Planet Earth Live (TV series)
| Planet Earth Live | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Nature documentary |
| Directed by | Will Clough Phil Jennings James Morgan |
| Presented by |
Richard Hammond Julia Bradbury |
| Composer(s) | Will Slater |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Tim Scoones |
| Producer(s) | Roger Webb Stuart Armstrong Lucinda Axelsson Andy Chastney Vanessa Coates |
| Location(s) | Kenya, United States, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Peru |
| Running time | 60–70 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
BBC Natural History Unit National Geographic Channel |
| Distributor | BBC |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One |
| Picture format |
16:9 576i (SDTV) 16:9 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | 6 May – 24 May 2012 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Planet Earth |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Planet Earth Live is a live-action nature documentary screened on British television. Produced by the BBC Natural History Unit and broadcast in May 2012, the programme was presented by Richard Hammond and Julia Bradbury.
Planet Earth Live featured real-time footage of young animals from five continents throughout the month of May. Broadcast three times per week, teams of nature experts and documentary makers monitored the activity of animals in their area, reporting back on the day's events. Animals featured included meerkats in the Kalahari Desert, American black bears in Minnesota, lions and African bush elephants in East Africa, toque macaques in Sri Lanka, gray whales off the coast of California, polar bears in Svalbard and giant otters in Peru.
The programme was shown in May 2012 on BBC One in the United Kingdom and was broadcast in 140 countries in total, making it the most amibitious global wildlife series the BBC had ever undertaken. In the US it was retitled 24/7 Wild and aired on NatGeo Wild; in South Africa, Asia, Australia, Italy, Nordic countries, New Zealand and Poland it was shown on BBC Knowledge; and in India on BBC Entertainment.
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