The 11-part BBC series is narrated by Sir David Attenborough and organized so that each 50-minute episode covers a specific geographical region and/or wildlife habitat (mountains, caves, deserts, shallow seas, seasonal forests, etc.) until the entire planet has been represented.

Title from container. Originally broadcast in 2006 as an eleven-episode BBC One television mini-series. Special features approximately 420 minutes. Special features: Four new bonus programs (disc 6); Frozen planet sneak peak; producer commentary; music only viewing option; production video diary for each episode; Planet Earth: The Future (disc 5).

Disc 1. From pole to pole ; Mountains ; Fresh water -- Disc 2. Caves ; Deserts ; Ice worlds -- Disc 3. Great plains ; Jungles ; Shallow seas -- Disc 4. Seasonal forests ; Ocean deep -- Disc 5. Bonus program: Planet Earth : the future. Saving the species ; Into the wilderness ; Living together -- Disc 6. Bonus programs. Snow leopard: beyond the myth ; Secrets of the Maya underworld ; Elephant nomads of the Namib Desert ; Frozen planet sneak peek.