The Green Planet

A journey into the magical world of the tropical rain forest, from fast-growing trees to flowers that mimic dead animals. New filming techniques allow us to enter the plants' world and see it from their perspective.

Water plants create some of the most beautiful, bizarre and important habitats on earth. To hold on in torrents, plants use a kind of super glue. While some are armed with vicious weapons to fight titanic battles for space.

Between the tropics and the frozen poles lies a region dominated by relentless change. To survive here plants must use strategy, deception and remarkable feats of engineering. Most importantly, they must get their timing right.

Exploring the hostile world of the desert and how plants survive by using weapons, camouflage and surprising alliances with animals.

David Attenborough explains how humans help plants that are facing extinction, from projects in Africa to re-seeding the landscape to rebuilding a Brazilian rainforest tree.