![]() “For something that ends up as entertainment telly, it does have an absolute scientific core to it.” “The basis of all these big, new stories are the relationships we have with our scientists,” stresses Honeyborne. This was done by plugging into a network of contacts among marine scientists for information about the latest discoveries about the oceans. ![]() Initially, Honeyborne worked with series producer Mark Brownlow and a small team of researchers and producers to find the stories and to script Blue Planet II. Blue Planet II has been four years in production and involved 125 expeditions to 39 countries. He won’t reveal the budget for the seven part series, but some of the stats about the making of the show hint at its size. “A generation on from the Blue Planet stories, it is an opportunity to tell a bunch of new stories,” says executive producer James Honeyborne. ![]() The NHU argues that there have been so many scientific discoveries in the oceans since then, as well as huge advances in camera and diving technology, that a sequel is justified. It also sold to 240 territories around the world. The original David Attenborough-narrated series about the world’s oceans aired back in 2001, winning two BAFTAs, two Emmys and nearly 10m viewers in the UK. If any show can comfortably be predicted to become a blockbuster factual hit in the UK and around the world, it is Blue Planet II, made by BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit. Get ready to be inspired, if not impressed.The producers of Blue Planet II tell Tim Dams how tech advances and military planning helped them capture the secrets of the deep The short film is narrated by series presenter Sir David Attenborough, and features an array of some of the most awe-inspiring shots and highlights from the new series, as well as several exclusive scenes that will not feature in any of the seven episodes which are set to air early 2018 on BBC America.” The exclusive curtain-raiser for the seven-part series features a Hans Zimmer and Radiohead musical collaboration, titled (ocean) bloom, which is a fusion of Planet Earth: Blue Planet II’s main theme with a reimagined version of “ Bloom,” a song Thom Yorke was prophetically inspired to write having watched 2001’s The Blue Planet. “Following its debut today during the World Premiere of Planet Earth: Blue Planet II in London, a five-minute prequel for the landmark series has become the BBC’s first ever natural history global simulcast – with 75 countries around the world transmitting it on TV at midday (BST) today including on BBC AMERICA in the U.S., China, India, Canada, Singapore, Sweden, Poland and South Africa. ![]() Some of the most jaw dropping, chill raising, and yes tear inducing, imagery ever shot makes up BBC America’s prequel to its new natural history series Planet Earth: Blue Planet II.A docu-series, that based on the look and sound of it, is not to be missed.įurther enhanced by the music of composer/artists Hans Zimmer and Radiohead, the five-minute short prequel also forges into new territory as BBCA’s first globally simulcast film.
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