Where to watch Planet Earth Season 1
Planet Earth season 1 is streaming in Australia on Stan (subscription). You can also buy it on Apple TV from $24.99. Season 1 was released on 5 March 2006.
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Planet Earth Season 1 episodes
S01 E01
From Pole to Pole
48 mins · Sun, 5 Mar 2006
A study of mass migrations from one pole to the other. During the Arctic spring, a mother polar bear and her cubs leave their winter den and move across the frozen sea before it melts.
S01 E02
Mountains
47 mins · Sun, 12 Mar 2006
Mountains, and the creatures which survive on their rough terrain.
S01 E03
Freshwater
49 mins · Sun, 19 Mar 2006
The descent of rivers from their mountain sources to the sea.
S01 E04
Caves
48 mins · Sun, 26 Mar 2006
Features, among others, the Cave of Swallows in Mexico and Deer Cave in Borneo.
S01 E05
Deserts
48 mins · Sun, 2 Apr 2006
A look at the animals which inhabit the planet's deserts, and how they manage to survive there.
S01 E06
Ice Worlds
48 mins · Sun, 5 Nov 2006
Exploring the frozen worlds of the Arctic and Antarctic.
S01 E07
Great Plains
48 mins · Sun, 12 Nov 2006
The world's great plains support the greatest gatherings of wildlife on the planet.
S01 E08
Jungles
48 mins · Sun, 19 Nov 2006
The creatures which inhabit the world's tropical rainforests have adopted some amazing strategies.
S01 E09
Shallow Seas
49 mins · Sun, 26 Nov 2006
A humpback whale and her calf, pygmy seahorses, and seals attack king penguins.
S01 E10
Seasonal Forests
49 mins · Sun, 3 Dec 2006
The trees of the Taiga forest and giant sequoia, the largest living thing on the planet.
S01 E11
Ocean Deep
48 mins · Sun, 10 Dec 2006
Time-lapse footage taken from 2000m down captures eels, crabs and isopods.