Frozen Planet
Frozen Planet is a TV show on BBC4. David Attenborough travels to the end of the earth, taking viewers on an extraordinary journey across the polar regions of our planet. The program has been available since 2024. A total of 13 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in October 2025.
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1:00:00Frozen Planet
The penultimate part of David Attenborough's acclaimed nature series. This episode looks at us humans, one of the polar regions' most ingenious inhabitants.
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1:00:00During winter most animals abandon the polar regions, but a few extreme survivors remain. This is the story of their battles to endure the planet's harshest winters.
1:00:00Witness how solar landscapes change as the big freeze returns. Most animals leave on epic journeys, some battle to breed and for a few it is a time of opportunity.
1:00:00David Attenborough's visually stunning nature series. The sun never sets over summer in the polar regions. See how hordes of animals exploit this brief window of plenty.
1:00:00Landmark nature series. See warmth and life return to these magical ice worlds as spring arrives in the polar regions and the sun appears after an absence of five months.
1:00:00David Attenborough reveals the vast wilderness of the polar regions. At the North Pole, polar bears court and the sun returns after six months of dark.
David Attenborough journeys to the poles to investigate what rising temperatures will mean for the people and wildlife that live there, and for the rest of the planet.
Documentary series revealing the riches and wonders of polar regions. Today, their survival relies on a combination of ancient wisdom and cutting-edge science.
During winter, most animals abandon the polar regions, but a few extreme survivors remain. This is the story of their battles to endure the planet's harshest winters.
Nature documentary series. As the big freeze returns, polar landscapes are transformed. Wildlife leaves, but the giant emperor penguin arrives.
Nature documentary. The impact of summer on polar bears, musk oxen and penguins, who struggle to cope with an unlikely problem - heat.
Documentary series. It's spring in the polar regions and, after a five-month absence, the sun reappears. The greatest seasonal transformation on our planet is under way.
David Attenborough sets out on an extraordinary journey across the earth's polar regions, exploring the Arctic and Antarctic.