Miracle Planet Survival of the Fittest (Season 1, Episode 5)
Unrated
TV Episode | 50 min | Documentary, History, Mystery

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Miracle Planet

Survival of the Fittest (Season 1, Episode 5)

Unrated

TV Episode | 50 min | Documentary, History, Mystery

Directors

Joanne Carrière | Keizo Izuta | Olivier Julien | Masatoshi Kaneko & 2 more

Writers

Jeremy Hogarth (concept: NFB) | Isshin Inudô (screenplay: NHK) | Olivier Julien (narration: International)

Producers

Joanne Carrière | Wally Longul

Composers

Hironori Doi | Daniel Toussaint

Cinematographers

Tomonori Ando (cameraman: NHK) | Mitsutaka Handa (cameraman: NHK) | Toshihiro Muta (cameraman: NHK) | Fumihiko Saito (cameraman: NHK) | Tsutomu Shimizu (cameraman: NHK)

Editors

José Heppell | Kazunari Kaneda | Mitsunori Morimoto

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Edit Released

Updated Apr 22, 2005

Release date

Aug 28, 2005 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

1 nomination

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Cast	+ Add Cast
16 cast members

Name	Known for
Christopher Plummer Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Beginners (2010)
Henry Bunn Self - University of Wisconsin (as Dr. Henry Bunn) Self - University of Wisconsin (as Dr. Henry Bunn) See fewer	Miracle Planet (2004)
Noam Chomsky Self - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (as Dr. Noam Chomsky) Self - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (as Dr. Noam Chomsky) See fewer	Triangle of Sadness (2022)
Richard Dawkins Self - Oxford University (as Dr. Richard Dawkins) Self - Oxford University (as Dr. Richard Dawkins) See fewer	Doctor Who (2005)
Simon Fisher Self - Wellcome Trust Centre, England (as Dr. Simon Fisher) Self - Wellcome Trust Centre, England (as Dr. Simon Fisher) See fewer	Miracle Planet (2004)
Jean-Michel Geneste Self - National Centre for Prehistory (as Dr. Jean-Michel Geneste) Self - National Centre for Prehistory (as Dr. Jean-Michel Geneste) See fewer	Beaumarchais the Scoundrel (1996)
Gary Granville Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Nova (1974)
Jeffrey Laitman Self - Mount Sinai School of Medicine (as Dr. Jeffrey Laitman) Self - Mount Sinai School of Medicine (as Dr. Jeffrey Laitman) See fewer	Miracle Planet (2004)
Seiko Nakajô Narrator Japan (voice) Narrator Japan (voice) See fewer	Miracle Planet (2004)
Jean-Philippe Puymartin Narrator France (voice) Narrator France (voice) See fewer	Emmenez-moi au théâtre (1982)
Callum Ross Self - University of Chicago (as Dr. Callum Ross) Self - University of Chicago (as Dr. Callum Ross) See fewer	Miracle Planet (2004)
Robert Sussman Self - University of Washington in St. Louis (as Dr. Robert Sussman) Self - University of Washington in St. Louis (as Dr. Robert Sussman) See fewer	Miracle Planet (2004)
Ian Tattersall Self - American Museum of Natural History (as Dr. Ian Tattersall) Self - American Museum of Natural History (as Dr. Ian Tattersall) See fewer	Ancient Aliens (2009)
Francis Thackeray Self - Transvaal Museum, South Africa (as Dr. Francis Thackeray) Self - Transvaal Museum, South Africa (as Dr. Francis Thackeray) See fewer	L'odyssée de l'espèce (2003)
Elisabeth Vrba Self - Yale University (as Dr. Elisabeth Vrba) Self - Yale University (as Dr. Elisabeth Vrba) See fewer	Coincidence in Paradise (1999)
Tsutomu Yamazaki Self - Presenter: Japanese Version Self - Presenter: Japanese Version See fewer	Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior (1980)