Blue Planet II
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| Genre | Nature documentary |
| Presented by | David Attenborough |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
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| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | BBC Natural History Unit |
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| Release | 29 October – 10 December 2017 |
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Blue Planet II is a 2017 British nature documentary series on marine life produced as a co-production between the BBC Natural History Unit, BBC America, Tencent, WDR, France Télévisions and CCTV-9 in partnership with The Open University. It is a successor to The Blue Planet (2001) with naturalist Sir David Attenborough reprising his role as the narrator.
Blue Planet II received acclaim. It had the highest viewing figures of any television programme in the UK in 2017, and was so widely watched in China that it reportedly caused internet problems. It is credited with increasing public and political interest in issues affecting marine life, in particular marine plastic pollution, which was dubbed "the Blue Planet effect".