Topic Lifecycle: Dormant
This topic is currently dormant in the news cycle. It was last covered on Friday 23 October 2026 and has not appeared in recent broadcasts.
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Coverage on 23 October marked 25 years since the original Blue Planet first appeared and reported that David Attenborough was returning with a new series, Blue Planet 3. BBC ONE West and BBC NEWS said the series ventures deeper beneath the waves and includes new stories from the oceans. Both channels featured an octopus living off a remote Japanese island that leaves its pool to hunt on land, and reported footage in which it moved far inland as its rock pool evaporated, oxygen levels fell and the programme described it as being in danger. The filming team said it did not intervene and documented the events naturally. The reports said production took four and a half years and more than 2,000 filming days. BBC NEWS said Blue Planet 3 starts next Sunday at 8pm on BBC One and iPlayer, with international availability from November. BBC ONE West said Attenborough would return next weekend with the latest instalment and also mentioned humpback whales off the coast of Manhattan, with a sequence filmed in the first hour.
Key Claims by Channel
| Claim |  |  |
|---|---|---|
| Reported by all 2 channels | ||
| The third series of Blue Planet has been released 25 years after the original and includes David Attenborough. | ||
| The series features a young female octopus that leaves its rock pool to hunt on land. | ||
| The series took four and a half years to make and involved more than 2,000 days of filming. | Reported by BBC News | |
| Blue Planet 3 was described as venturing deeper into the oceans to reveal new stories, including stories new to Attenborough. | Reported by BBC News | Reported by BBC One |
| Blue Planet 3 starts in the UK next Sunday at 8pm on BBC One and iPlayer, and elsewhere from November. | Reported by BBC One | |
| David Attenborough was reported to remain fascinated by the natural world at 100. | Reported by BBC News | Reported by BBC One |
| Only on one channel | ||
| Blue Planet 3 included humpback whales off the coast of Manhattan and a sequence filmed in the first hour. | Not reported by BBC News | Reported by BBC One |
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