David Attenborough presents his epic portrait of the earth’s environments and how plants and animals have adapted to their physical surroundings. Filmed on five continents, The Living Planet begins with the discovery of how huge forces formed the earth, how continents move and how the planet has become so varied. The next ten episodes then concentrate on different environments of the Earth: the frozen Poles, the northern forests, jungle, grasslands, deserts, the sky, rivers and lakes, tidal shores, islands, and oceans. The final episode then ties in the human angle - looking at how humans have changed the Earth’s habitats, destroying but creating new ones. It also investigates what the future may hold for the whole community on our amazing living planet.