The battle for survival.
Life's extraordinary journey to conquer, adapt and survive on Earth across billions of years comes alive in this groundbreaking nature docuseries.
Life on Our Planet (Season 1)
Chapter 1: The Rules of Life (Episode 1) 8.0
Writer: Adam Chapman
Air date: 2023-10-25
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Evolution. Competition. Mass extinction. Three fundamental rules have driven the rise and fall of life on Earth for over four billion years.
Chapter 2: The First Frontier (Episode 2) 8.2
Writer: Dan Tapster
Air date: 2023-10-25
Runtime: 54 min
Overview: For billions of years, land on Earth was uninhabitable. But in the seas, predation allowed species to thrive before — and after — two mass extinctions.
Chapter 3: Invaders of the Land (Episode 3) 8.4
Writer: Sophie Lanfear
Air date: 2023-10-25
Runtime: 57 min
Overview: Sprawling moss, towering trees, flying insects, limbed amphibians: Early species vied for domination as the land went from hostile to hospitable.
Chapter 4: In Cold Blood (Episode 4) 8.0
Writer: Barny Revill
Air date: 2023-10-25
Runtime: 55 min
Overview: After Earth's third mass extinction, mammals' surviving ancestors ruled the supercontinent Pangea. But lizards soon ushered in the age of reptiles.
Chapter 5: In the Shadow of Giants (Episode 5) 7.8
Writer: Barny Revill
Air date: 2023-10-25
Runtime: 51 min
Overview: The formation of continents with varied environments allowed for an explosion of biodiversity — and turbo-charged the evolution of mighty dinosaurs.
Chapter 6: Out of the Ashes (Episode 6) 8.2
Writer: Nick Shoolingin-Jordan
Air date: 2023-10-25
Runtime: 53 min
Overview: The dinosaurs met their end with a cataclysmic asteroid impact. Rising from the ashes, birds reinvented themselves into a dynasty 10,000 species strong.
Chapter 7: Inheriting the Earth (Episode 7) 6.7
Writer: Adam Chapman
Air date: 2023-10-25
Runtime: 52 min
Overview: Emerging from the dinosaurs' shadows, mammals went from underdogs to global power, with game-changing adaptations that would conquer land, air and sea.
Chapter 8: Age of Ice and Fire (Episode 8) 7.0
Writer: Sophie Lanfear
Air date: 2023-10-25
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: As the Ice Age thawed, humans rose above the rest. But the possibility of a sixth mass extinction now looms: Has our ingenuity caused our downfall?
