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''The Blue Planet'' is a Discovery Channel / BBC Natural History Unit co-produced Television Series subtitled "''A Natural History of the Ocean s''", comprising eight episodes, narrated by David Attenborough , originally transmitted in September/ October 2001 . The project cost about £ 7 million. Over 12 million people watched the series when it first aired on BBC One in the UK and it regularly achieved an audience share of over 30%. It has since been sold to over fifty countries. The screening was therapeutic to many, the first episode being broadcast the day after the September 11 Terrorist Attacks . The soundtrack music is by George Fenton . The underwater photography set new standards, both for its beauty and for never-before-photographed sequences of ocean life. Recently discovered species were shown for the first time, and behaviour that had hitherto never been witnessed was captured on film. The individual episodes are: # "The Blue Planet" # "Frozen Seas" # "Open Ocean" # "The Deep" # "Seasonal Seas" # "Coral Seas" # "Tidal Seas" # "Coasts" Each programme was just under 50 minutes, recorded in with Stereo sound. There was an accompanying book. A theatrical release called ''Deep Blue'' was released which consisted entirely of re-edited footage shot for ''The Blue Planet'', accompanied by narration from Michael Gambon . David Attenborough narrated this series just prior to presenting the next in his 'Life' series of programmes, '' The Life Of Mammals '' ( 2002 ). The same production team, led by Alastair Fothergill, went on to produce another major '' ( 2006 ). DVDS The series is available as a 3-disc DVD set, including three additional programmes:
In addition, there are interviews with the production team and a photo gallery. A ''special edition'' DVD features three new programmes:
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