The Green Planet: Full TV Schedule and Live Stream

Dive into a world where a single life can last a thousand years, with David Attenborough. See things no eye has ever seen, and discover the dramatic, beautiful plant life of Earth.

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Series 1 · 1. Tropical Worlds
Series 1: 1. Tropical Worlds
Tropical rainforests are plant battlegrounds. New filming techniques allow us to enter the world of plants to see it from their perspective and on their timescale.
⏱ 59 mins
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Mon 04 May · 18:00
UK
Mon 04 May · 18:00
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Series 1 · 1. Tropical Worlds
Series 1: 1. Tropical Worlds
Tropical rainforests are plant battlegrounds. New filming techniques allow us to enter the world of plants to see it from their perspective and on their timescale.
⏱ 59 mins
Your Time
Wed 06 May · 00:55
UK
Wed 06 May · 00:55
Channel
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Episode
Series 1 · 1. Tropical Worlds
Tropical rainforests are plant battlegrounds. New filming techniques allow us to enter the world of plants to see it from their perspective and on their timescale.
⏱ 59 mins
Time
Your Time
Mon 04 May · 18:00
UK
Mon 04 May · 18:00
Channel
Repeat
Episode
Series 1 · 1. Tropical Worlds
Tropical rainforests are plant battlegrounds. New filming techniques allow us to enter the world of plants to see it from their perspective and on their timescale.
⏱ 59 mins
Time
Your Time
Wed 06 May · 00:55
UK
Wed 06 May · 00:55

Available for Streaming

Series 1 1. Tropical Worlds

1. Tropical Worlds

Tropical rainforests are plant battlegrounds. New filming techniques allow us to enter the world of plants to see it from their perspective and on their timescale.
Duration: 59 mins First broadcast: 9 Jan 2022
Availability: Available for over a year (until 28 Oct 2027)
Series 1 2. Water Worlds

2. Water Worlds

A look at the beautiful, bizarre worlds created by water plants. Flowers smother rivers and lakes. Plants fight and hunt. A river bubbles like champagne as plants create the atmosphere itself.
Duration: 58 mins First broadcast: 16 Jan 2022
Availability: Available for over a year (until 28 Oct 2027)
Series 1 3. Seasonal Worlds

3. Seasonal Worlds

Plants of the seasonal world face constant change. They use use strategy, deception and feats of engineering to survive. Most importantly, they must get their timing right.
Duration: 58 mins First broadcast: 23 Jan 2022
Availability: Available for over a year (until 28 Oct 2027)
Series 1 4. Desert Worlds

4. Desert Worlds

Desert plants spend decades in suspended animation waiting for rain, or they travel to find it. They survive using weapons, camouflage and surprising alliances with animals.
Duration: 58 mins First broadcast: 30 Jan 2022
Availability: Available for over a year (until 28 Oct 2027)
Series 1 5. Human Worlds

5. Human Worlds

Two out of five wild plants are threatened with extinction. Today people are finding remarkable ways to help them, and so make our world a little greener and a little wilder.
Duration: 57 mins First broadcast: 6 Feb 2022
Availability: Available for over a year (until 28 Oct 2027)

The Green Planet FAQs

When is The Green Planet next on?

The next broadcast of The Green Planet airs at Mon 04 May · 18:00(UK: Mon 04 May · 18:00) on BBC Three.

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