The final episode airs on Sunday night, but the series still has one more trick up its sleeve, heading to urban environments for the first time. ‘Cities’ won’t be the spin-off centring on various teenagers trying to find food and a mate on night club strips in provincial towns that I’d hoped, but it will see humans and man-made environments get the super HD, stunningly-framed Planet Earth treatment.
Planet Earth has been breaking boundaries in a lot of ways this series, presenting unparalleled views and insights into the lives of animals and environments.
Filming on this episode was apparently the most challenging of the series, as research into animals living in urban environments is relatively scant and their activities are always changing.
“The thing about cities is they change so fast,” ‘Cities’ episode producer Fredi Devas told The Guardian.