Episode 1
Mountains
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Only the toughest animal species can endure the extreme weather, scarce food and limited oxygen available on the Earth’s highest mountains.
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Directed by Guillermo Navarro
TV series
Hostile Planet
2019TV-PG1 season8.0 / 10
This six part documentary draws attention to the most extraordinary — almost supernatural — accounts of animals that have adapted to the cruelest evolutionary curveballs.
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Checked Sep 1, 2026
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Synopsis
This six part documentary draws attention to the most extraordinary — almost supernatural — accounts of animals that have adapted to the cruelest evolutionary curveballs.
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Episode 2
Oceans
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Dive beneath the surface of Earth’s dynamic oceans to uncover the extreme conditions to which animals must constantly adapt.
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Episode 3
Grasslands
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In the grasslands, animals endure freezes, fires, floods, and droughts. Bull elephants clash in mating battles. Cheetahs and gazelles engage in a predator-and-prey dance in the Kenyan savanna. Bison battle a blizzard while being pursued by wolves.
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Episode 4
Jungles
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Jungles comprise the most diverse habitats on Earth in which only the most resilient species triumph. The fiercest jungle species include jaguars, caimans, gibbons, orangutans, spectral tarsiers, hummingbirds, and parasites.
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Episode 5
Deserts
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Deserts are getting even hotter, drier and bigger, yet a host of remarkable animals still survive in the harshest of conditions, including cunning hyenas, pint-sized meerkats and sand-dwelling spiders.
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Episode 6
Polar
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The frozen poles are home to the planet's ultimate survivalists, including polar bears, penguins and Arctic wolves. Their world is changing fast -- breaking apart under their feet -- and their resilience will be tested beyond the extreme.
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More about Hostile Planet
Cast
Bear GryllsSelf - Host / NarratorProduction details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Miniseries
- Episodes
- 6
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
National GeographicUnited States
Plimsoll ProductionsUnited Kingdom
National GeographicUnited States
Tencent Penguin PicturesChina
Cristian Dimitrius ProductionsBrazil
Themes
nature documentary
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