Round Planet (2016)

Round Planet (2016)

Round Planet is a parody of nature documentaries such as Planet Earth, hosted by Matt Lucas as Armstrong Wedgewood.

Cast: Matt Lucas, Matt Lucas


10Season 1

Bears

July 1, 2016

Armstrong narrates a focus on bears, the largest land predators on Earth which, surprisingly, forage for some of the smallest meals available.

09Season 1

Forests

June 30, 2016

In forests, the perfect combination of sunlight and rain "makes trees grow like billy-o." Among these trees, an entire world springs into being.

08Season 1

Great Apes

June 29, 2016

The great apes, not to be confused with monkeys, have opposable thumbs, complex social politics and other "phenomenally humanlike" qualities.

07Season 1

Islands

June 28, 2016

Life on islands evolves in isolation from the wider world, and in a manner that is "absolutely potty." Much of this life is weird and wonderful.

06Season 1

Penguins

June 27, 2016

Penguins, "the natural world's answer to Charlie Chaplin," only have to waddle about to make children -- and Amstrong Wedgewood -- smile.

05Season 1

Madagascar

June 24, 2016

Many of the flora and fauna of Madagascar are found nowhere else on Earth, which is why the island isn't called "Normal-a-gascar."

04Season 1

Wildebeest

June 23, 2016

The wildebeest, one of the many species of ungulates and "cud munchers" that populate the Serengeti, take part in a grand migration every year.

03Season 1

Oceans

June 22, 2016

Most of Earth's animals live in the sea, where they form a "living soup" or a "massive death chowder" in which it's eat or be eaten.

02Season 1

Yellowstone

June 21, 2016

Serene as it seems, Yellowstone National Park is more unpredictable than an atom of Radium -226, thanks to the active super volcano below it.

01Season 1

Arctic

May 16, 2016

Artic creatures aren't bothered by the cold. Rather, they fear the warmth caused by human activity that is setting the 'Earth's freezer' to 'defrost'.