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Human Planet

Human Planet

Natural born survivors.

20118.31 Season8 EpisodesEnded

Overview

A cinematic experience bringing you the most amazing human stories in the world. Humans and wildlife surviving in the most extreme environments on Earth.

NetworksBBC One

Top Cast

John Hurt

John Hurt

Narrator (voice)

Themes & Keywords

human evolutionminiseriesprehistoric mannature documentaryplanet earthhome planethuman in naturenature and peoplepeople and natureman and nature

About Human Planet

Human Planet is a documentary series that first aired in 2011 exploring themes of human evolution, miniseries, prehistoric man, nature documentary, planet earth, home planet. it stars John Hurt. A cinematic experience bringing you the most amazing human stories in the world. Humans and wildlife surviving in the most extreme environments on Earth.

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