Round Planet

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.

Type: tv

Season: 1

Episode: 1

Duration: N/A

Release: 2016

Rating: 7.0

Season 1 - Round Planet
2016-05-16
"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'."
2016-06-21
"Serene as it seems, Yellowstone National Park is more unpredictable than an atom of Radium-226, thanks to the active super volcano below it."
2016-06-22
"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."
2016-06-24
"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.\""
2016-06-27
"Penguins, \"the natural world's answer to Charlie Chaplin,\" only have to waddle about to make children -- and Amstrong Wedgewood -- smile."
2016-06-28
"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."
2016-06-29
"The great apes, not to be confused with monkeys, have opposable thumbs, complex social politics and other \"phenomenally humanlike\" qualities."
2016-06-30
"In forests, the perfect combination of sunlight and rain \"makes trees grow like billy-o.\" Among these trees, an entire world springs into being."
2016-07-01
"Armstrong narrates a focus on bears, the largest land predators on Earth which, surprisingly, forage for some of the smallest meals available."