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Ice Worlds

Episode 6 of 11

Documentary series which celebrates earth in its natural glory. How the advance and retreat of the ice in the polar regions becomes a real challenge to the animals.

Although the frozen worlds of the Arctic and Antarctic experience the greatest seasonal extremes, it is the advance and retreat of the ice that is the real challenge to life. As the sea freezes, Antarctica doubles in size and all animals except for the emperor penguin flee.

In the Arctic, the polar bear's ice world literally melts beneath its feet, forcing it to swim vast distances and take on one of the deadliest adversaries on the planet.

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1 hour

Last on

Tue 2 Sep 202519:00
BBC Four

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Credits

PresenterDavid Attenborough
ComposerGeorge Fenton
ProducerVanessa Berlowitz
ProducerAlastair Fothergill

Broadcasts

  • Sun 5 Nov 200621:00
    BBC One South, Wales & Scotland only
  • Thu 16 Nov 200601:50
    BBC One South & Scotland only
  • Wed 14 Feb 200719:00
    BBC Four
  • Sun 10 Aug 200818:00
    BBC HD
  • Mon 18 Aug 200818:00
    BBC HD
  • Wed 17 Sep 200816:00
    BBC HD
  • Christmas Eve 200813:40
    BBC HD
  • Sat 9 May 200918:30
    BBC Two Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland (Analogue) & England only
  • Sat 16 May 200918:50
    BBC Two Scotland
  • Sat 22 Aug 200915:30
    BBC Two Wales
  • Thu 31 Dec 200916:10
    BBC HD
  • Wed 21 Jul 201020:00
    BBC HD
  • Sat 9 Oct 201021:10
    BBC HD
  • Mon 15 Nov 201019:00
    BBC HD
  • Tue 16 Nov 201001:00
    BBC HD
  • Sat 20 Nov 201018:00
    BBC HD
  • Tue 21 May 201316:15
    BBC Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
  • Fri 11 Apr 201415:15
    BBC Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
  • Mon 28 Aug 201716:15
    BBC Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
  • Mon 19 Mar 201815:15
    BBC Two Scotland, Wales, England & HD only
  • Sat 26 Aug 202320:00
    BBC Three
  • Tue 2 Sep 202519:00
    BBC Four

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