The blue planet (documentary series)

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Television broadcast
German title The blue planet
Original title Blue Planet II
Country of production United Kingdom (international filming)
original language English
year 2017
Production
company
BBC
length 50 minutes
Episodes 7 in 1 season
genre documentary
music Hans Zimmer
First broadcast October 29, 2017 - December 10, 2017 on BBC One
German-language
first broadcast
February 19, 2018 - March 26, 2018 on Das Erste

The blue planet (also Our blue planet II ) is a documentary series of the BBC ("BBC Studios - The Natural History Unit"). A German-language dubbing and an abbreviated adaptation was premiered in February and March 2018 in the first under the title The Blue Planet . On March 23, 2018, an unabridged German-language dubbing came on the market as DVD, Blu-ray and "Blu-ray-4K Ultra HD" with the title Our Blue Planet II .

consequences

The shortened German version of the TV documentary series The Blue Planet comprises six episodes, each around 43 minutes long. It was broadcast for the first time on six consecutive Mondays at 8:15 p.m. each time.

In the English original version Blue Planet II and in the German publications Our Blue Planet II on Blu-ray and DVD, the series consists of seven episodes with a length of around 50 minutes (episodes 1-6) and 58 minutes (episode 7).

The blue planet
episode title Director First broadcast
1 Unknown oceans Jonathan Smith 19th Feb 2018
2 Luminous deep sea Orla Doherty Feb. 26, 2018
3 Coral reef fascination Jonathan Smith 05th March 2018
4th On the high seas John Ruthven March 12, 2018
5 Underwater jungle Kathryn Jeffs 19th March 2018
6th Extreme world coast Miles Barton March 26, 2018

TV broadcast - approx. 258 min

Our blue planet II
episode Original title German title
1 One ocean An ocean
2 The Deep The deep sea
3 Coral reefs The coral reefs
4th Big Blue The vast blue
5 Green Seas The green seas
6th Coasts The coasts
7th Our Blue Planet Our blue planet

DVD / BR release - 358 min

production

In Great Britain, where the series was produced under the title Blue Planet II and was televised in 2017, the documentary was the most successful TV show of the year: 14.1 million people saw the first episode. The BBC has now sold the lavish series, for which 125 expeditions were shot on every continent and in every ocean, to 30 countries. Co-producers were BBC, BBC America, Tencent, WDR , France Télévisions and CCTV9 - in collaboration with BBC Open University, BR , doclights NDR Naturfilm and SWR .

The German-language synchronization The Blue Planet was a co-production by WDR, BR, NDR and SWR; it was created by Tesche Dokumentarfilm. The synchronization of our blue planet II was created by Mo Synchron GmbH.

speaker

In Our Blue Planet II David Attenborough acts as moderator and voiceover , whose German dubbing voice is Christian Schult. The scenes from the moderator are missing in The Blue Planet , Axel Milberg is the off-speaker.

music

The film music comes from Oscar winner Hans Zimmer .

More information about the consequences

Episode 1: Unknown oceans

The big-tooth wrasse opens hard-shell shells by cracking them on coral outgrowths. This usage was filmed professionally for the first time.

Episode 6: Extreme World Coast

The episode shows olive ridged turtles laying eggs on the beach in Costa Rica , Galápagos sea lions hunting yellowfin tuna , an ocher starfish hunting limpets in the tide pool , a red cliff crab escaping a moray eel and an octopus , skuas , on Hornøya try puffins their prey to steal, blennies to Micronesia , king penguins and elephant seals at South Georgia and has the coastal threats by land development and pollutants out.

See also

The series has a historical forerunner, Our Blue Planet - a series that first aired in 2001.

reception

Axel Milberg as speaker for the series: “What is more important than the planet we live on? His abundance of life forms should make us happy. Learn anemone fish , yellowtail snapper bill , the giant bristle worm , eels and the ethereal worm fish know. The best cameramen and the most patient directors take us on voyages of discovery, show us the bizarre tricks of survival and amazing partnerships. You can also think of couples in our circle of friends. Come on this incredible journey! You don't need an oxygen bottle for this. Only six times 45 minutes of time and curiosity. "

Thomas Kerstan included the 2018 TV series in his canon for the 21st century , a selection of works that he believes “everyone should know”.

Web links

proof

  1. The Blue Planet. In: daserste.de . Retrieved March 29, 2018 .
  2. Our blue planet II. In: amazon.de . Retrieved April 29, 2018 .
  3. Tina Baier: The oceans as they have never been seen. In: SZ.de . February 19, 2018. Retrieved March 29, 2018 .
  4. The Blue Planet - film music by Hans Zimmer. In: daserste.de. Retrieved March 29, 2018 .
  5. ^ The blue planet - spokesman Axel Milberg. In: daserste.de. Retrieved March 29, 2018 .
  6. Th. Kerstan: What our children need to know. A canon for the 21st century. Hamburg 2018. pp. 11, 242f.