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Duration
65 minutes
Series Info
Season 1 Episode 4 of 11

Quick Summary

Life in the world's darkest caves

About This Program

David Attenborough looks at the world's caves, including the Lechuguilla Cave in America, which contains chambers filled with 6m-long crystals. He observes creatures in Texas and Thailand that never see daylight, and inside Deer Cave in Borneo he finds five million bats whose droppings support an entire ecosystem

Planet Earth broadcasts on U&Yesterday +1 at 4:55pm, Tuesday, 23 December 2025. (Subtitles, repeat)

Channel Numbers:
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Production Details

Runtime65 mins

Cast & Crew

HC
Huw CordeyProducer
AF
Alastair FothergillSeries-producer