Planet Earth (1986 TV series)
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Planet Earth is a seven-episode 1986 PBS television documentary series focusing on the Earth, narrated by Richard Kiley.
Planet Earth | |
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Genre | Nature documentary |
Narrated by | Richard Kiley |
Composers | Jack Tillar and William Loose |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 7 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Thomas Skinner |
Producer | Debbie Glovin |
Running time | 57 minutes (Total 399 minutes approx.) |
Production company | WQED Pittsburgh |
Original release | |
Network | PBS |
Release | January 22 (1986-01-22) ā March 5, 1986 (1986-03-05) |
Planet Earth explores geoscience and how discoveries of the early and mid-1980s were revolutionizing mankind's understanding of the Earth's past, present, and future. It also highlights scientific discoveries not yet fully understood and still under study in the mid-1980s. The series explores the Earth's origins, history, and structure; the forces that operate continually to alter its surface; its oceans; its climate; its natural resources; its biosphere and the effects of life on the physical world; its relationship to the Sun and other bodies in the Solar System; and its possible future in the face of pressures the growing human population places on the natural world.[1]
The BBC used the same title for its 2006 series, but the two series are completely unrelated and quite different in focus and content.