Human Playground

The most epic, fastest field sport, and one of the oldest in the world. Primarily played in Ireland but had spread to many countries throughout the world now! An incredible display of passion, strength, fitness, continuity of play and it's played by men and women, and they are just as physical as one another. The women's version is called Camogie for some reason and honestly should be changed to just a Hurling too because it's the same sport. It would be good to cover all those aspects and how the sport represented a revival in Irish culture when it was desperately needed and added to political engagement and understanding.

Some beautiful photography in some amazing places.

Some, sadly few, captivating stories. By far the best was the lass doing the desert ultra in the first episode. I'd have happily, if uncomfortably, watched a whole series just about her journey.

The comments about animal cruelty/abuse are pretty spot on. We shouldn't, in my view, be justifying or even glorifying these as sport in the way this series does.

But what really grates here is the awful, often tedious script, read by a very capable actor who, for me, was just the wrong choice. There are so many others who could have injected passion to the narration. What might have worked even better for me is someone from each field doing that. How fantastic that would have been.

Wow! I find it truly inspiring how these documentary makers succeeded in highlighting all these different elements of sport all over the world without making statements. They captured all that's out there; both the beautiful and the sometimes horrific things we do. I find it so powerful that these makers realize that you can't judge these things, in some cultures these are elements of centry-old traditions. They truly respected each and every culture in making this series.

How refreshing it is to have a documentary showing you the real deal and not only the beautiful, for once you get to see content reflecting the world exactly as it is without sugarcoating anything. We are all human, we all share this planet together and we all have our different ways to pass our time on earth. Human Playground shows us how we all play and all the motivations we have to do so.

What a powerful thing to realize that sport not only unifies us as humans but that sport is also so much more than just the physical aspect.

Also well done to the team for getting Idris Elba on board. His mesmerizing voice truly elevated this series to a whole other level! Well done!

A very great series and just LOVE IDRIS HIS VOICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so amazed by the fact that people are really facing their boundaries to reach their goals and the mental game that people play with themselves motivates me to start doing sports again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sooooo I just 10000000% recommend watching this series. Absolut a MUST for all people. And Idris is such an amazing person to be the ambassador of this project. An example in the sports world.......... for everybody that wants to educate themselves and likes to watch something more relevant about the world: GO AND WATCH HUMAN PLAYGROUND.

Absolutely amazing show. Watch the entire series all at once. Really touched me. I loved the ice diving part and how she uses extreme sport and going through the physical pain to deal with her mental pain. So inspiring. Idris Elba his voice is insanely beautiful and also the cinematography is absolutely outstanding. It felt like travelling the world myself and getting to know all these people and sports is humbling and impressive. A big shout out to the team for creating this beautiful worth watching documentary series on Netflix. What an accomplishment. I can't wait to see what is more to come from these filmmakers and director Tomas Kaan.