It's tempting to remember Planet Earth II with a sort of golden glow. The Natural History Unit's round-up of life surviving in Earth's extreme environments was full of beautiful sequences, but it's easy to forget how many of them had a nightmarish edge.

Full Review | Apr 11, 2019

That is the strength of the best passages of Planet Earth: when the drama of nature speaks for itself. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Dec 29, 2017

Absorbing as this is, Planet Earth II chases viewers as assiduously and expertly as it chases the fauna, rewarding you with sharable stories rather than lingering lessons.

Full Review | Dec 28, 2017

Believe us when we say that it's so beautiful it actually made us weep a little bit - and not just that, but it is genuinely thrilling, eye-opening and better than most of the action movies released this year.

Full Review | Dec 28, 2017

"Cities," which follows groups of animals that have adapted to live in dense metropolises, is as beautifully filmed and edifying as the rest of the Planet Earth episodes, but with a more powerful ending than usual.

Full Review | Dec 28, 2017

Attenborough is frequently guilty of species loyalty, just not to his own.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 28, 2017

The harrowing footage ... leaves you wondering how it could have possibly been filmed without someone getting killed.

Full Review | Dec 28, 2017

It has been wonderful watching Planet Earth II. What a glorious, spectacular and fascinating series.

Full Review | Dec 28, 2017

Planet Earth II has surpassed the previous series - it was one of the most stunningly vivid and engaging natural history films I've ever seen.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 14, 2017

As has become the Attenborough trademark, Planet Earth II masterfully establishes emotional narratives around its creatures without ever quite crossing the line into full-on anthropomorphism.

Full Review | Dec 14, 2017

As beautiful as Planet Earth II is, it is not an escape - nor should it be.

Full Review | Aug 28, 2017

The theme running through it is the preservation of life for prey and predator, with starvation an ever-present threat. For the nature addict, this is must-see material. It's likely to turn everyone else into fans of Darwin.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Mar 30, 2017

Nature documentary sequel is a visual triumph.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Feb 22, 2017

Understand this -- Planet Earth II is on another level. The BBC Natural History Unit has really outdone itself. This documentary is a truly sublime accomplishment, an epic achievement that everyone should watch.

Full Review | Feb 21, 2017

It's top rate TV, with a surprising amount of of advances in photography since the first installment in 2006.

Full Review | Feb 21, 2017

It's gorgeous to look at, and you sit there in awe, marveling at how, exactly, those images can even exist. But it's more than just eye candy: The show's relationship with time gives viewers emotional stakes.

Full Review | Feb 21, 2017

Impossible sights are enticingly strung together, forming stories like nothing we've ever seen before.

Full Review | Original Score: A | Feb 20, 2017

Nature photography has rarely been as spectacular as it is in Planet Earth II.

Full Review | Feb 17, 2017

Simply put, Planet Earth is the most important program of our generation... an exquisitely rendered documentary of the natural world.

Full Review | Feb 17, 2017

Wonders abound.

Full Review | Feb 17, 2017