Back الكوكب المتجمد (وثائقي) Arabic Замръзнала планета Bulgarian ھەسارەی بەستوو CKB Eisige Welten German Frozen Planet Esperanto Frozen Planet Spanish سیاره یخزده Persian עולם קפוא HE フローズン プラネット Japanese Frozen Planet Dutch
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| Genre | Nature documentary |
| Created by | BBC Natural History Unit |
| Directed by | Ray Dal |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
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| Executive producer | Alastair Fothergill |
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| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | BBC Natural History Unit |
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| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 26 October – 28 December 2011 |
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Frozen Planet is a 2011 British nature documentary series. It was produced as a co-production between the BBC Natural History Unit, Discovery Channel, Antena 3 Television S.A., ZDF, Skai tv and The Open University, in association with Discovery Channel Canada.[2] The production team, which includes executive producer Alastair Fothergill and series producer Vanessa Berlowitz, were previously responsible for the award-winning series The Blue Planet (2001) and Planet Earth (2006), and Frozen Planet is billed as a sequel of sorts.[citation needed] David Attenborough returns as narrator.[3] The series is distributed internationally by BBC Worldwide.[4]
The seven-part series focuses on life and the environment in both the Arctic and Antarctic. The production team were keen to film a comprehensive record of the natural history of the polar regions because climate change is affecting landforms such as glaciers, ice shelves, and the extent of sea ice. The series was met with critical acclaim and holds a Metacritic score of 91/100.[5]
Whilst the series was broadcast in full in the UK, the BBC chose to make the series' seventh episode, which focuses on climate change, optional for syndication in order to aid sales of the show in countries where the issue is politically sensitive. The US Discovery Channel originally announced that they would air only the first six episodes of the show, but they later added the seventh episode to their schedule.[6][7]
In 2012, the US broadcast won four Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Nonfiction Series.[8] A sequel titled Frozen Planet II began aring in September 2022, which covers more frozen habitats than just the polar regions, while also emphasizing more on the threat of climate change.
- ^ "Discovery Channel Announces March 18 P… : Discovery Communications". Corporate.discovery.com. 6 December 2011. Archived from the original on 1 February 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
- ^ "Delve deeper into the Frozen Planet with The Open University". Press Release. The Open University. Archived from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ^ Holmwood, Leigh (21 September 2007). "Attenborough is back – again". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 16 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
- ^ "Discovery, BBC Team Again for 'Frozen Planet' TV Event for 2012". Multichannel News. 9 April 2008. Archived from the original on 10 June 2008. Retrieved 25 April 2008.
- ^ "Frozen Planet". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ^ Bloxham, Alex (15 November 2011). "BBC drops Frozen Planet's climate change episode". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 15 November 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
- ^ "Discovery Channel Announces March 18 Premiere Date for Frozen Planet : Discovery Channel". Dsc.discovery.com. 6 December 2011. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
- ^ "'Games of Thrones' top creative arts Emmy winner". The Denver Post. Associated Press. 15 September 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2012.[dead link]