Frozen Planet

Frozen Planet
BBC series title card
Genre	Nature documentary
Created by	BBC Natural History Unit
Directed by	Ray Dal
Narrated by	BBC version David Attenborough Discovery Channel version Alec Baldwin (Episode 1-6) David Attenborough (Episode 7)
Composer(s)	George Fenton Barnaby Taylor (Episode 7)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	7
Production
Executive producer(s)	Alastair Fothergill
Producer(s)	Vanessa Berlowitz (Episode 1 & Special) Mark Linfield (Episode 2) Miles Barton (Episode 3 & 4) Kathryn Jeffs (Episode 5) Dan Rees (Episode 6 & 7)
Cinematography	John Aitchison, Doug Allen, Doug Anderson, David Baillie, James Balog, Barrie Britton, John Brown, Richard Burton, Jo Charlesworth, Rod Clarke, Martyn Colbeck, Stephen de Vere, Justine Evans, Wade Fairley, Tom Fitz, Ted Giffords, Oliver Goetzl, Joel Heath, Max Hug Williams, Michael Kelem, Ian McCarthy, Alastair MacEwen, David McKay, Jamie McPherson, Justin Maguire, Hugh Miller, Peter Nearhos, Didier Noirot, Ivo Nörenberg, Petter Nyquist, Mark Payne-Gill, Anthony Powell, Rachit Dalal, Adam Ravetch, Tim Shepherd, Warwick Sloss, Mark Smith, Gavin Thurston, Jeff Turner, Mateo Willis, David Wright, Mike Wright, Daniel Zatz
Running time	60 minutes
Production company(s)	BBC Natural History Unit The Open University Discovery Channel Antena 3 ZDF Skai TV
Release
Original network	BBC One
Picture format	HDTV 1080i Blu-ray 1080p
Audio format	Dolby Digital
Original release	26 October (2011-10-26) – 28 December 2011 (2011-12-28)
Chronology
Preceded by	Planet Earth (TV series)
Followed by	Africa (BBC documentary series)
Related shows	The Blue Planet Planet Earth
External links
Website

Frozen Planet is a 2011 British nature documentary series, co-produced by the BBC and The Open University. It was filmed by the BBC Natural History Unit. The production team, which includes executive producer Alastair Fothergill and series producer Vanessa Berlowitz, were previously responsible for the award-winning series The Blue Planet (2001) and Planet Earth (2006), and Frozen Planet is billed as a sequel of sorts.David Attenborough returns as narrator. It is distributed under licence by the BBC in other countries, Discovery Channel for North America, ZDF for Germany, Antena 3 for Spain and Skai TV for Greece.

The seven-part series focuses on life and the environment in both the Arctic and Antarctic. The production team were keen to film a comprehensive record of the natural history of the polar regions because climate change is affecting landforms such as glaciers, ice shelves, and the extent of sea ice. The film was met with critical acclaim and holds a Metacritic score of 90/100. Despite such, it has been criticized for limited coverage of the effects of global warming and attribution of recent climate change.

Whilst the series was broadcast in full in the UK, the BBC chose to make the series' seventh episode, which focuses on climate change, optional for syndication in order to aid sales of the show in countries where the issue is politically sensitive. The US Discovery Channel originally announced that they would air only the first six episodes of the show, but they later added the seventh episode to their schedule.