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The Future Is Wild is a British 2002 thirteen-part speculative documentary television miniseries. Based on research and interviews with several scientists, the miniseries shows how life could evolve in the future if humans were to disappear from the Earth altogether through extinction. The version broadcast on Animal Planet and the Discovery Channel modified this premise, supposing instead that the human species had completely abandoned the Earth and had sent back probes to examine the progress of life on the planet as time progressed. The show styled itself after the format of a nature documentary. It is narrated by Tim White in the Animal Planet version.
Original Release
04/02/2002 on ANPL
US Release
04/02/2002
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Christian Rodska | Narrator |
| Jeremy Rayner | Self - Alexander Professor of Zoology, University of Leeds, UK |
| Bruce H. Tiffney | Self - Palaeobotanist, University of California, USA |
| Stephen R. Palumbi | Self - Professor in Marine Sciences, Harvard University, USA |
| Stephen Harris | Self - Mammalogist, Bristol University, UK |
| Richard Fortey | Self - Senior Palaeontologist, The Natural History Museum, UK |
| Mike Linley | Self - Herpetologist |
| William Gilly | Self - Cell and Developmental Biology and Marine Biology |
| Philip Currie | Self - Palaeoornithologist, Royal Tyrell Museum of Palaeontology, Canada |
| Leticia Aviles | Self - Evolutionary Biologist, University of Arizona |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welcome to the Future | |
| 2 | Return of the Ice | |
| 3 | The Vanished Sea | Tuesday, 16 April 2002 |
| 4 | Prairies of Amazonia | |
| 5 | Cold Kansas Desert | Tuesday, 30 April 2002 |
| 6 | Waterland | Tuesday, 07 May 2002 |
| 7 | Flooded World | Tuesday, 14 May 2002 |
| 8 | Tropical Antarctica | Tuesday, 21 May 2002 |
| 9 | The Great Plateau | Tuesday, 28 May 2002 |
| 10 | The Endless Desert | Tuesday, 04 June 2002 |
| 11 | The Global Ocean | Tuesday, 11 June 2002 |
| 12 | Graveyard Desert | Tuesday, 18 June 2002 |
| 13 | The Tentacled Forest | Tuesday, 25 June 2002 |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Christian Rodska | Narrator |
| Jeremy Rayner | Self - Alexander Professor of Zoology, University of Leeds, UK |
| Bruce H. Tiffney | Self - Palaeobotanist, University of California, USA |
| Stephen R. Palumbi | Self - Professor in Marine Sciences, Harvard University, USA |
| Stephen Harris | Self - Mammalogist, Bristol University, UK |
| Richard Fortey | Self - Senior Palaeontologist, The Natural History Museum, UK |
| Mike Linley | Self - Herpetologist |
| William Gilly | Self - Cell and Developmental Biology and Marine Biology |
| Philip Currie | Self - Palaeoornithologist, Royal Tyrell Museum of Palaeontology, Canada |
| Leticia Aviles | Self - Evolutionary Biologist, University of Arizona |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Walter Köhler | Executive Producer |
| Dawn Sinsel | Executive Producer |
| Daniela Bagliani | Executive Producer |
| Ruth Omphalius | Executive Producer |
| Emanuela Spinetta | Executive Producer |
| John Adams | Executive Producer |
| Steve Nicholls | Producer |
| Paul Reddish | Producer |
| Clare Dornan | Producer |
| Jeremy Cadle | Producer |
