Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy Antarctica. The show's primary focus is on animals and ecosystems around the world. A comic book based on the show, meant to be used an as educational tool for kids, was briefly distributed to museums and schools at no cost in the mid-2000s.
Donald C. Johanson
plays Self (13 episodes)
George Page
plays Narrator (16 episodes)
F. Murray Abraham
plays Narrator (voice) (25 episodes)
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Liev Schreiber
plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
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Jason O'Mara
plays Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)
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Ed Trucco
plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Howard McGillin
plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
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Romulus Whitaker
plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Linda Hunt
plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
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Stockard Channing
plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
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James Naughton
plays Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)
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Lynn Sherr
plays Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)
Mark Hamill
plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
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Will Patton
plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
William Rankin Patton (born June 14, 1954) is an American actor and audiobook narrator. He starred as Colonel Dan Wea...
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Laura Dern
plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
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John Ritter
plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
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Patricia Clarkson
plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
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Anthony LaPaglia
plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
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Kate Humble
plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
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Edward Herrmann
plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
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Michael Gross
plays Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)
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Christopher Plummer
plays Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)
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Peter Coyote
plays Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)
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Julia Roberts
plays Host (1 episode)
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Simon King
plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
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Tim Matheson
plays Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)
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Joe Morton
plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
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Timothy Dalton
plays Host (1 episode)
Timothy Peter Dalton (born 21 March 1946) is a Welsh actor of film and television.He is known for portraying James Bo...
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Hardy Jones
plays Host (1 episode)
Henry Winkler
plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
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Jay O. Sanders
plays Narrator (voice) (5 episodes)
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Daniel Stern
plays Narrator (voice) (3 episodes)
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Allison Argo
plays Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)
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Nora Young
plays Narrator (voice) (5 episodes)
Colin Stafford-Johnson
plays Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)
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Joe Hutto
plays Host (1 episode)
Liam Neeson
plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
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Brian Unger
plays Narrator (2 episodes)
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Meg Ryan
plays Host (1 episode)
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Toby Leonard Moore
plays Narrator (voice) (3 episodes)
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Kevin Draine
plays Narrator (voice) (4 episodes)
Richard Thomas
plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
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Kate Winslet
plays Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)
Kate Elizabeth Winslet (born 5 October 1975) is an English actress. Known for her work in independent films, particul...
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Hugo Kitching
plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Beverly Joubert
plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
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Dereck Joubert
plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
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Chris Morgan
BD Wong
plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
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Paul Christie
plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Laila Robins
plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
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Kevin Kline
plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
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Koko
plays Self (1 episode)
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Ewan McGregor
plays Host (1 episode) , Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
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Martin Sheen
plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
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Alan Ereira
plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Uma Thurman
plays Narrator (voice) (3 episodes)
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Thomas Haden Church
plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Thomas Haden Church (born Thomas Richard McMillen; June 17, 1960) is an American actor. After co-starring in the 1990...
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Bill Pullman
plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
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Howard Hall
plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
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Thoren Ferguson
plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
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Samuel Gilbert-Davies
plays Re-enactor (1 episode)
Olga Merediz
plays Narrator (2 episodes) , Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)
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Ben Masters
plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
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David Attenborough
plays Host (2 episodes) , Narrator (voice) (5 episodes)
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Paul Giamatti
plays Narrator (voice) (3 episodes)
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John-Christian Bateman
plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Nyambi Nyambi
plays Narrator (voice) (4 episodes)
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James Lurie
plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
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Campbell Scott
plays Narrator (voice) (3 episodes)
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Russell Boulter
plays Narrator (voice) (3 episodes)
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Jayce Bartok
plays Narrator (voice) (5 episodes)
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Gordon Buchanan
plays Host (5 episodes)
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Noma Dumezweni
plays Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)
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Martin Dohrn
plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
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Scott Brick
plays Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)
Anja Taylor
plays Self - Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Ana Gasteyer
plays Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)
Ana Gasteyer is an American singer, stage and screen actress. She is best known for her comedic roles as a cast membe...
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Mark Emery
plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Tom Mustill
plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Allan Peck
plays Narrator (voice) (4 episodes)
David Scheel
plays Host (1 episode)
JuJu Chang
plays Host (3 episodes)
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Niobe Thompson
plays Host (2 episodes)
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Tom Harges
plays Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)
Maria Diekmann
plays Self (1 episode)
Keith David
plays Narrator (1 episode)
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Charlie Russell
plays Self (1 episode)
Sooyong Park
Jonathan Kingdon
plays Self (1 episode)
George H. Page
plays Narrator (1 episode)
George H. Page
plays Narrator (1 episode)
Susane Lee
plays Narrator (1 episode)
Nancy Lewman
plays Narrator (1 episode)
George Page
plays Narrator (1 episode)
Jane Goodall
plays Self (1 episode)
Dame Jane Morris Goodall DBE (born Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall on 3 April 1934), formerly Baroness Jane van Lawick-Go...
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