Light-weight drones enabled an aerial perspective on animal behaviour in situations where other aerial filming would have been disturbing to wildlife or logistically impossible;

There’s humour here, in the form of walruses rolling their way into the water to cool down, but a serious message about rising summer temperaturThe two-minute first look trailer teases scenes from four years of remarkable expeditions by BBC Studios Natural History Unit to all the Earth’s frozen frontiers - the Arctic, Antarctic, Tundra, Boreal Forest and the High Mountains. It shows off incredible animals in their natural habitats as never seen before, even joining forces to survive in brutal environments. At the same time we don't want this to be just pure entertainment. People, I believe, have to know the context. So it's getting the balance between the wonder and joy and entertainment within each episode with enough contemporary context around the changes that are taking place. It's a fine balance but I think we've got it right. Today, due to climate change, our frozen peaks are undergoing rapid change. Using groundbreaking time-lapse photography, we reveal mountain glaciers vanishing before our very eyes and discover what a warming world may mean for our most famous mountain resident of all, the giant panda. The waters surrounding Antarctica may be the richest of all but they also home to the killer whale, an exceptionally sophisticated predator. To reach Weddell seals - their favoured prey - a family of killer whales have learnt to generate their own waves, washing the seals off their ice floes. ‘Wave-washing’ is a technique that has been passed down over generations and is coordinated by the family matriarch who can be over 100 years old. Our frozen planet is changing. In this final episode, we meet the scientists and people dedicating their lives to understanding what these changes mean, not just for the animals and people who live there, but for the world as a whole.

Frozen Planet II has been licensed worldwide by various broadcasters including BBC America in North America, ZDF in Germany, France Télévisions in France, Migu Video in China, NHK in Japan, Friday! in Russia, [6] Mediaset in Italy, [7] KBS in South Korea, [8] and the Nine Network in Australia. [9] Crested auklet mating displays have not broadcast since the original BBC Blue Planet series 20 years ago, and never in such detail.Our journey begins at the far edge of the continent, on its far-flung sub-Antarctic islands. Here we meet king penguins that, to feed at sea, must face the danger of ferocious leopard seals lurking in the shallows. On another island, we witness for the first time male Antipodean albatross partnering up with each other as the females in their population are disappearing due to fishing activity. Dog sleds are a key means of travel for Inuit communities living on Greenland’s West coast (BBC Studios) Highlights include drone footage of an avalanche's deadly wall of tumbling snow in Greenland and an amazing piece that follows a musk ox through a blizzard (the camera operator lived in a garden shed which he towed around on snowmobile). But it's the Siberian tigers that steal the show – there are only 550 left in the world and it took the Frozen Planet II producers three years to capture them on camera. One Planet: Seven Worlds (w/t), the previously announced landmark series to be narrated Emmy ®-winner Sir David Attenborough, is a brand new ambitious seven-part landmark nature docu-series. Each one-hour episode will transport viewers to a single continent and tell the story of its spectacular wildlife and iconic landscapes. Previously announced, it will air on BBCA in 2020. a b c "Most viewed programmes". BARB . Retrieved 2 October 2022. (data available for Frozen Planet II broadcast weeks by searching archive)

Frozen Planet II review – TV so relentlessly wondrous that you'll feel like a child again". The Guardian. 11 September 2022 . Retrieved 19 September 2022.To be able to combine my passion for the planet we live on and my music is a dream come true – never mind also getting to work with the legend that is Hans Zimmer,” says Cabello. “ Frozen Planet II is stunning and Sir David’s narration is deeply powerful as we try to protect these incredible ecosystems from global warming. I’m grateful to be able to lend my voice to such an inspiring series.” The finale examines the sobering effect of climate change and the consequences for vulnerable harp seals and polar bears from earlier in the series, as well as the wider planet. High-definition remote camera traps captured the very rare Amur leopard and Siberian tigers in their wild habitat. Working in conjunction with local rangers, and with advice from a local wildlife photographer, the team were able to document the lives of these rare and secretive cats and for the first time reveal the two species living, and even walking, in each other’s footprints. Earth Prom, part of the BBC Proms season, is a stunning audio-visual celebration of the BBC’s world-famous Natural History Unit, from David Attenborough’s pioneering early adventures through to the landmark series of the 21st century. With breath-taking images, natural sounds, spoken words and music by composers including Hans Zimmer, performed live in the spectacular surroundings of the Royal Albert Hall by Ben Palmer and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. With intimate new character stories, dramatic new behaviors and never-seen-before spectacles: Blue Planet II goes Frozen.