Human Planet

The final episode of Human Planet looks at the environment which has been made by humans for humans. Cities are our greatest success story and now over half the world's population lives in the urban jungle. They are built to keep untamed nature out, but nature cannot be pushed away. From bed bugs sucking our blood at night, to rats in our restaurants, gangs of monkey muggers and rutting elks in downtown USA, many animals have adapted to living in a world of bricks and steel.

The majority of the world's population live alongside rivers. For these peoples, the waters bring times of plenty and times of great danger and so these communities have to adapt to the ebb and flow of their environment.

The world's rainforests are brimming with life. They are environments of plenty where a successful community needs more than the hunt for resources to keep it together.