Michael Palin
Self - Narrator
The Secret Life of Trees (2025)
Season 1
Narrated by Michael Palin, this fascinating series follows the incredible lives of trees - from their beginning as tiny seeds through to magnificent giants and into old age, revealing the secrets of how they communicate, how they drink and even how some of the three trillion trees on our planet are as old as the pyramids.
Released July 25, 2025
Episode 45 min
None+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.nature
Watch Providers: BritBox, Britbox Apple TV Channel , BBC Select Apple Tv channel
Production Companies: Voltage TV, WPP Motion Entertainment
Network: 5
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - The Early Years
We explore the lives of young trees, discovering how they transform from minute seeds into mature adults. But with fewer than 1 in 1000 seeds reaching adulthood, a tree's early years are the most treacherous.
July 25, 2025, midnight
S1E2 - Adulthood
Michael Palin narrates this captivating series, discovering how trees have developed the art of growing and ageing gracefully as they pass from their early years into middle age.
Aug. 1, 2025, midnight
S1E3 - Old Age
Michael Palin narrates as we follow trees into old age and discover how some trees alive today are as old as the pyramids. And a look at how a dying tree creates new life.
Aug. 7, 2025, midnight
Network: 5
Episode Runtime: 45 min.
Season Runtime: 136 min.
Released: July 25, 2025
Last Air Date: Aug. 7, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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