Survival at the poles requires mastering the cold and understanding the behavior of animals.
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Episode 1 — Rivers: The City That Flows Logline: In a megacity built atop a braided river, a canal worker and a hydrologist race to save a neighborhood when seasonal floods uncover an ancient submerged market that could reroute the city's future. HUMAN PLANET COMPLETE-Episodes 1-8
Altai nomads train golden eagles to hunt foxes and wolves for fur and meat.
For collectors, the is available on 4K Blu-ray remaster, DVD box set, and digital HD. The BBC Store and Amazon Prime Video often carry the series, though the physical box set includes exclusive "Making Of" segments for each episode, which are essential viewing. These segments reveal the danger the crew faced—e.g., the camera man who stood 10 feet from a charging polar bear with only a tripod for defense. Survival at the poles requires mastering the cold
The Saami people move massive herds across the tundra in the dark of winter.
Rivers give life, but they also take it. Episode 7 of is the most dangerous episode to film. We start in Brazil where the Kayapo tribe believes a photograph steals their soul. They eventually allow filming of their pygmy peccary hunt. Then, we move to the Mekong River where a fisherman rides a waterfall using only a rope to catch spawning carp. For collectors, the is available on 4K Blu-ray
The complete set covers Each episode runs approximately 50 minutes, and when viewed together, they tell one cohesive story: Man is not defined by technology, but by adaptation.