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Earth (2023)

Earth poster
Genre
nature documentary
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 5 episodes
Rated
U
Rating
8.4 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A nature documentary miniseries that uses CGI and expert interviews to tell the story of Earth's ancient history. Chris Packham narrates the five-episode series about the planet's geological and biological past.

informativeeducationalvisually dramaticawe-inspiringsteadyscientificexpansive

What happens

Earth is a 2023 miniseries presented by Chris Packham, produced by BBC Studios with NOVA and GBH Boston for the BBC and PBS, in partnership with the Open University. It consists of five one-hour episodes. Although a nature documentary, a significant part of the series is made with CGI featuring Chris Packham narrating with voiceovers. More than 200 leading palaeontologists, geologists, climatologists, and other specialists were consulted for the series. In the United States, the series was re-edited and released as five successive episodes, under the name Ancient Earth on a PBS science program, NOVA. It first aired on BBC Two on 17 July 2023. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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