External links
- Kourounis' website, contains latest news of filming Angry Planet (retrieved 4 December 2006).
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| Angry Planet | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Peter Rowe, George Kourounis |
| Starring | George Kourounis |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| No. of episodes | 39 |
| Production | |
| Running time | Half-hour episodes (23 minutes) |
| Original release | |
| Network | OLN |
| Release | 6 March 2007 – 2010 |
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The first season of the series has also been released on DVD as a box set.
Each episode focuses on a different force of nature as Kourounis gets up close to investigate and document the most fierce natural phenomena the Earth has to dish out.
The series was produced from 2006 to 2010.
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