Life on Our Planet
2023 · Miniseries · TV-PG · ★ 8.0 · 53% critics
This nature docuseries traces life’s long journey on Earth, showing how living things adapt, compete, and survive through massive changes over billions of years. It blends modern wildlife footage with recreated scenes of ancient creatures to connect past and present in a big-picture story about evolution and extinction.
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Streaming on Netflix.
7 hours to watch · 8 episodes.
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Details
- Years
- 2023
- Release date
- 2023-10-25
- Network
- Netflix
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 53/100
- TMDB rating
- 8.0/10 (201 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a sweeping, visually bold overview of life’s history that mixes modern nature footage with prehistoric recreations, like Welcome to Earth or Earth at Night in Color; Not for you if you want strict accuracy, deeper detail, or a clear chronological timeline.
Pros: striking CGI and visuals; easy to follow basics; inspiring sense of scale | Cons: confusing timeline jumps; questionable scientific accuracy; overdramatic predator focus
Themes
- dynasty
- survival
- prehistoric creature
- miniseries
- dinosaur
- nature
- nature documentary
- planet earth
- animal evolution
Cast & crew
Morgan Freeman
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Episodes1 season · 8 episodes
Season 18 episodes
- S1E1Chapter 1: The Rules of Life43mNetflix
- S1E2Chapter 2: The First Frontier54mNetflix
- S1E3Chapter 3: Invaders of the Land57mNetflix
- S1E4Chapter 4: In Cold Blood55mNetflix
- S1E5Chapter 5: In the Shadow of Giants51mNetflix
- S1E6Chapter 6: Out of the Ashes53mNetflix
- S1E7Chapter 7: Inheriting the Earth52mNetflix
- S1E8Chapter 8: Age of Ice and Fire50mNetflix