How to Grow a Planet

How to Grow a Planet is a 2012 television nature documentary series produced by the BBC on and originally broadcast on BBC Two. It is presented by Professor Iain Stewart^[1] and ran for three 60 minute episodes in February 2012. It covers the role of plants in shaping the planet, altering the atmosphere, the evolution of ecological relationships and their role in shaping human evolution.

How to Grow a Planet
Genre	Nature documentary
Directed by	Nick Shoolingin-Jordan Nigel Walk
Presented by	Iain Stewart
Composer	Paul Leonard-Morgan
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	3
Production
Executive producer	Mark Hedgecoe
Producer	Andrew Thompson (series producer)
Running time	59 minutes
Production company	BBC Productions
Original release
Network	BBC Two
Release	7 February (2012-02-07) – 21 February 2012 (2012-02-21)

Episodes

No.	Title	Director	Producer	Original air date (UK)
1	"Life from Light"	Nick Shoolingin-Jordan	Nick Shoolingin-Jordan	7 February 2012
2	"The Power of Flowers"	Nigel Walk	Nigel Walk	14 February 2012
3	"The Challenger"	Nick Shoolingin-Jordan	Nick Shoolingin-Jordan	21 February 2012

Merchandise

A single-disc DVD set of the series was released on 16 April 2012.