Matt Lucas
Director
Round Planet (2016)
Season 1
This is natural history, but not as you know it. Narrated by off-kilter natural history doyen 'Armstrong Wedgewood' – played by the inimitable Matt Lucas – this is blue-chip rebooted.
Released May 16, 2016
None+
Genres: Comedy, Documentary
Keywords: imdb.astronomical-object-in-title, imdb.parody, imdb.satire-comedy, imdb.parody-comedy, tmdb.parody, tmdb.spoof
Network: BBC
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Arctic
Artic creatures aren't bothered by the cold. Rather, they fear the warmth caused by human activity that is setting the 'Earth's freezer' to 'defrost'.
May 16, 2016, midnight
S1E2 - Yellowstone
Serene as it seems, Yellowstone National Park is more unpredictable than an atom of Radium-226, thanks to the active super volcano below it.
June 21, 2016, midnight
S1E3 - Oceans
Most of Earth's animals live in the sea, where they form a "living soup" or a "massive death chowder" in which it's eat or be eaten.
June 22, 2016, midnight
S1E4 - Wildebeest
The wildebeest, one of the many species of ungulates and "cud munchers" that populate the Serengeti, take part in a grand migration every year.
June 23, 2016, midnight
S1E5 - Madagascar
Many of the flora and fauna of Madagascar are found nowhere else on Earth, which is why the island isn't called "Normal-a-gascar."
June 24, 2016, midnight
S1E6 - Penguins
Penguins, "the natural world's answer to Charlie Chaplin," only have to waddle about to make children -- and Amstrong Wedgewood -- smile.
June 27, 2016, midnight
S1E7 - Islands
Life on islands evolves in isolation from the wider world, and in a manner that is "absolutely potty." Much of this life is weird and wonderful.
June 28, 2016, midnight
S1E8 - Great Apes
The great apes, not to be confused with monkeys, have opposable thumbs, complex social politics and other "phenomenally humanlike" qualities.
June 29, 2016, midnight
S1E9 - Forests
In forests, the perfect combination of sunlight and rain "makes trees grow like billy-o." Among these trees, an entire world springs into being.
June 30, 2016, midnight
S1E10 - Bears
Armstrong narrates a focus on bears, the largest land predators on Earth which, surprisingly, forage for some of the smallest meals available.
July 1, 2016, midnight
Network: BBC
Released: May 16, 2016
Last Air Date: July 1, 2016, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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