A quarter of the earth's land mass, from arctic to tropical, are open plains consisting of lowland as well as highland plateaus. Here grows virtually indestructible, fast-growing grasses of all sizes that feed the planet's largest herbivore populations, the preys to solitary and social carnivores. Spectacular elements of the seasonal cycle of life can include mass migrations, monsoons, drought and great fires.
Stars: David Attenborough, Sigourney Weaver, Nikolay Drozdov
Director(s): Alastair Fothergill
Writer(s): Gary Parker