As Honeyborne says, "We are perhaps the first generation to understand the impact we’ve had on the ocean, and perhaps the last to be able to do something about it." Groupers and reef octopuses could hardly be more dissimilar in appearance, but by working together to flush out prey fish from within. Just as it was important to the team to document the bone-white reefs that rising sea temperatures leave behind, though, it's just as crucial for us to see the beauty of the Great Barrier Reef's healthy sections to appreciate the ocean's fragility. Back in Blue Planet II’s opening episode, we saw pods of bottlenose dolphins and false killer whales meeting and greeting each other, but this latest example of interspecies communication almost beggars belief. But it's also been particularly harmed by the warming of our oceans: back-to-back bleaching events in 20 have left entire stretches of the reef lifeless. The 1,400-mile-long chain of living organisms is one of the most expansive and diverse ecosystems on earth. Getty Great Barrier Reef, Australiaīlue Planet II returns to Australia's Great Barrier Reef again and again throughout the series-and for good reason. "I would love to think that more and more people would have access to the ocean, would fall in love with the ocean, would engage with the ocean, because the more that happens, the better."ĭespite the effects of coral bleaching, there is still much magic to witness in the Great Barrier Reef. James Honeyborne, executive producer of the series, says he hopes it will inspire people to see the wonders of the ocean up-close-and not just through the state-of-the-art camera lenses of the Blue Planet II team. There’s so much to be gained from seeing these worlds."Īnd Blue Planet II enters those worlds, over the course of seven episodes, showing us life beneath the waves in the various aquatic habitats that cover the earth-coasts, the deep, open ocean, aquatic forests, and coral reefs.
As Orla Doherty, who produced the can't-believe-this-isn't-sci-fi second episode, "The Deep," says, "You’re out on the ocean and another boat may have been at those precise GPS coordinates before, but it won’t be the same ocean. It shows creatures so extraordinary and ecosystems so intricate that it leaves you feeling sheepish at just how little we really know about 70 percent of our planet. Our Planet II streams via on Netflix from Wednesday, June 14.Much like BBC America's Planet Earth II, released last year, Blue Planet II, four years in the making, crisscrosses the globe-in this case from the shores of South Georgia Island near Antarctica to the very bottom of the deepest oceans. And, come 2025, Our Water World will hone in on freshwater systems.Ĭheck out the first Our Planet II trailer below: Then, in 2024, Our Oceans will dive into the deep blue sea, while Our Living World is all about earth's life-sustaining natural networks.
Also set to arrive in 2023, Life on Our Planet heads back in time, also features Freeman's voiceover and shows dinosaurs just as Attenborough's Prehistoric Planet (which streams via Apple TV+) does.
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The just-dropped first teaser trailer also features birds, turtles, seals, whales, fish and insects, because our planet boasts quite the range of species.įans can also look forward to more nature shows hitting Netflix in the future, as part of a broader series that includes 2022's Morgan Freeman-narrated Our Universe.
This time around, it'll unfurl its wonders across four episodes, highlighting everything from penguins and polar bears to lions and elephants. It was filmed in 50 countries across all the continents of the world, heading everywhere from the remote Arctic wilderness to the South American jungles - and to sprawling African landscapes and the depths of the ocean as well.Įxpect a heap more jaw-dropping imagery - and amazing animals as well - in Our Planet II, which will make its way to Netflix on Wednesday, June 14. The series was made in partnership with the World Wildlife Fund, which meant plenty of astonishing and majestic critters scurrying across the screen. In its first go-around, Our Planet tasked Attenborough with talking viewers through the planet's remaining wilderness areas and their animal inhabitants. Despite the name, it isn't related to BBC's Planet shows - which also include The Blue Planet and Frozen Planet - but it does still feature Attenborough's informative tones. The other: Our Planet II, a followup to 2019's Our Planet, which also explores our pale blue dot. But that isn't the only one of his projects that's returning to screens in the near future, and neither is Prehistoric Planet's previously announced second season. A third program, Planet Earth III, is slated to join them soon - reportedly in 2023, in fact - because no one can ever get enough of the iconic broadcaster and natural historian. Then, in 2016, the show's six-part sequel Planet Earth II arrived, doing the same thing as well. Back in 2006, 11-part documentary series Planet Earth combined stunning high-definition images of this place we all call home with David Attenborough's inimitable narration.
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