Planet Earth II
| Planet Earth II | |
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| Genre | Nature documentary |
| Presented by | David Attenborough |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Vanessa Berlowitz, Mike Gunton, James Brickell, Tom Hugh-Jones |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
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| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 6 November 2016 – 1 January 2017 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Planet Earth |
| Related shows | Blue Planet II |
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| Planet Earth II | |
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| Soundtrack album by Hans Zimmer Jasha Klebe Jacob Shea | |
| Released | 11 November 2016 (Digital) 2 December 2016 (Audio CD) |
| Genre | Soundtrack, Classical music |
| Length | 2:13:09 |
| Label | Silva Screen Records |
| Producer |
BBC Worldwide BBC Earth |
Planet Earth II is a 2016 multinational nature documentary series produced by the BBC as a sequel to Planet Earth, which was broadcast in 2006. The series is presented and narrated by Sir David Attenborough with the main theme music composed by Hans Zimmer.
The first trailer was released on 9 October 2016, and the series premiered on 6 November 2016 in the United Kingdom on BBC One and BBC One HD.Planet Earth II is the first television series produced by the BBC in Ultra-high-definition (4K).
The series was announced by the BBC in 2013 with the working title One Planet, but the title was later changed to Planet Earth II.
The BBC trailer for the series used the same music featured in the trailer for the original Planet Earth, "Hoppípolla" by Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós.
The original Planet Earth, airing in 2006, was one of the first natural documentary series to be made in high definition (HD) and Planet Earth II utilised new technologies developed since the first series, including ultra high definition (4K), improved camera stabilisation, remote recording and aerial drone technology.
The premiere of Planet Earth II took place at Bristol's Cinema de Lux on 2 November 2016 with special guest appearance by Attenborough. Bristol has been the global home of BBC's Natural History programme making for almost 60 years. The series debuted on BBC One and BBC One HD the following Sunday (6 November) from 8pm to 9pm. Each of the six episodes included a 10-minute making-of documentary called Planet Earth II Diaries. The previous week's episode was repeated in an earlier time slot the following Sunday.
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