Miniseries · BBC One
Blue Planet II
Take a deep breath.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Blue Planet II actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Blue Planet II reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The story
What it's about
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.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 7 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
20172 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
20177 episodes
8.3IMDbA follow-up to the 2001 award-winning show "The Blue Planet," this natural history series sees Sir David Attenborough return as narrator and host. A breathtaking exploration of the world's vast oceans, hourlong episodes capture animals and other living organisms in their natural habitat, presenting viewers with a fascinating insight into what life is like underwater. From tropical seas to the harsh conditions of the Arctic, the makers of "Blue Planet II" use modern filming equipment and techniques to shine a light on areas of the planet that humans have never seen before.
Best episode · S01E02 The Deep
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E02
The Deep
A groundbreaking journey to the deepest parts of the oceans.
S01E01
One Ocean
Oceans are explored to better understand the world beneath the waves.
S01E03
Coral Reefs
The ingenious ways life exists in the undersea cities of tropical reefs.
S01E04
Big Blue
Animals go to the extreme to survive in the vast marine desert.
S01E05
Green Seas
Animals fight for space and food in a seasonal world of boom and bust.
S01E06
Coasts
Coasts are the most changeable, but they offer great riches.
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Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Kathryn JeffsProducer
- Mark BrownlowProducer
- James HoneyborneExecutive Producer
- John RuthvenProducer
- Orla DohertyProducer
- Will RidgeonProducer
Direction
- Alastair FothergillDirector
Music
- Jacob SheaOriginal Music Composer
- Hans ZimmerOriginal Music Composer
- David FlemingOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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