The Best Episodes of Life on Our Planet Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.6/10(637 votes)

   #1 - Chapter 1: The Rules of Life

   S1:E110/25/2023

   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

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   Writer:Adam Chapman
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   7.9/10(490 votes)

   #2 - Chapter 2: The First Frontier

   S1:E210/25/2023

   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

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   Director:Gisle Sverdrup

   Writer:Dan Tapster
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   8.0/10(448 votes)

   #3 - Chapter 3: Invaders of the Land

   S1:E310/25/2023

   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

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   Director:Sophie Lanfear

   Writer:Sophie Lanfear
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   8.0/10(415 votes)

   #4 - Chapter 4: In Cold Blood

   S1:E410/25/2023

   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

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   Director:Barny Revill

   Writer:Barny Revill
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   8.2/10(416 votes)

   #5 - Chapter 5: In the Shadow of Giants

   S1:E510/25/2023

   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

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   Director:Barny Revill

   Writer:Barny Revill
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   8.0/10(387 votes)

   #6 - Chapter 6: Out of the Ashes

   S1:E610/25/2023

   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

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   Director:Nick Shoolingin-Jordan

   Writer:Nick Shoolingin-Jordan
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   7.9/10(357 votes)

   #7 - Chapter 7: Inheriting the Earth

   S1:E710/25/2023

   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

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   Director:Adam Chapman

   Writer:Adam Chapman
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   8.0/10(382 votes)

   #8 - Chapter 8: Age of Ice and Fire

   S1:E810/25/2023

   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

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   Director:Sophie Lanfear

   Writer:Sophie Lanfear