The Blue Planet

The Blue Planet
Also known as	The Blue Planet: Seas of Life
Genre	Nature documentary
Narrated by	David Attenborough
Composer	George Fenton
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producer	Alastair Fothergill
Running time	50 minutes
Production companies	BBC Natural History Unit Discovery Channel
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	12 September (2001-09-12) – 31 October 2001 (2001-10-31)
Related
Blue Planet II Planet Earth Frozen Planet
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The Blue Planet is a British nature documentary series created and co-produced by the BBC and Discovery Channel. It premiered on 12 September 2001 in the United Kingdom. It is narrated by David Attenborough.

Described as "the first ever comprehensive series on the natural history of the world's oceans",^[1] each of the eight 50-minute episodes examines a different aspect of marine life. The underwater photography included creatures and behaviour that had previously never been filmed.^[2]

The series won a number of Emmy and BAFTA TV awards for its music and cinematography.^[3] The executive producer was Alastair Fothergill and the music was composed by George Fenton. Attenborough narrated this series before presenting the next in his 'Life' series of programmes, The Life of Mammals (2002), and the same production team created Planet Earth (2006).

A sequel series, Blue Planet II was aired on BBC One in 2017.