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'''''Blue Planet II''''' is a 2017 British [[nature documentary]] series on [[marine life]] produced byas a co-production between the [[BBC Natural History Unit]]., Like[[BBC itsAmerica]], predecessor[[Tencent]], [[Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln|WDR]], [[France Télévisions]], [[Tencent]] and [[CCTV-9]] in partnership with [[Open University|The Open University]]. It is a successor to ''[[The Blue Planet]]'' (2001), it is narrated and presented by thewith naturalist [[David Attenborough|Sir David Attenborough]] reprising his role as the narrator.<ref name="Sir David Attenborough to return for BBC's Blue Planet II">{{cite news|last1=Jackson|first1=Jasper|title=Sir David Attenborough to return for BBC's Blue Planet II|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/feb/20/sir-david-attenborough-to-narrate-bbcs-blue-planet-ii|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=21 February 2017|date=20 February 2017|archive-date=17 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417053307/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/feb/20/sir-david-attenborough-to-narrate-bbcs-blue-planet-ii|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[BBC Worldwide]] pre-sold the series to several overseas broadcasters, which includes Canada ([[Blue Ant Media]]'s licensed channel for [[BBC Earth (Canada)|BBC Earth]]), Australia ([[Nine Network|Channel Nine]]) and New Zealand ([[Television New Zealand|TVNZ]]), to Europe with Denmark ([[DR (broadcaster)|DR]]), Netherlands ([[Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (organization)|NPO]]), Sweden ([[Sveriges Television|SVT]]), Spain ([[Telefonica]]'s BBC Earth block), [[Discovery Channel]] for Latin America and co-production partnerships with [[BBC America]], Germany's [[Westdeutscher Rundfunk|WDR]], [[France Télévisions]],<ref name=":BPIIair">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/worldwide/2017/blue-planet-2-presales |title=BBC Worldwide makes waves with Blue Planet II sales |publisher=BBC Media Centre |access-date=9 October 2017 |archive-date=2 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171102163105/http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/worldwide/2017/blue-planet-2-presales |url-status=live }}</ref> China's [[Tencent]] and [[CCTV-9]].<ref name=":BPIIchina">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/worldwide/2017/blue-planet-2-tencent-china |title=BBC Worldwide signs Blue Planet II co-production deal with Tencent in China |publisher=BBC Media Centre |access-date=17 October 2017 |archive-date=26 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171126032809/http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/worldwide/2017/blue-planet-2-tencent-china |url-status=live }}</ref> The series was eventually sold to more than 30 countries.<ref name=":BPIIair" />

The series is set to broadcast internationally on [[BBC Earth (TV channel)|BBC Earth]] channel, and also commercial television channels in various countries, besides.<ref name=":BPIIair" /> The series debuted in Nordic regions and other European countries on 29 October 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.canaldigital.fi/5/uutta-ohjelmistossa/blue-planet-ii/|title=Blue Planet II on BBC Earth Nordic|publisher=[[Canal Digital]]|access-date=23 October 2017|language=fi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024205040/https://www.canaldigital.fi/5/uutta-ohjelmistossa/blue-planet-ii/|archive-date=24 October 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.paginademedia.ro/2017/10/foto-planeta-albastra-2-va-fi-pe-bbc-earth-romania-in-acelasi-timp-cu-premiera-mondiala|title=FOTO. Planeta Albastra II va fi pe BBC Earth România, în același timp cu premiera mondială|date=27 October 2017|publisher=Pagina de media|access-date=27 October 2017|language=ro|archive-date=27 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127001012/https://www.paginademedia.ro/2017/10/foto-planeta-albastra-2-va-fi-pe-bbc-earth-romania-in-acelasi-timp-cu-premiera-mondiala/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy6blDrMPm4|title=Blue Planet II on BBC Earth|publisher=[[Cosmote TV]] Official YouTube channel|access-date=17 October 2017|language=el|archive-date=18 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231118225630/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy6blDrMPm4|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://telekom.me/blue-planet-2.nspx|title=Blue Planet II|publisher=Crnogorski Telekom|access-date=26 October 2017|language=bs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027134725/https://telekom.me/blue-planet-2.nspx|archive-date=27 October 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ecoteuve.eleconomista.es/programas/noticias/8706630/10/17/Movistar-estrena-Planeta-Azul-II-la-historia-de-los-oceanos-del-mundo.html|title=Movistar+ estrena 'Planeta Azul II': la historia de los oceános del mundo|publisher=Ecoteuve.es|access-date=27 October 2017|language=es|archive-date=1 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401192546/https://ecoteuve.eleconomista.es/programas/noticias/8706630/10/17/Movistar-estrena-Planeta-Azul-II-la-historia-de-los-oceanos-del-mundo.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In Asia, the series began to premiere on each early Monday (from 04:05 SGT to 05:05 SGT) starting from 30 October 2017,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbcasia.com/tv-guide/?date=2017-10-30#early|title=TV Guide – 30-10-2017|publisher=BBC Asia|access-date=26 October 2017|archive-date=1 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401181055/https://www.bbcasia.com/tv-guide/?date=2017-10-30#early|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":BPIIasia01">{{cite web|url=http://www.starhub.com/personal/promotions/bbc-earth.html|title=Blue Planet II on BBC Earth Asia|publisher=[[StarHub]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213144049/http://www.starhub.com/personal/promotions/bbc-earth.html|archive-date=13 December 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name=":BPIIasia02">{{cite web|url=http://www.scmp.com/culture/film-tv/article/2116280/david-attenborough-talks-about-making-blue-planet-ii-and-peril|title=David Attenborough talks about the making of Blue Planet II, and the peril of plastic in our oceans|publisher=South China Morning Post|access-date=21 October 2017|date=21 October 2017|archive-date=22 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122122933/https://www.scmp.com/culture/film-tv/article/2116280/david-attenborough-talks-about-making-blue-planet-ii-and-peril|url-status=live}}</ref> the episode was then repeated on following each Tuesday evening (from 20:00 SGT).<ref name=":BPIIasia01" /><ref name=":BPIIasia02" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEGkHuOFgFM|title=Blue Planet II on BBC Earth Asia|date=17 October 2017 |publisher=StarHub Official YouTube channel|access-date=17 October 2017|archive-date=18 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231118225601/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEGkHuOFgFM|url-status=live}}</ref> In Poland, it premiered on 16 November 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.geekweek.pl/aktualnosci/31402/blekitna-planeta-ii-niebawem-w-bbc-earth |title=Błękitna Planeta II niebawem w BBC Earth Polska |publisher=Geekweek |access-date=21 October 2017 |language=pl |archive-date=23 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023052934/http://www.geekweek.pl/aktualnosci/31402/blekitna-planeta-ii-niebawem-w-bbc-earth |url-status=live }}</ref> As for South Africa, it aired from 4 February 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.channel24.co.za/TV/News/blue-planet-ii-splashing-onto-bbc-earth-in-february-20171227 |title=Blue Planet II splashing onto BBC Earth in February |publisher=Channel24 |access-date=27 December 2017 |date=27 December 2017 |archive-date=27 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227210529/http://www.channel24.co.za/TV/News/blue-planet-ii-splashing-onto-bbc-earth-in-february-20171227 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The series aired in Canada and the United States on 20 January 2018.<ref name=":BPIICanada">{{cite web |url=http://www.bbcwpressroom.com/sales-and-co-productions/press/bbc-earth-premiere-worldwide-phenomenon-planet-earth-blue-planet-ii-early-2018 |title=BBC Earth to Premiere the Worldwide Phenomenon Planet Earth: Blue Planet II in Early 2018 |publisher=BBC Worldwide North America Press Room |access-date=5 December 2017 |archive-date=9 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409033155/http://www.bbcwpressroom.com/sales-and-co-productions/press/bbc-earth-premiere-worldwide-phenomenon-planet-earth-blue-planet-ii-early-2018/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":BPIIUS">{{cite web |url=http://www.bbcwpressroom.com/bbca/press/oceans-make-70-percent-earth-100-percent-amc-networks-will-carry-premiere-worldwide-phenonmenon-planet-earth-blue-planet-ii-next-month/ |title=Oceans Make Up 70 Percent of the Earth, 100 Percent of AMC Networks will Carry the Premiere of the Worldwide Phenonmenon Planet Earth: Blue Planet II Next Month |publisher=BBC Worldwide North America Press Room |access-date=5 December 2017 |archive-date=6 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206140209/http://www.bbcwpressroom.com/bbca/press/oceans-make-70-percent-earth-100-percent-amc-networks-will-carry-premiere-worldwide-phenonmenon-planet-earth-blue-planet-ii-next-month/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":BPIIUSair">{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2017/12/planet-earth-blue-planet-ii-premiere-1202220008/ |title='Planet Earth: Blue Planet II': BBC America & 4 Sibling Nets To Premiere Documentary Series Next Month |publisher=[[Deadline.com Hollywood]] |access-date=5 December 2017 |date=5 December 2017 |archive-date=6 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206074601/http://deadline.com/2017/12/planet-earth-blue-planet-ii-premiere-1202220008/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In Canada, it will broadcast with a three-network simulcast across BBC Earth, [[Cottage Life (TV channel)|Cottage Life]] and [[Travel + Escape|T+E]] channel.<ref name=":BPIICanada" /> In the United States, the series premiered the first episode – with a five-network simulcast across BBC America, [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]], [[IFC (U.S. TV channel)|IFC]], [[We TV|WE tv]] and [[Sundance TV]],<ref name=":BPIIUS" /><ref name=":BPIIUSair" /> while the remaining episodes continued to be aired every Saturday on BBC America. It is also available on BBCAmerica.com and the BBCA app.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.bbcamerica.com/shows/planet-earth-blue-planet-ii/full-episodes/season-1/episode-01-one-ocean | title={{pipe}} BBC America | access-date=11 February 2018 | archive-date=11 February 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211131407/http://www.bbcamerica.com/shows/planet-earth-blue-planet-ii/full-episodes/season-1/episode-01-one-ocean | url-status=live }}</ref>

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|9|27|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05fzldm|title=Blue Planet II, The Prequel|date=27 September 2017|publisher=BBC One|access-date=20 December 2019|archive-date=2 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102184524/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05fzldm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_38JDGnr0vA|title=Blue Planet II – The Prequel|date=27 September 2017 |publisher=BBC Earth Youtube Channel|access-date=16 October 2017|archive-date=16 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016141915/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_38JDGnr0vA|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Hans Zimmer]] returned to score ''Blue Planet II''.<ref name=":BPIIHanz">{{cite web |title=Academy Award Winner Hans Zimmer & Bleeding Fingers Music To Create The Score For Blue Planet II |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/worldwide/2017/hanszimmerbp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170508065723/http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/worldwide/2017/hanszimmerbp |archive-date=8 May 2017 |access-date=27 March 2017 |publisher=BBC Media Centre}}</ref> The score and songs featured in the series were composed by Zimmer, Jacob Shea and David Fleming for [[Extreme Music/Bleeding Fingers|Bleeding Fingers Music]]. It was recorded at [[Synchron Stage Vienna]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blue Planet II - SynchronStage Vienna |url=https://www.synchronstage.com/en/projects/blue_planet_2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208003435/https://www.synchronstage.com/en/projects/blue_planet_2 |archive-date=8 February 2023 |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=www.synchronstage.com}}</ref>

The series was released as a three-disc [[DVD]] set<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.amazon.co.uk/Blue-Planet-II-DVD/dp/B0758QDMC5|title= Blue Planet II (DVD)|publisher= Amazon.co.uk|date= 27 November 2017|access-date= 26 October 2017|archive-date= 4 October 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171004085000/https://www.amazon.co.uk/Blue-Planet-II-DVD/dp/B0758QDMC5|url-status= live}}</ref> as well as a standard [[Blu-ray]] set<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.amazon.co.uk/Blue-Planet-II-Blu-ray/dp/B0758M9XJ8|title= Blue Planet II (Blu-Ray)|publisher= Amazon.co.uk|date= 27 November 2017|access-date= 26 October 2017|archive-date= 4 October 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171004085433/https://www.amazon.co.uk/Blue-Planet-II-Blu-ray/dp/B0758M9XJ8|url-status= live}}</ref> on 27 November 2017, and as a six-disc [[Ultra HD Blu-ray|4K UHD Blu-ray]] + Blu-ray set<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.amazon.co.uk/Blue-Planet-II-UHD-Blu-ray/dp/B0758PZ4R9|title= Blue Planet II (4K UHD Blu-Ray + Blu-Ray)|publisher= Amazon.co.uk|date= 15 January 2018|access-date= 4 November 2017|archive-date= 19 April 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190419200009/https://www.amazon.co.uk/Blue-Planet-II-UHD-Blu-ray/dp/B0758PZ4R9|url-status= live}}</ref> on 15 January 2018. It is distributed by [[BBC Worldwide]] in the UK.