Looking at our planet from the viewpoint of the animals, the BBC’s Planet Earth II series broke new ground in its use of film-making techniques and set new standards in animal photography. The amazing images are enhanced with a matchless score by Hans Zimmer, Jacob Shea and Jasha Klebe. The film is narrated in English.

The concert runs approximately two hours with an intermission.

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Change of Conductor Performances of 'BBC Planet Earth II Live in Concert' are now confirmed to be held on 18 & 19 June 2021 (Fri & Sat) 8pm at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall. In view of uncertainties relating to such matters as global travel and in-bound quarantine measures during the pandemic, the advertised conductor Vanessa Scammell has had to withdraw from the performance. We are grateful that conductor Lio Kuokman has kindly agreed to step in. The programme will remain unchanged. Ticket Arrangement for Ticket Purchase through Subscription For 2020/21 Subscribers who have subscribed to the performances of 'BBC Planet Earth II Live in Concert', tickets will be mailed to your registered address by mid-May. Please contact the HK Phil Ticketing Office if you have not received the tickets 14 days prior to the concert. For further enquiries, please contact the HK Phil Ticketing Office at ticketing@hkphil.org (email); or via WhatsApp messenger at 5628 7595 (Messages ONLY). Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (23 April 2021)

Planet Earth II is a 2016 British nature documentary series produced by the BBC as a sequel to Planet Earth, which was broadcast in 2006. The series is presented and narrated by Sir David Attenborough with the main theme music composed by Hans Zimmer. Looking at our planet from the viewpoint of the animals, the BBC’s Planet Earth II series broke new ground in its use of film-making techniques and set new standards in animal photography. The amazing images are enhanced with a matchless score by Hans Zimmer, Jacob Shea and Jasha Klebe.

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I. House Rules:

1. BBC Earth Home.
2. Attack of the Drones. “Planet Earth II’s” solution was to treat the eagle as if it were an extreme sports athlete and strapped a Go Pro-like camera to it.

• No eating or drinking
• No photography, recording or filming
• Please turn off your mobile phone and other electronic devices
• Please keep noise to a minimum during the performance
• Please reserve your applause until the end of the entire work

II. Admission Details:

• All audiences are required to scan the 'LeaveHomeSafe' QR code or register their name, contact number and the date and time of the visit before entering the venue
• Masks must be worn throughout the venue and the concert hall
• Temperature check is arranged at designated entrances
• Use the disinfectant dispensers
• Always keep social distancing
• Your seat may be adjusted to meet the requirements of preventive measures.
• Persons with symptoms of illness and people who have been in contact with COVID-19 patients within the last 14 days may not attend the performance

• Some seats may have restricted sightline to main screen. Supplementary screens are provided in two sides of the stage
• Stalls C1-2/61-62, AA1-7/94-100, BB1-8/94-101 & HH27
• Wheelchair Box 1-2

On 7 November 2016, the BBC uploaded a clip featuring a group of snakes chasing an iguana from its documentary “Planet Earth 2” to YouTube:

Bbc Planet Earth 2 Jungles

The clip quickly went viral. While many praised the BBC for its stunning camera work, others claimed that the video was a hoax, created not by filming live subjects, but by using computer graphics.

On 8 November 2016, another video was uploaded to YouTube which claimed that parts of the iguana and snake chase scene were computer simulations:

The claims made in the video displayed here based on speculation, not fact. The video’s creator offered absolutely no proof that the BBC used computer graphics to create these shots, and instead relied on a few unverified surface observations.

On the other hand, the BBC has released two “behind-the-scenes” videos showing the making of the chase scene, and in an interview with Gizmodo, producers denied that the documentary was made with computer graphics:

Bbc Planet Earth 2 Mountains

“Our cameras record four times more detail than the HD images seen on our previous programmes and that makes some of the images seem almost unbelievable. A few viewers think such detail must be computer generated but the reality is that Mother Nature is much better at making animals than any CGI artist – we just haven’t had the ability to show this level of detail until now. It could be argued that it’s crucial in the sense that we want to show audiences the beauty of the natural world, and involve them in the drama of animals’ lives that we witness when we are out filming – if we can show that in ever greater detail then we are taking them close to the true wonder of nature.”

Bbc Planet Earth 2 Streaming

The BBC faced a similar controversy in 2011, when they were “caught” using footage from a zoo in their Frozen Planet documentary. While the BBC did really use scenes from a zoo in that documentary, the iguana chase scene appears to have been filmed entirely on location:

Bbc Planet Earth 2020

The X Factor might be fake, and those 2011 polar bears might have been in a zoo, but Planet Earth 2 is all real. The Executive Producer of the series, Michael Gunton, and the Producer of episode three (‘Jungles’) Emma Napper jointly explained to us that Planet Earth is, in many ways, “a victim of its own success” – it looks so incredible on screen that we’re convinced fakery must be involved. But, believe it or not, everything you see on screen was filmed on location. No zoos were visited in the filming of this documentary.