The awesome fundamental power of nature, the great forces that shaped our planet and continue to be at the heart of how our planet functions, how life itself is shaped - these ideas form the core of this ambitious and astonishing five-part series, which uses spectacular natural history footage, computer animation and time-lapse sequences to explain universal concepts. This video collection is the first ever to offer a dynamic and comprehensive portrait of earth and our place on it. The episodes build on one another and combine to create a story that is as stunningly visual as it is informative and entertaining.