Frozen Planet 9pm BBC1/BBC1HD

saddler · 28 Oct 2011 at 00:17

checjb said:
A truly beautiful show (as all BBC nature documentary series seem to be). Even amongst so many gems, the stand-out moment for me was when those Gentoo penguins were on the beach looking out to sea and a wave rolls up and just for a few seconds you can clearly see the shape of a sealion lurking just off shore. That genuinely raised hairs on the back of my neck.
Already gagging to watch the next episode.

I've actually been in a situation like this. Whilst in the Falklands I visited a penguin colony. I sat a short distance away from them as they came down to the beach to feed (actually got very short as peguins are very curious and will wander over and check you out if you keep still enough).

I could see they were reluctant to go in and thats when I noticed the leopard seal patrolling the shoreline. It was facinating watching it chase after them when they did dive in.

robfosters · 28 Oct 2011 at 00:38

As first mentioned in Tanks post, a lot of times when the BBC do these spectacular series they give the Open University advance warning and sometimes they produce short courses on them which can be put towards a degree.

They have done it for the Blue Planet and Planet Earth. They have also done one on this series.

I'm starting it in either Nov or Feb

http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/course/s175.htm

Jamesbcd · 28 Oct 2011 at 02:45

The Orcas teamwork was amazing!

antijoke · 28 Oct 2011 at 09:09

That was amazing! No other word for it.

Sunbed · 28 Oct 2011 at 09:44

Pedantic mode activated

saddler said:
I could see they were reluctant to go in and thats when I noticed the leopard seal patrolling the shoreline. It was facinating watching it chase after them when they did dive in.

Awesome pics dude but are you sure that's a Leopard seal? Looks more like a sealion to me.

#JustCurious

Cosimo · 28 Oct 2011 at 09:55

anticonscience said:
That was amazing! No other word for it.

Absolutely. I've gone and pre-ordered the blu-ray.

Dava · 28 Oct 2011 at 10:26

was quality, took something like 4 years to film didnt it?

wouldnt expect no less from attenborough!

qqg3 · 28 Oct 2011 at 11:20

Awesome stuff, the Orcas hunting was amazing.

CircleFaust · 28 Oct 2011 at 12:08

brilliant show. just when you think you know wildlife this comes along

Tribune · 28 Oct 2011 at 12:18

Justed watched this on i-player. Fascinating and stunning photography and Sir David could make watching paint dry sound interesting. The two matched together create some of the most brilliant programmes ever released imho.

Ahleckz · 28 Oct 2011 at 12:45

Great programme. I made a deal that if we could watch this then I had to watch The Only Way Is Essex. Frozen Planet was so good it made it worthwhile!

The final bit of the programme, where they show how they make it, is a great addition. Very interesting and you can tell the crew have lots of fun and passion doing what they do.

khare · 28 Oct 2011 at 20:14

This was so great! Hats off to the camera guys bit at the end, months stuck in a cave researching!

David_VI · 28 Oct 2011 at 21:46

saddler said:
I've actually been in a situation like this. Whilst in the Falklands I visited a penguin colony. I sat a short distance away from them as they came down to the beach to feed (actually got very short as peguins are very curious and will wander over and check you out if you keep still enough).

I could see they were reluctant to go in and thats when I noticed the leopard seal patrolling the shoreline. It was facinating watching it chase after them when they did dive in.

So jealous, me and my women are huge penguin fans and hope to go to the Falklands and even Antarctica one day..

Odd thing in your first photo though, the beach of gentoos.. Looks like one african penguin laying down there :confused:

Surely a bit lost? Doesn't look like a Gentoo at all!

Loved frozen planet, so glad we got a new tv for the HD box

saddler · 29 Oct 2011 at 01:12

Sundance said:
Awesome pics dude but are you sure that's a Leopard seal? Looks more like a sealion to me.

#JustCurious

You might be right, I did see both there and it was a few years ago.

David_VI said:
So jealous, me and my women are huge penguin fans and hope to go to the Falklands and even Antarctica one day..

Odd thing in your first photo though, the beach of gentoos.. Looks like one african penguin laying down there Surely a bit lost? Doesn't look like a Gentoo at all!

The odd one out is a Magellan penguin, the ones that nest in burrows. There are at least 5 species of penguins on the Falklands.

It is a truly amazing place if you like wildlife as most of the species have no fear of man. In the UK if I want to get a photo of a plover I need a very long telephoto lens and a lot of patience. In the Falklands I had a pair run between my legs on a beach and one sitting on my foot!

Antar Bolaeisk · 30 Oct 2011 at 23:43

Another amazing addition to an already amazing catalogue of documentaries. Definitely one to watch.

Skillmister · 1 Nov 2011 at 19:34

Just got round to watching this. Stunning as always. The seal had such a huge amount of expression on it's face as it got dragged into the sea

DutchFlowerz · 2 Nov 2011 at 12:12

Think this will be my first blu-ray purchase. Planet Earth, Nature's Great Events and Life all well worth a watch. Nothing beats the BBS Natural History team. They should all be part of the national curriculum.

EDIT: Favourite part was the killer whales making waves to catch that poor seal. Simply breathtaking.

fez · 2 Nov 2011 at 17:58

Yep, stunning documentary at its best. I salute you Sir Attenborough. Now thats how you earn a knighthood Brucie!

setter · 2 Nov 2011 at 19:24

Watched this on i-player hd the other night. Love these bbc series, beautifully shot, the sequence showing the ********** was fantastic. A definite purchase on blu ray when its released.

Disaster · 2 Nov 2011 at 22:28

N'awwwwww, those baby seals!