Tuesday, February 23

4K? (yes) Drones? (yes): BBC brings out big guns for Planet Earth II

(credit: BBC)

It's been 10 years since the BBC's groundbreaking Planet Earth series hit our screens—and it's now making a welcome return, complete with full use of the latest UHD 4K technology.

Sir David Attenborough will once again front the show, which will appear on TV later this year, the BBC said. Planet Earth II has been three years in the making, and is billed by the Corporation's controller, Charlotte Moore, as a series that "uncovers stories about the natural world we have simply never been able to witness before.”

The BBC—which didn't reveal an air date for the six episodes—has not only shot the whole thing in UHD, but it also used the latest camera stabilisation, remote recording, and aerial drone technology, too. "We take the audience closer to nature and allow you to experience the wilderness as if you were there," it said.

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