Mysterious Planet

Our Planet still hides many mysteries. Why does the world’s largest gathering of whale sharks happen in just one special place off the coast of Mexico? What has it got to do with a meteorite hurtling through space? Why are komodo dragons only found where they are? How did one of the planet’s most exquisite rainforests become forgotten? From the strangest animals of Sulawesi, to the spooky creatures of the Mayan underworld; from the haunt of Pumas and the Mars - like high Andes, to a lost world in the African clouds and a war of Baboons: Mysterious Planet embarks on a series of epic journeys into the wild, across continents, through millennia, to uncover the answers to the mysteries that shape life.

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Documentary
Created By

Andrew Murray

First Aired on

Mar 15, 2020

1 seaons till Mar 22, 2020

Popularity: 0.5539
2 votes
Networks
(FR)
Production

NHK (JP)NHNZ (NZ)

Status: Ended

Show Ended

Last episode: The Forgotten Forest

Seasons & episodes

Total 1 seasons, 5 episodes

Season 1

Aired

5 Episodes
  • Episode 1Islands of the Dragon King min

    Komodo Dragons are excellent swimmers who have migrated far from the Komodo Islands in the past. Without the need for any males to reproduce, and one single female could potentially populate an entire island on her own.

  • Episode 2Giants of the Caribbean min

    The largest gathering of the largest fish on the planet--over four hundred whale sharks--assembles in the same small patch of ocean just off Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Why are they here? Mysterious Planet embarks on an epic journey to find out: from the clear blue waters of the Caribbean, into the largest network of flooded caves on Earth, spiritual underworld of a lost civilization, home to monsters and alien life forms ,where a meteorite the size of Manhattan is hurtling towards planet Earth, on course to kickstart the evolution of a whole new line of ocean giants.

  • Episode 3Mountains of Fire and Ice min

    The Andes: one mountain range connecting two completely different worlds: A frigid ice-land and a fortress of Fire

  • Episode 4Roof of Africa min

    Ethiopian Highlands.

  • Episode 5The Forgotten Forest min

    Brazilian rainforest.

Top Cast

Crew & Team

Kyle Murdoch

Executive Producer

Shinichi Murata

Executive Producer

Quinn Berentson

Producer

Kazunori Watanabe

Producer

Satoshi Okabe

Producer

Hisako Ichinose

Producer

Stacey Southee

Production Manager

Dr Nigel Dunstone

Researcher

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