Our Planet

External video
	Our Planet: David Attenborough speech at premiere on YouTube
	Behind-the-scenes of the walrus scene in Our Planet on YouTube

Our Planet
Soundtrack album by Steven Price
Released	5 April 2019 (Digital)
Genre	Soundtrack, Classical music
Length	2:26:00
Label	Decca Records, Universal Music
Producer	Netflix

Our Planet
	Opening sequence for Our Planet
Genre	Nature documentary
Narrated by	David Attenborough (English-speaking countries); Salma Hayek (Latin America); Penélope Cruz (Spain);
Composer(s)	Steven Price
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producer(s)	Alastair Fothergill; Keith Scholey; Colin Butfield;
Running time	48–53 minutes
Production company(s)	Silverback Films; World Wide Fund for Nature;
Release
Original network	Netflix
Picture format	UHDTV 2160p
Audio format	Stereo (SD); Dolby Digital (HD); Dolby Atmos (4K);
Original release	5 April 2019
External links
	Website

Our Planet is a British nature documentary series made for Netflix. The series is narrated by David Attenborough and produced by Silverback Films, led by Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey, who also created BBC documentary series Planet Earth, Frozen Planet and The Blue Planet, in collaboration with the conservation charity World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

The series addresses issues of conservation while featuring these disparate animals in their respective home regions, and has been noted for its greater focus on humans' impact on the environment than traditional nature documentaries, centering around how climate change impacts all living creatures. It is the first nature documentary Netflix has ever made. All episodes were released on 5 April 2019. A behind-the-scenes documentary was released onto Netflix on 2 August 2019.[1] Netflix reported that 25 million households were expected to watch the series during its first month of release.[2]

Starting from 20 June 2020, the series was aired on Indonesian television network TVRI as a part of Belajar dari Rumah (Study from Home) programming block, made possible by the partnership between Ministry of Education and Culture and Netflix itself. The broadcast marked the first Netflix original documentary series ever aired on conventional television, alongside a collection of Netflix documentaries included in the partnership.[3][4]

Production

On 15 April 2015, it was announced that the team behind the BBC nature series Planet Earth would produce an eight-part nature docu-series for Netflix that would be released in 2019.[5] It was four years in the making and was filmed in 50 countries, and over 600 crew members took part in the production. The series focuses on the breadth of the diversity of habitats around the world, including the Arctic wilderness, the deep sea, the vast landscapes of Africa and the diverse jungles of South America.[6]

In November 2018, David Attenborough was announced as the narrator, with the release date of 5 April 2019 also announced.[7]

Promotion

The series premiere was held on 4 April 2019, at the Natural History Museum in London. Guests at the premiere included Prince Charles and his two sons Prince William and Prince Harry, Charlie Brooker, David Beckham and his son Brooklyn Beckham, Ellie Goulding and the series narrator David Attenborough, who attended the event to underline their support for action against climate change.[8]

In his speech, Prince Charles said he hoped “Our Planet” would educate hundreds of millions of people around the world about what action was required, while David Attenborough called on the world to "be responsible careful citizens of this planet which is our only home, and for the creatures that live in it."[9]

The first teaser trailer for "Our Planet" was released on 8 November 2018.[10][11] Three months later, on 4 February 2019, the second teaser trailer was released.[12] On 19 March 2019, the official trailer for the documentary was released.[13]

Episodes

[This] series will explore the Earth's most important habitats, and celebrate the life they still support. We will reveal what must be preserved if we are to ensure a future where humans and nature can thrive.
— David Attenborough, "One Planet"

No.	Title	Produced by	Original release date [14]
1	"One Planet"	Adam Chapman	5 April 2019 (2019-04-05)
Witness the planet's breathtaking diversity -- from seabirds carpet-bombing the ocean to wildebeasts eluding the wild dogs of the Serengeti.
2	"Frozen Worlds"	Sophie Lanfear	5 April 2019 (2019-04-05)
On the unforgiving frontier of global warming, polar bears, walruses, seals and penguins find their icy Edens in peril.
3	"Jungles"	Huw Cordey	5 April 2019 (2019-04-05)
Jungles and rainforests are home to an incredible variety of species like preening birds, intelligent orangutans, and remarkably ambitious ants.
4	"Coastal Seas"	Hugh Pearson	5 April 2019 (2019-04-05)
From fearsome sharks to lowly urchins, 90 percent of marine creatures live in coastal waters. Protecting these habitats is a battle humanity must win.
5	"From Deserts to Grasslands"	Adam Chapman	5 April 2019 (2019-04-05)
Cameras follow desert elephants seeking sustenance, bison roaming North American grasslands and caterpillars living the good life underground.
6	"The High Seas"	Hugh Pearson	5 April 2019 (2019-04-05)
Venture into the deep, dark and desolate ocean that are home to an abundance of beautiful - and downright strange - creatures.
7	"Fresh Water"	Mandi Stark	5 April 2019 (2019-04-05)
The need for fresh water is as strong as ever. However, the supply is becoming increasingly unpredictable for all manner of species.
8	"Forests"	Jeff Wilson	5 April 2019 (2019-04-05)
Examine the fragile interdependence that exists between forests' wide variety of residents, including bald eagles, hunting dogs and Siberian tigers.

A 1 hour long bonus episode "Our Planet - Behind The Scenes" about the project is accessible under Additional Videos on Netflix.[15]

Reception

Keith Scholey discussing Our Planet at the TIFF Bell Lightbox.

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 93% based on 27 reviews, and an average rating of 8.33/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "A cornucopia of visual wonder and environmental advocacy, Our Planet's breathtaking cinematography explores more of this beautiful, blue marble while presenting an urgent call to action to its inhabitants"[16] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 88 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[17]

Lucy Mangen of The Guardian gives out 4 out of 5 stars to Our Planet, saying "it places clearer emphasis on the fragility and interconnectedness of all the species and eco-systems on display, and on the huge impact humanity has had on them in so short a time.[18] Bryan Resnick of Vox praises the series as "can’t really describe the scale of what’s missing" stating "It reminds us we’re living in an age of staggering wildlife loss due to human development, over-fishing, deforestation, and climate change. This series doesn’t let us forget that. Humans have caused staggering amounts of wildlife loss. Our Planet doesn’t hide from it."[19] Ben Travers of Indie Wire give out an overall B+ for the series, and claims that the series ruthlessly contrasts the world's natural wonders with the environmental crisis killing them off, he wrote "Their deaths are a warning for the darkness underlying all of Our Planet, a nature docuseries no longer content with passive commentary. It also offers all the stunning imagery you’ve come to expect from these documentarians, but its attitude may surprise you. Individual entries feel a little less memorable because of it. The light, comic touches that made for lovely little moments in Planet Earth are overshadowed, if not spoiled entirely, by the traumatic lessons put front and centre."[20]

Will Gompertz of BBC also hands out a 4 out of 5 stars for the series, stating it "gives us some of the most dazzling images you are ever likely to view on TV. When necessary, they are embellished with Attenborough's commentary, which is never obtrusive and always written with brevity and wit...It has been created by masters of their craft with an exceptional narrator, I do wonder, though, if the experienced executive producers at BBC would have sharpened up the first episode a little."[21] Stuart McGurk of British GQ said "It’s hard not to see this as a direct rebuke of the BBC’s nature documentaries: take one well-worn spectacular of the natural world, shoot it even more spectacularly than the BBC ever did and structure your whole opening episode around the idea that, without taking things like global warming seriously – without putting it front and centre about any show you’re making about the natural world, because how could you not – then pretty soon they’ll be nothing left to film so beautifully."[22] Kevin Yeoman of Screen Rant concluded the series as "stunningly ambitious", he wrote "Where Our Planet excels [Planet Earth and Blue Planet], though, is in its presentation. It’s not trying to convince anyone of anything — the time for doing that is long past. It’s simply stating this information as fact, in as straightforward a manner as possible. Not that it’s particularly difficult considering the evidence the series has on hand." [23]

However, Ed Power of The Telegraph criticized the documentary series as "visually dazzling but very familiar." and gave it a 3 out of 5 stars, writing "It is clichéd in its portrayal of life on earth as a slow motion ballet of tooth and claw....In short, the innovations that made Attenborough’s previous series so sensational are conspicuously absent. It’s a haunting vision. More of this and Our Planet might have been a meaningful addition to the canon of natural history series. Instead, it prioritises cinematic grandeur to an almost oppressive degree." [24] Writing in The Independent, Lucy Jones says the most important aspect of the series, which sets it apart from other nature documentaries of its type, is that the harsh realities of global warming, mass species extinction and environmental degradation are woven into the narration that accompanies the breathtaking scenes and imagery, but argues it does not go far enough, and should have been more radical given current ecological crises. In particular, she says the program should have called out those responsible for this ecocide. When Attenburough's narration tells the audience "We have destroyed half the forests on earth", she retorts "But, who is we? As well as the fossil fuel industry, where is the fishing industry? Agriculture? The plastics industry? The vested interests that keep the planet burning? Yes, we are all complicit – those of us in affluent societies with high-consumption lifestyles more so than anyone – but there are greater powers at work. Describing the scale of the challenge is necessary but I wanted the series to go further, to peer under the hood."[25]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was released with a compilation of the incidental music specially commissioned for Our Planet. The theme song "In This Together", which is a collaboration with English singer and songwriter Ellie Goulding, is also included.

No.	Title	Episode Title	Length
1.	"This Is Our Planet"	"One Planet"	3:43
2.	"The Numbers Build"	"High Seas"	5:04
3.	"They Work as a Team"	"Frozen Worlds"	3:41
4.	"The Importance of This River"	"Freshwater"	2:40
5.	"An Ingenious Technique"	"Coastal Seas"	2:49
6.	"The Ocean Returns the Favour"	"Deserts and Grasslands"	2:20
7.	"Baby Blue"	"High Seas"	4:51
8.	"Regeneration"	"Forests"	1:51
9.	"An Unknown Signal"	"One Planet"	5:08
10.	"Too Big to Argue With"	"Jungles"	5:35
11.	"Frozen Worlds"	"Frozen Worlds"	3:26
12.	"Mayflies"	"Freshwater"	3:08
13.	"Great Rolling Waves"	"Coastal Seas"	6:36
14.	"Crucial to Their Survival"	"Jungles"	7:25
15.	"Every Year There Are Others"	"Forests"	2:48
16.	"Where Life Gathers"	"One Planet"	3:20
17.	"The Perfect Gift"	"Frozen Worlds"	2:53
18.	"The Oceans Belong to Us All"	"High Seas"	6:19
19.	"Deserts and Grasslands"	"Deserts and Grasslands"	2:56
20.	"The Mighty Mekong"	"Freshwater"	2:01
21.	"Corals"	"Coastal Seas"	2:17
22.	"Leaf Cutters"	"Jungles"	1:18
23.	"Chernobyl"	"Forests"	7:03
24.	"Into the Woodlands"	"One Planet"	4:35
25.	"Signature Moves"	"One Planet"	2:35
26.	"Every Other Breath You Take"	"High Seas"	4:21
27.	"Arctic Refugees"	"Frozen Worlds"	6:38
28.	"A Sudden Turn"	"High Seas"	2:11
29.	"A Nest of Bubbles"	"Freshwater"	1:56
30.	"He Wins Her Approval"	"Jungles"	1:42
31.	"Majestic Submarine Forests"	"Coastal Seas"	2:28
32.	"They Came Back"	"Deserts and Grasslands"	2:33
33.	"We Must Preserve What's Left"	"Jungles"	2:28
34.	"Ice Caves"	"Freshwater"	2:26
35.	"Mythical Creatures Follow"	"Frozen Worlds"	3:31
36.	"They Have Come to a Desert"	"Deserts and Grasslands"	1:41
37.	"This Glacial Ice"	"One Planet"	7:42
38.	"A Greater Resilience"	"Coastal Seas"	4:02
39.	"The Next Twenty Years"	"One Planet"	1:41
40.	"In This Together"	With Ellie Goulding	4:43
Total length:			120:26

Our Planet Live in Concert

Our Planet will become a live experience and tour international arenas in 2020 and 2021. Our Planet Live in Concert[26] will be presented in a form of a multimedia spectacle, combining highlights from the series with brand new arrangements for the live production, and new on-screen narration by David Attenborough. The eight-part series will be reimagined into a two-hour arena show, including three giant 4K screens, a 66-piece orchestra, and live vocalist Lisa Hannigan. The live production is developed by the series producers Silverback Films, and the Oscar-winning composer of the series, Steven Price.

Our Planet Live will start touring on October 2020 with its World Premiere in London, and will have Steven Price host the live events. Here are the first few dates:

on 16 October 2020 at 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland, performed by the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
on 18 October 2020 at the O2 Arena in London, England, performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra
on 19 October 2020 at SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland, performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra

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