Terra X: the fascination of earth

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Television broadcast
Original title Terra X: the fascination of earth
Country of production Germany
Year (s) since 2003
length 45 minutes
Episodes 90 (+ 2 best-ofs) in 27 seasons
genre documentation
Moderation Joachim Bublath (seasons 1–7)
Dirk Steffens (since season 8)
First broadcast February 2, 2003 on ZDF

Terra X: Fascination Earth is a Terra-X documentary series about different regions of the world and their geological and cultural history . The program was first broadcast in 2003 and moderated by Joachim Bublath . After his retirement, Dirk Steffens took over .

In September 2011, two best-of programs were produced that summarize all episodes with Dirk Steffens that have been broadcast up to that point.

Episodes

Episodes with Joachim Bublath

episode Episode title First broadcast
season 1
1 Namibia's hidden treasures February 2, 2003
2 Adventure underwater February 9, 2003
3 Pantanal: Brazil's El Dorado February 16, 2003
season 2
4th Patagonia - at the end of the world February 8, 2004
5 Uramazonas - the deadly flood February 15, 2004
6th Asia - the water of life February 22, 2004
season 3
7th Wild Africa January 30, 2005
8th The coast of suffering February 6, 2005
9 The deadly paradise February 13, 2005
Season 4
10 In the realm of the Orinoco January 29, 2006
11 The other Japan February 5, 2006
12 Wild Australia February 12, 2006
Season 5
13 Icy Worlds - Greenland November 26, 2006
14th Fiery Worlds - The Andes December 3, 2006
15th Hostile Worlds - Australia December 10, 2006
Season 6
16 The red hell - Australia January 21, 2007
17th The green hell - Amazon January 28, 2007
18th The white hell - Antarctica February 4, 2007
Season 7
19th Iceland - The island of fire November 25, 2007
20th The unknown China December 2, 2007
21st Ethiopia - mysterious treasures December 9, 2007
22nd Mexico - Hidden Worlds January 27, 2008
23 Adventurous South America February 3, 2008
24 Svalbard - paradise in the Arctic February 10, 2008

Episodes with Dirk Steffens

episode Episode title First broadcast
Season 8
25th Wilderness of Fire and Ice - Alaska December 7, 2008
26th Islands at Hell's Edge - Indonesia December 14, 2008
Season 9
27 Dreamland between the continents - New Zealand February 22, 2009
28 Myth and reality on Kilimanjaro - Tanzania March 1, 2009
Season 10
29 Siberia - the enigmatic giant November 22, 2009
30th South Seas - Heaven from Hell November 29, 2009
31 Egypt - The Gift of the Nile December 6, 2009
Season 11
32 Africa - right in the heart March 2, 2010
33 Panama - A dwarf changes the world March 7, 2010
34 Patagonia - life at the limit March 9, 2010
Season 12
35 Israel - Rough Holy Land December 26, 2010
36 Japan - legendary island world January 1, 2011
37 Mexico - Wild Aztec Empire January 2, 2011
38 India - heaven on earth January 30, 2011
39 Turkey - Bridge to the Orient February 6, 2011
40 South Africa - land of good hope February 13, 2011
Season 13
41 Australia - the fate of an outsider 4th December 2011
42 Scandinavia - land of the Vikings December 11, 2011
Season 14
43 Devilish Paradise - Australia February 26, 2012
44 The wild West March 4, 2012
45 Islands between the worlds - Philippines April 22, 2012
46 The sources of the Amazon April 29, 2012
Season 15
47 Norway - a country travels the world November 11, 2012
48 Hawaii - Tierra del Fuego in nowhere November 18, 2012
Season 16
49 Ethiopia - magic of the beginning March 3, 2013
50 Chile - land of extremes March 10, 2013
51 Disasters - How Life Learned To Survive April 7, 2013
52 Extreme - How life conquered the world April 14, 2013
Season 17
53 Canada - Call of the Wild November 10, 2013
54 Madagascar - Out of Africa 17th November 2013
55 Wild Mediterranean - the cradle of Europe November 24, 2013
Season 18
56 Namibia - magic of the desert hell January 26, 2014
57 China - on the trail of dragons 2nd February 2014
58 How to love life February 16, 2014
Season 19
59 Kalahari - The flood in the desert November 9, 2014
60 Brazil - every drop counts November 16, 2014
61 Iceland - the gateway to the otherworld 23rd November 2014
Season 20
62 The golden triangle February 1, 2015
63 Water hunt in the desert February 8, 2015
64 How life learned to fight February 22, 2015
Season 21
65 Ecuador - Galapagos and the trail of the explorers 15th November 2015
66 Papua New Guinea - The Bewitched Paradise November 22, 2015
67 Scotland - The Myth of the Highlands November 29, 2015
Season 22
68 Rocky Mountains - the fate of a continent January 31, 2016
69 New Zealand - Phoenix from the ashes February 7, 2016
70 The real curse of the Caribbean February 14, 2016
Season 23
71 South Seas - paradise on the edge 20th November 2016
72 Himalaya - The Power of Myth November 27, 2016
Season 24
73 Australia - a never ending story February 26, 2017
74 Arabia - magic kingdom between the worlds 5th March 2017
75 Sri Lanka - gift from heaven July 9, 2017
76 Greenland - The sun brings it out 23rd July 2017
77 Planet of the forests 3rd December 2017
78 Sahara - treasures in the sand sea December 10, 2017
79 Costa Rica - wild and earth-shattering 17th December 2017
Season 25
80 Congo - one river, two worlds January 21, 2018
81 Vietnam - Fragile Beauty January 28, 2018
82 The world changers 4th February 2018
Season 26
83 Japan - land of contrasts December 16, 2018
84 Baltic Sea - Young sea on the edge? 23 December 2018
85 The Malay Archipelago - on the trail of life December 30, 2018
86 Canada - treasure of the cold 3rd February 2019
87 South Africa - struggle for survival between the oceans February 10, 2019
88 Seychelles - keepers of lost treasures 17th February 2019
Season 27
89 Cameroon - all of Africa in miniature November 10, 2019
90 Cuba - The legacy of the revolution 17th November 2019
91 USA - Who rules America? February 2, 2020
92 Siberia - Back to the Ice Age February 9, 2020
93 Argentina - Born from extremes February 16, 2020

Best Ofs / Specials

episode Episode title First broadcast
1 Icy worlds September 20, 2011
2 Island worlds September 27, 2011

literature

  • Joachim Bublath: Fascination Earth: from the green hell of the Amazon to the Australian steppe . Econ-Verlag, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-430-30008-7 .
  • Joachim Bublath: Fascination Earth: from the ice worlds of the Arctic to the mountains of fire in the Andes . Ullstein Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-550-08699-1 .
  • Dirk Steffens: Fascination Earth: from the reefs of the South Seas to the volcanoes of Siberia . Rowohlt, 2010, ISBN 978-3-498-06412-9 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Kress.de: Steffens explores "Fascination Earth"