Our Planet
2019
Original language: English
- documentary
- family
The story
Experience our planet's natural beauty and examine how climate change impacts all living creatures in this ambitious documentary of spectacular scope.
What it’s like
Sweeping aerial shots of ice shelves, desert dunes and tropical canopy, with the light changing from pale polar blue to molten orange at dusk, and long lenses that wait patiently on animals in their own weather. Hushed, close-recorded soundscapes of wind, surf and bird calls sit under Hans Zimmer's swelling orchestral score, which rises for the big set pieces and drops away for quiet observation. The mood is awe that slowly tilts toward concern, a warm, reflective, hopeful register rather than alarm. Its pacing is unhurried, one habitat per episode, each stitched around a single animal family's seasonal struggle, with the narration's gentle authority carrying the rhythm. Intensity is low: predation and animal death appear as natural, brief moments, with no gore, cruelty or sexual content, though a few hunts may startle younger viewers. It suits a rainy Sunday, a family evening, or a quiet hour when you want the planet to feel vast, fragile and worth protecting. Made for viewers who love natural history, want hope alongside the facts, and prefer wonder to despair.
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