![]() ![]() As it goes about its business, ambushing wayward crabs and hiding in crevices, it becomes suddenly menaced by a pyjama shark-a small and slender predator that yanks it out of its hidey-hole. The resulting episodes, each narrated by David Attenborough in his trademark velvety tones, are hour-long distillations of wonder, featuring sequences that would be breathtaking had earlier shots left you with any breath to take away.Ĭonsider the octopus from the “Green Seas” episode. They literally stared into the abyss-and then repeatedly entered it. They hung off speedboats to film dolphins rocketing behind them. They stuck their cameras into coral crevices. The Blue Planet II crew traveled to 39 countries to capture over 6,000 hours of footage. It is almost transcendentally good-the product of a team that, after six decades of experience, is now at the height of its powers. I offer these tidbits, these credentials, to properly frame the following claim:īlue Planet II is the greatest nature series that the BBC has ever produced. I celebrated David Attenborough’s recent 90th birthday by binge-watching all 79 episodes of his Life Collection for the umpteenth time, and ranking them all. ![]() In the intervening decades, I have devoured almost every show that the NHU has cared to make. I remember exactly when and where I first came across their work-a VHS copy of Life on Earth, bought from the gift shop of London’s Natural History Museum at the age of 8. Can Medieval Sleeping Habits Fix America’s Insomnia? Derek Thompson
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