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Also known as Earth: The Biography Country of origin United Kingdom No. of seasons 1 First episode date 20 November 2007 Presented by Iain Stewart | 8.8/10 IMDb Genre Documentary Original language(s) English No. of episodes 5 Final episode date 18 December 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Executive producers Annabel Gillings, Jonathan Renouf, Phil Dolling Nominations British Academy Television Award for Best Specialist Factual Similar Earth Story, How to Grow a Planet, Rise of the Continents, How the Earth Was Made, Xploration Awesome Planet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Earth: The Power of the Planet is a British documentary television series that premiered on BBC Two on 20 November 2007. The five-part series is presented by geologist Iain Stewart.
In the United States, the series was broadcast in 2008 on the National Geographic Channel as Earth: The Biography.
During filming in Madagascar, a new species of ant was discovered by Brian Fisher and named after Stewart: Cerapachys iainstewarti.
Merchandise
A two-disc DVD of the series was released on the 14 January 2008, followed by a two-disc Blu-ray set of the series being made available on the 15 September 2008.
A 240-page hardcover book written by Iain Stewart and John Lynch (ISBN 978-0563539148) covering the topics seen in the episodes was released prior to the series being broadcast on the 18 October 2007.