Discovery kicks off 'Frozen Planet' next month

Submitted by ITV Production on Apr 30
indiantelevision.com Team

MUMBAI: Factual entertainment network, Discovery Channel will launch ?Frozen Planet?, a series that will take viewers through the Earth?s polar regions. The show is a co-production between Discovery and UK pubcaster The BBC.

The series will air every Monday to Friday at 8 pm from 6 May. Narrated by naturalist Sir David Attenborough and featuring wildlife cinematography, the show has taken new technology to the most extreme and remote parts of the planet, capturing imagery above and below the ice.

Discovery South Asia senior VP and GM Rahul Johri said, "Frozen Planet is one of those captivating series which will showcase the splendour of the most intriguing and extreme places on our planet - the polar region. Viewers will be inspired by the breathtaking landscapes and will realise the efforts that go behind capturing such amazing moments."

The show will take viewers through polar landscapes, which most humans will never get to experience. This series brings to the screen the frozen habitat of the polar region for what could be the last time before global warming changes them forever.

The series will take viewers on a ride from deep under the frozen seas to a world of erupting polar volcanoes. It will travel to the South Pole across the Antarctic icecap - the largest concentration of ice on our planet. The programme retraces the steps of how life evolved under trying circumstances and is surviving against all odds.The show is sponsored by amul, samsung, nerolac and pulsar.