Human Planet
| Human Planet | |
|---|---|
Series title card from the BBC broadcast | |
| Narrated by | John Hurt |
| Composer | Nitin Sawhney |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Brian Leith, Dale Templar |
| Producers | Nicolas Brown, Mark Flowers, Tom-Hugh Jones, Tuppence Stone |
| Cinematography | Pete Haynes, Matt Norman, Toby Strong, Robin Cox, Timothy Allen |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | BBC Natural History Unit |
| Original release | |
| Network | |
| Release | 13 January – 3 March 2011 |
Human Planet is an 8-part British television documentary series. It was produced as a co-production between the BBC Natural History Unit, BBC Worldwide, BBC Cymru Wales, Discovery Channel and France Télévisions. The documentary describes the human species and its relationship with the natural world by showing the remarkable ways humans have adapted to life in every environment on Earth. The show drew attention for alleged fakery and the BBC eventually acknowledged that a number of scenes were inaccurately depicted or misleading and withdrew the series from distribution.
Human Planet was originally screened in the UK on BBC One each Thursday at 8pm over eight weeks, starting from 13 January 2011. Domestic repeats have been seen on Eden, with all 8 episodes aired over one week in April 2012. BBC Worldwide has since announced they have sold the broadcast rights to 22 international markets.