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1986, TV Show

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A seven-part science series examining forces that have shaped `our ever-changing planet,' as narrator Richard Kiley put it. Produced in association with the National Academy of Sciences, `Earth' covered areas ranging from earthquakes to `nuclear winter,' and compared Earth with the other planets in the solar system. The series shared 1986's Best Informational Series Emmy with a multipart `Great Performances' biography of Laurence Olivier.
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Planet Earth: Mountains Snow...
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Planet Earth: Sneak Peek
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Planet Earth: Deserts Wild...
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Planet Earth: Plains The Bison...
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Planet Earth: Shallow Seas Great...
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Premiered: January 22, 1986, on PBS
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Premise: A seven-part science series examining forces that have shaped `our ever-changing planet,' as narrator Richard Kiley put it. Produced in association with the National Academy of Sciences, `Earth' covered areas ranging from earthquakes to `nuclear winter,' and compared Earth with the other planets in the solar system. The series shared 1986's Best Informational Series Emmy with a multipart `Great Performances' biography of Laurence Olivier.

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Planet Earth - The Complete BBC Series [Blu-ray]
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The BBC Earth Collection (Planet Earth / Earth: The Biography) [Blu-ray]
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