Filming
''Frozen Planet'' finished filming in 2010 and focused on the challenges facingZoo-filmed material
The BBC was accused of staging after it was reported that one scene of a polar bear giving birth was filmed in a Dutch (initially reported as German) animal park. The BBC defended its faking of the shots, explaining that it would have been impossible to film the event in the wild without endangering the cubs, that the commentary was careful not to mislead the audience, and that the ''Frozen Planet'' website had already explained how the scene was captured before the story appeared in the media.Broadcast
''Frozen Planet'' was broadcast onEpisodes
: ''All episode names from BBC website.'' ''Ratings include overnight audience shares, with consolidated viewers supplied byReception
"On Thin Ice" in the United States
Uncertainty surrounded whether the series' seventh episode, which focuses on climate change, would air in the United States, where it is a politically sensitive issue. In an interview with ''Radio Times'', Attenborough explains that "data from satellites collected over the last 40 years show a drop of 30% in the area of the Arctic sea ice at the end of each summer." Former UKRatings
The series quickly became a ratings success in the UK, with the second episode broadcast on 2 November 2011 becoming the highest-rated natural history programme there since 2001. The series drew an average audience of 8.67 million viewers.Awards
In May 2012, ''Frozen Planet'' won in three categories at theMerchandise
DVD and Blu-ray
Three disc region-freeBook
''Frozen Planet: A World Beyond Imagination'' accompanies the TV series and was released in hardcover format on 13 October 2011. It is written by the series producers Alastair Fothergill and Vanessa Berlowitz, with a foreword by David Attenborough. The UK version was published byOpen University poster
A ''Frozen Planet'' poster was produced in collaboration with and distributed for free byCalendar
''Frozen Planet'' wall calendars were published in the UK for 2012 (), 2013 () and 2014 ().Soundtrack
The musical score and songs featured in the series were all composed and conducted byReferences
External links
* *