Trailer: Blue Planet Live swims onto BBC ahead of Netflix rival

March 20, 2019 | James R

Blue Planet Live is swimmings its way onto the BBC this month – just in time to pip its new Netflix rival nature series to the post.

Announced last year, the four-part live programme will build on the success of … Read More

Netflix inks overall deal with Blue Planet II creator

January 31, 2019 | James R

Netflix has inked a multi-year overall deal with Blue Planet II creator James Honeyborne.

Honeyborne, the Executive Producer of the award-winning nature series, has worked on a number of BBC series, including the BAFTA-winning Big Blue Live and the Emmy-nominated … Read More

Blue Planet II most popular show on BBC iPlayer this year

December 13, 2017 | James R

Blue Planet II has become BBC iPlayer’s most popular programme of 2017 so far, with 4.2 million requests for the first episode. This overtakes the first episode of Tom Hardy’s Georgian-era drama Taboo by 133,000 requests to become the new … Read More