7.7/1022 votes#1 - Arctic
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/16/2016
Artic creatures aren't bothered by the cold. Rather, they fear the warmth caused by human activity that is setting the 'Earth's freezer' to 'defrost'.
Director: N/A
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6.8/1015 votes#2 - Yellowstone
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 6/21/2016
Serene as it seems, Yellowstone National Park is more unpredictable than an atom of Radium-226, thanks to the active super volcano below it.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.5/1010 votes#3 - Oceans
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 6/22/2016
Most of Earth's animals live in the sea, where they form a "living soup" or a "massive death chowder" in which it's eat or be eaten.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.6/1011 votes#4 - Wildebeest
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 6/23/2016
The wildebeest, one of the many species of ungulates and "cud munchers" that populate the Serengeti, take part in a grand migration every year.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.9/108 votes#5 - Madagascar
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 6/24/2016
Many of the flora and fauna of Madagascar are found nowhere else on Earth, which is why the island isn't called "Normal-a-gascar."
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/1011 votes#6 - Penguins
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 6/27/2016
Penguins, "the natural world's answer to Charlie Chaplin," only have to waddle about to make children -- and Amstrong Wedgewood -- smile.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.7/1010 votes#7 - Islands
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 6/28/2016
Life on islands evolves in isolation from the wider world, and in a manner that is "absolutely potty." Much of this life is weird and wonderful.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/108 votes#8 - Great Apes
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 6/29/2016
The great apes, not to be confused with monkeys, have opposable thumbs, complex social politics and other "phenomenally humanlike" qualities.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.9/107 votes#9 - Forests
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/30/2016
In forests, the perfect combination of sunlight and rain "makes trees grow like billy-o." Among these trees, an entire world springs into being.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.8/107 votes#10 - Bears
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 7/1/2016
Armstrong narrates a focus on bears, the largest land predators on Earth which, surprisingly, forage for some of the smallest meals available.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Round Planet Season 1
Every episode of Round Planet Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Round Planet Season 1!
This is natural history, but not as you know it. Narrated by off-kilter natural history doyen 'Armstrong Wedgewood' – played by the inimitable Matt Lucas...
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Arctic" is the best rated episode of "Round Planet" season 1. It scored 7.7/10 based on 22 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 5/16/2016. This episode is rated 0.9 points higher than the second-best, "Yellowstone".