A High-Definition Journey Around ‘Planet Earth’
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 03.23.07 | 3:08 PM ET
The Discovery Channel debuts an 11-part television series Sunday that, if you believe breathless critics, will give travelers, and particularly wildlife lovers, a serious vicarious travel thrill. It was produced by the BBC’s Naturally History Unit, which, in Newsday’s words, “is pretty much like the Court of Medici when it comes to nature photojournalism.” “Planet Earth” takes viewers on a pole-to-pole tour of the globe, with footage of camels in the Gobi desert, a snow leopard hunting in the Himalayas and whale sharks off Venezuela, just to name a few featured creatures and places. Raves USA Today’s Robert Blanco: “Swooping over mountains, plunging into seas, following every known movable-feast-beast being chased by every known predator, Planet Earth beautifully fulfills its promise: to show you the world in a way you’ve never seen it before.” It airs at 8 p.m. Eastern and Pacific.
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Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.
