It forms great forests along the Pacific coast of North America, from central California to Baja California in Mexico. Incredible teamwork from little Clownfish. here. When was it decided that it would be iPlayer's first 4K series? Read about our approach to external linking. Channels. Are you sure you want to submit this vote? If you have a 4K and HDR TV, will you automatically get the best version of Blue Planet II, or is it something you have to activate manually? It’s the first BBC show to get the 4K treatment on iPlayer – and it’s a strong hint of where the BBC might be focusing its efforts in the coming years. But this inadvertently led to breakthroughs in the understanding of the ocean's circulatory system, How plastic is killing our sea creatures in the ocean, The footage showed the effect plastic can have on creatures of the deep sea, A scientist uses lasers to measure a whaleshark, An Atlantic puffin with a beakful of food for its chick in Hornoya Island, Norway, A male Kobudai (Asian Sheephead Wrasse), Japan, An orange-dotted tuskfish holds a clam in its jaws on the Great Barrier Ree, A cheeky green turtle in Sipidan, Borneo, Malaysia, The fangtooth has the largest teeth relative to body size for any fish in the entire ocean, Giant Trevally patrolling the shallows of a lagoo, An orange-dotted tuskfish holds a clam in its formidable jaws on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Humpback whale in the fjords of Northern Norway, Atlantic Ocean, Bottlenose dolphins with a calf, Red Sea, Egypt, Giant Waves breaking along the Wild Coast, South Africa, A hermit crab with the super pincers it uses to feed, False Killer Whales (Pseudorca crassidens) travelling with a pod of oceanic Bottlenose dolphins off the coast of the North Island, New Zealand, Scientist Steve Simpson uses a multi-directional hydrophone to record the sounds of the reef, Giant Trevally patrolling the shallows of a lagoon, Walrus mother and pup resting on an iceberg in Svalbard, Arctic, A giant cuttlefish mating aggregation, South Australia, Blue Planet 2 is coming to BBC iPlayer in 4K and HDR, Brighter and better: Blue Planet II is coming to iPlayer in 4K and HDR, BBC iPlayer exec on 4K, Blue Planet, and the future of streaming, ( JavaScript seems to be disabled. Own it today on Blu-Ray and DVD Own it today on digital download Sea otters must eat around 30% of their body weight every day but, when not hunting, they rest by floating on their backs, frequently wrapping themselves in fronds of kelp for better stability, Purple urchins (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) have incredibly tough, self-sharpening teeth made almost entirely from calcite and so hard that they can grind through rock. And we'll look at our sport and other live activities. The meadows are comprised of many species including the seagrass Amphibolis Antarctica. More people have walked on the moon than have travelled to the very depths of the ocean. A look at the survival techniques of creatures that endure the harsh conditions of the Arctic and Antarctic. Was it always the plan for Blue Planet II to be in 4K? The oceans are an integral part of our lives. The boundary between land and sea is an exciting place, with animals constantly coming and going. Its tentacles can deliver a vicious sting - painful to humans but paralysing for fish, Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus). DTW: A lot of the work is upstream of iPlayer – getting the assets encoded took a day per episode. Series 1: 1. Each 50-minute programme peers into this watery world, with spectacular footage exploring shores and shallows teeming with life and uncovering unseen depths. It seemed a very good one to go for, giving people the series over Christmas for 30 days. Not for any technical reason at our end, but when we came to look at the range of devices that were available, we couldn't find enough devices out there capable of actually using our UHD effectively. Are you sure you want to delete this comment? More closely related to lilies than terrestrial grasses, they are the only flowering plants to live completely submerged in seawater, Fronds of the giant kelp, (Macrocystis pyrifera), the largest known brown algae in the world. This is a commercial website from BBC Studios. One of the great things about iPlayer is the breadth and range of content – as well as natural history, there's amazing drama and comedy and entertainment. PL: There are parallels to when we launched the BBC HD channel, natural history was at the forefront of technology. It lives in tunnels, fifty centimetres deep on the edge of mangroves along the Australian coast. Female sperm whales share baby-sitting duties and even nursing of their calves with other females in their group, On the 10th January 1992, a container of plastic ducks, like this one, and other bath toys was accidentally released into the Pacific Ocean, recreated here. A groundbreaking journey to the deepest parts of the oceans. iPlayer Navigation. It feeds on other jellyfish, like the Moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita, Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia physalis). You can find our Community Guidelines in full Despite two-thirds of our planet being covered by water, the oceans and many of their inhabitants remain an unexplored mystery.