Find out when A Perfect Planet is on TV today, tonight and this week at the UK TV Listings Guide.
A Perfect Planet is scheduled to air at these times (may include spoilers):
David Attenborough narrates a documentary revealing how the forces of nature drive, shape and support the Earth's great diversity of life. The first edition examines volcanoes, which responsible for both for the planet's breathable atmosphere and the oceans, but are also the architects of the planet, with over 80% of the Earth's surface being the result of magma bursting up from the molten interior - providing a platform for life
More details for A Perfect Planet, Mon 4, 11:00 pm
Examining the solar force that powers Earth and how plants and animals have adapted to the uneven amounts of sunlight given to different parts of the planet over the course of a year. The exception is on the equator, where the duration of day and night remain the same throughout the year. Here, this guaranteed sunlight drives the great diversity of life in the tropical jungles
More details for A Perfect Planet, Tue 5, 11:00 pm
David Attenborough narrates a look at how the uneven distribution of fresh water around the globe has given rise to an incredible diversity of species and habits, from the driest desert to the lushest tropical rainforest. Featuring a colony of ants banding together into a raft every time its home in the Amazon floods, a rain frog that manages to eke out an existence in one of the world's driest habitats on Earth, and the last wild camels that survive the Gobi Desert's bitter winters by eating snow that blows in from Siberia
More details for A Perfect Planet, Wed 6, 11:00 pm
David Attenborough narrates a look at how Earth's five oceans connect to form the largest ecosystem on the planet, and how its network of currents supports the health of the seas and marine wildlife. Cameras follow vast super-pods of dolphins and the flocks of gannets that follow them as they scour the oceans searching for food, as well as the tiny yet dazzling flamboyant cuttlefish that's looking for a mate
More details for A Perfect Planet, Thu 7, 11:00 pm
David Attenborough narrates a look at the effect human activity is having, revealing how the carbon dioxide being produced is destabilising life on Earth. There is footage of rescued orphaned elephants in Kenya, victims of ever-worsening droughts, while ocean patrols off the coast of Gabon fight to save endangered sharks. In the Amazon, wildlife teams are saving animals in the shrinking rainforest, and in San Diego a zoo is freezing the DNA of endangered species before they go extinct
More details for A Perfect Planet, Fri 8, 11:00 pm