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'Planet Earth: Blue Planet II' Celebrates 'Wonder And Complexity' Of Life In Our Oceans

The BBC series uses cutting-edge technology to film in the oceans and capture the animals and creatures that live there.
Giant waves breaking along the Wild Coast, South Africa. During the filming of the surfing dolphin segment, the BBC team witnessed one of the largest swells to hit this coastline in the last five years. (BBC 2017)

Seventeen years after the first “Blue Planet” series, the BBC returns with “Planet Earth: Blue Planet II,” which uses cutting-edge technology to film in the oceans and capture the animals and creatures that live there.

“I think, for many of us, the oceans are remote worlds, alien worlds — we even fear it — filled with slippery, cold creatures,” says “Blue Planet II” series producer Mark Brownlow (). “And we tried really hard to show a different side of marine creatures and really reveal their true complexity and intelligence.”

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