TV series
Blue Planet II
Overview
There is nowhere more powerful and unforgiving yet more beautiful and compelling than the ocean. Join us and explore the greatest yet least known parts of our planet.
Details
- First air date
- 2017-10-29
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 7 episodes
- Genres
- Documentary, Family
- Network
- BBC One
- Production
- BBC Studios Natural History Unit, BBC America, Tencent, WDR, France Télévisions, CCTV
- Country
- GB
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- David Attenborough as Self - Presenter
Creators and crew
- James Honeyborne - Executive Producer
- Mark Brownlow - Producer
- Orla Doherty - Producer
- Jonathan Smith - Producer
- Kathryn Jeffs - Producer
- Miles Barton - Producer
Episodes
Episode 1: One Ocean
Oceans are explored to better understand the world beneath the waves.
Episode 2: The Deep
A groundbreaking journey to the deepest parts of the oceans.
Episode 3: Coral Reefs
The ingenious ways life exists in the undersea cities of tropical reefs.
Episode 4: Big Blue
Animals go to the extreme to survive in the vast marine desert.
Episode 5: Green Seas
Animals fight for space and food in a seasonal world of boom and bust.
Episode 6: Coasts
Coasts are the most changeable, but they offer great riches.
Episode 7: Our Blue Planet
Scientists reveal what the future holds for our oceans.
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