Channel logo

The Green Planet

Season 1
Narrated by Sir David Attenborough, The Green Planet reveals the strange and wonderful world of plants like never before.
20225 episodesTV-PG
Subscribe to discovery+ or Max

Prime membership required

Limited time offer. Terms apply.

Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Tropical Worlds
    January 8, 2022
    48min
    TV-PG
    A journey into the magical world of the tropical rain forest, from fast-growing trees to flowers that mimic dead animals. New filming techniques allow us to enter the plants' world and see it from their perspective.
    Subscribe to discovery+ or Max
  2. S1 E2 - Water Worlds
    January 15, 2022
    50min
    TV-PG
    Water plants create some of the most beautiful, bizarre and important habitats on earth. To hold on in torrents, plants use a kind of super glue. While some are armed with vicious weapons to fight titanic battles for space.
    Subscribe to discovery+ or Max
  3. S1 E3 - Seasonal Worlds
    January 22, 2022
    49min
    TV-PG
    Between the tropics and the frozen poles lies a region dominated by relentless change. To survive here plants must use strategy, deception and remarkable feats of engineering. Most importantly, they must get their timing right.
    Subscribe to discovery+ or Max
  4. S1 E4 - Desert Worlds
    January 29, 2022
    50min
    TV-PG
    Deserts are hostile, temperatures soar and water is rare. Yet plants find extraordinary ways to survive. Plants have invaded the most dangerous deserts on earth to bring life and colour to these harsh landscapes.
    Subscribe to discovery+ or Max
  5. S1 E5 - Human Worlds
    February 5, 2022
    50min
    TV-PG
    We rely on plants for almost everything, including the air we breathe and the food we eat. Two in five wild plants are threatened with extinction, but people are finding new ways to help them, from projects in Africa to rebuilding the forests in Brazil.
    Subscribe to discovery+ or Max

Details

More info

Subtitles
None available
Producers
Paul Williams
Studio
discovery plus Natural History
By clicking play, you agree to our Terms of Use.