Planet Earth Series title card from UK broadcast Genre Nature documentary Narrated by David Attenborough Composer(s) George Fenton Country of origin United Kingdom Original language(s) English No. of episodes 11 Production Executive producer(s) Alastair Fothergill Cinematography Doug Allan Running time 60 minutes Production company(s) BBC Natural History Unit Discovery Channel NHK Release Original network BBC One BBC HD Picture format 16:9 576i (SDTV) 16:9 1080i (HDTV) Audio format Stereo (SD) Dolby Digital (HD) Original release 5 March (2006-03-05) – 10 December 2006 (2006-12-10) Chronology Preceded by The Blue Planet Followed by Frozen Planet Planet Earth II External links Website