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Planet Earth Live (TV series)

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Planet Earth Live is a live-action nature documentary

screened on British television. Produced by the BBC Natural Planet Earth Live
History Unit and broadcast in May 2012, the programme was Genre Nature documentary
presented by Richard Hammond and Julia Bradbury.[1]
Directed by Will Clough
Phil Jennings
James Morgan
Contents
Presented Richard Hammond
1 Format by Julia Bradbury
2 Ratings Composer(s) Will Slater
3 Critical reception
4 References Country of United Kingdom
5 External links origin
Original English
language(s)
Format No. of series 1
No. of 8
Planet Earth Live featured real-time footage of young
episodes
animals from five continents[2] throughout the month of
May.[1] Broadcast three times per week, teams of nature Production
experts and documentary makers monitored the activity of Executive Tim Scoones
animals in their area, reporting back on the day's events.[3]
producer(s)
Animals featured included meerkats in the Kalahari Desert,
American black bears in Minnesota, lions and African bush Producer(s) Roger Webb
elephants in East Africa, toque macaques in Sri Lanka, gray Stuart Armstrong
whales off the coast of California, polar bears in Svalbard Lucinda Axelsson
and giant otters in Peru. Andy Chastney
Vanessa Coates
The programme was shown in May 2012 on BBC One in the
United Kingdom and was broadcast in 140 countries in total, Location(s) Kenya, United States, South Africa,
making it the most amibitious global wildlife series the BBC Sri Lanka, Peru
had ever undertaken.[4] In the US it was retitled 24/7 Wild Running 6070 minutes
and aired on NatGeo Wild; in South Africa, Asia, Australia, time
Italy, Nordic countries, New Zealand and Poland it was
shown on BBC Knowledge; and in India on BBC Production BBC Natural History Unit
Entertainment.[5] company(s) National Geographic Channel
Distributor BBC
Ratings Release
Original BBC One
network
Picture 16:9 576i (SDTV)
format 16:9 1080i (HDTV)
Original 6 May 24 May 2012
release
Chronology
Related Planet Earth
shows
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Episode Total Weekly channel External links

Airdate
No. viewers ranking
Website www.bbc.co.uk/programmes
1 6 May 2012 6.06m 8 /p00qj06z (http://www.bbc.co.uk/pro
2 9 May 2012 4.12m 24 grammes/p00qj06z)

10 May
3 4.06m 26
2012

13 May
4 5.18m 10
2012

16 May
5 4.64m 17
2012

17 May Under
6 Outside top 30
2012 4.15m

20 May
7 4.31m 27
2012

24 May Under
8 Outside top 30
2012 3.32m

Critical reception
The show was criticised for the lack of live coverage, with many of the animal scenes having been pre-
recorded.[6][7][8][9] There were also mixed reviews with regard to the style of presenters. Some of the viewers
praised the choice of Richard Hammond and Julia Bradbury, as fresh and put across the facts in an easy to
understand way, whereas others felt that the presenters were not wildlife experts, were out of their depth and
inappropriate for this genre. BBC meanwhile, claim that the show has a huge viewership and only a relatively
small number of complaints.[2][8][10][11]

References

1. Mohan, Isabel (3 May 2012). "Planet Earth Live, BBC One, preview" (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/cultur
e/tvandradio/9244094/Planet-Earth-Live-BBC-One-preview.html). telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 29 May
2012.
2. Edwards, Tim (8 May 2012). "Richard Hammond has ruined Planet Earth Live, say viewers" (http://ww
w.theweek.co.uk/tv-radio/planet-earth-live/46736/richard-hammond-has-ruined-planet-earth-live-say-vie
wers). theweek.co.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
3. Gee, Catherine (4 May 2012). "Planet Earth Live: a 'global Springwatch' from the BBC" (http://www.tele
graph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9246053/Planet-Earth-Live-a-global-Springwatch-from-the-BBC.html).
telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
4. "The most ambitious BBC global wildlife series ever undertaken - Planet Earth Live to air globally in
140 countries" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/worldwide/270412planetearthlive.html). BBC Press
Office. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
5. "Planet Earth Live: On TV" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00qj06z/features/ontv). BBC one.
Retrieved 29 May 2012.
6. Ward, Victoria (8 May 2012). "Planet Earth Live criticised for lack of live action" (http://www.telegraph.
co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9253053/Planet-Earth-Live-criticised-for-lack-of-live-action.html).
telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
7. Attewill, Fred (8 May 2012). "Viewers call on BBC to scrap Planet Earth Live after animal no-show" (htt
p://www.metro.co.uk/tv/898517-viewers-call-on-bbc-to-scrap-planet-earth-live-after-animal-no-show).
metro.co.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2012.

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8. Hogan, Phil (13 May 2012). "Rewind TV: Homeland; Prisoners of War; Planet Earth Live; A Civil
Arrangement; Edward VIII: The Plot to Topple a King" (https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/201
2/may/13/homeland-prisoners-of-war-alison-steadman-edward-viii). guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 29 May
2012.
9. O'Sullivan, Kevin (27 May 2012). "What on Earth were the Beeb thinking with Planet Earth Live?" (htt
p://www.mirror.co.uk/opinion/lifestyle-opinion/kevin-o-sullivan/what-on-earth-were-the-beeb-thinking-8
48881). mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
10. "BBC Points of View website for Planet Earth Live comments" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mbpointsofvi
ew/NF1951566?thread=8345087&skip=200). 8 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
11. Edwards, Tim (8 May 2012). "BBC defends 'popular' Richard Hammond from Planet Earth Live critics"
(http://www.theweek.co.uk/tv-radio/planet-earth-live/46810/bbc-defends-popular-richard-hammond-plan
et-earth-live-critics). Retrieved 29 May 2012.

External links
Planet Earth Live (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01ms18l) at BBC Programmes
Planet Earth Live (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2151670/) on IMDb

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