How to Grow a Planet

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How to Grow a Planet
GenreNature documentary
Directed byNick Shoolingin-Jordan
Nigel Walk
Presented by Iain Stewart
Composer Paul Leonard-Morgan
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes3
Production
Executive producerMark Hedgecoe
ProducerAndrew Thompson (series producer)
Running time59 minutes
Production company BBC Productions
Original release
Network BBC Two
Release7 February (2012-02-07) 
21 February 2012 (2012-02-21)

How to Grow a Planet is a 2012 television nature documentary series produced by the BBC on and originally broadcast on BBC Two. It is presented by Professor Iain Stewart [1] and ran for three 60 minute episodes in February 2012. It covers the role of plants in shaping the planet, altering the atmosphere, the evolution of ecological relationships and their role in shaping human evolution.

Contents

Episodes

No.TitleDirectorProducerOriginal air date (UK)
1"Life from Light"Nick Shoolingin-JordanNick Shoolingin-Jordan7 February 2012
2"The Power of Flowers"Nigel WalkNigel Walk14 February 2012
3"The Challenger"Nick Shoolingin-JordanNick Shoolingin-Jordan21 February 2012

Merchandise

A single-disc DVD set of the series was released on 16 April 2012.

References

  1. Simon, Jane (7 February 2012). "How to Grow a Planet – BBC2, 9pm". mirror.