Planet Earth III Our World at the Dawn of a New Age

About this book

The iconic series that started it all returns – accompanying an 8-part programme narrated by David Attenborough, Planet Earth III takes you closer than ever to the world's most fascinating animals and landscapes – and humanity's irrevocable impact upon them. There are over 100 billion planets in our galaxy. Only one is home to life. Ranging across seven dramatic habitats, from the depths of the ocean, to the scorching desert and into the to the darkest jungle, Planet Earth III showcases places and animals from all corners of our amazing, unique, planet.

For the first time, Planet Earth III introduces a human element to each landscape – highlighting how, in the age of the Anthropocene, today's planet has been forever changed by humanity and that wildlife now faces new challenges in our crowded, modern world. Using state of the art photography techniques, the Planet Earth team have spent longer in the field than ever before, bringing you closer to some of the planet's most intriguing species, unseen landscapes and natural phenomena.

Planet Earth III depicts the challenging lives of animals on an increasingly fragile planet, highlighting the deep interconnectivity of all life on Earth and championing the heroic lengths some are going to preserve the critical ecosystems of the planet we call home.

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Biography

Matt Brandon is a BAFTA-winning series producer responsible for delivering a broad range of highly successful natural history and adventure documentaries for broadcasters including BBC, Disney+, National Geographic, Discovery Channel, and Animal Planet.

He has produced series about Australia, the Caribbean, and the Indian Ocean with explorer Simon Reeve. And travelled the Amazon River from Source to Sea with Bruce Parry. Matt's recent landmark shows include Cities: Nature's New Wild for the Natural History Unit, and Super/Natural for Disney+ and National Geographic, executive produced by James Cameron.

Michael Gunton is the creative director of the Factual and Natural History Unit for BBC Studios. Within this role, Michael works as an executive producer on many BBC titles and is responsible for bringing new and pioneering stories about the natural world to global audiences.

Michael's recent series include the record-breaking Planet Earth II, winner of 4 BAFTAs and 2 Emmys, followed by the ground breaking animal behaviour series Dynasties. In 2022 he turned his attention to the world of plants in The Green Planet and the world of dinosaurs with Prehistoric Planet.

Jonny Keeling is the executive producer of Seven Worlds, One Planet. A longtime BBC collaborator, he has produced and directed numerous wildlife mini-series and documentaries, including The Life of Mammals, Planet Earth, Man Vs Wolf and The Zoo. He has also worked on BBC's wildly popular Planet Earth II, presented by renowned naturalist Sir David Attenborough.