TV series
Night on Earth
Overview
This nature series’ new technology lifts night’s veil to reveal the hidden lives of the world’s creatures, from lions on the hunt to bats on the wing.
Details
- First air date
- 2020-01-29
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 6 episodes
- Genres
- Documentary
- Network
- Netflix
- Production
- Plimsoll Productions
- Country
- GB
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Samira Wiley as Self - Narrator (voice)
Creators and crew
- Tom Hugh-Jones - Executive Producer
- Martha Holmes - Executive Producer
- James Manisty - Executive Producer
- Robert Wilcox - Executive Producer
- Alex Minton - Producer
- Hannah Hoare - Producer
Episodes
Episode 1: Moonlit Plains
From the African savanna to the Peruvian desert, lives of predators and prey are closely linked to the moon’s cycles and the opportunities they bring.
Episode 2: Frozen Nights
Mothers with cubs fight to survive, and a lonely monkey finds safety in numbers as animals navigate cold landscapes during the planet’s longest nights.
Episode 3: Jungle Nights
Beneath the jungle’s canopy, the night is alive with fantastic beasts, large and small, who use the darkness to socialize, hunt, climb and crawl.
Episode 4: Dark Seas
The oceans’ tides ebb and flow in concert with the moon, and so do the lives of the creatures below, from the largest whale shark to the smallest prawn.
Episode 5: Sleepless Cities
After dark, the natural world appears in unnatural places: Migrating elephants stroll through town, and urbanized otters romp in the city.
Episode 6: Dusk Till Dawn
The night unfolds to reveal magic in the air, drama in the deep, and danger on the ground as animals across the planet rise with the sunset.
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