Lanfear
7.9/10495 votes
Chapter 2: The First Frontier
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/25/2023
For billions of years, land on Earth was uninhabitable. But in the seas, predation allowed species to thrive before — and after — two mass extinctions.
Director: Gisle Sverdrup
Writer: Dan Tapster
7.9/10358 votes
Chapter 7: Inheriting the Earth
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/25/2023
Emerging from the dinosaurs' shadows, mammals went from underdogs to global power, with game-changing adaptations that would conquer land, air and sea.
Director: Adam Chapman
Writer: Adam Chapman
7.6/10639 votes
Chapter 1: The Rules of Life
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/25/2023
Evolution. Competition. Mass extinction. Three fundamental rules have driven the rise and fall of life on Earth for over four billion years.
Director: Adam Chapman
Writer: Adam Chapman