Blue Planet III captures octopus's lucky escape after a hunt goes wrong
Footage in Sir David Attenborough's latest nature series shows an octopus surviving a close call after leaving her usual underwater habitat.
At a glance
- Filmmakers captured an octopus's lucky escape after she left her normal underwater habitat during a hunt that went wrong.
- The sequence features in Blue Planet III, the latest series from Sir David Attenborough, who the BBC says is working into his 101st year.
- Blue Planet III starts in the UK on Sunday 1 November at 8pm on BBC One and iPlayer, with a worldwide rollout from November into 2027.
Filmmakers working on Blue Planet III have filmed an octopus making a lucky escape after she ventured away from her normal underwater habitat, in a sequence that follows a hunt going wrong.
The clip features in the third series of the Blue Planet strand, presented and produced by Sir David Attenborough, who the BBC says has continued making nature documentaries into his 101st year.
Across the new instalment, cameras travel worldwide. The series moves from the cold waters of the polar regions to the tropics, and extends out into the open oceans.
When and where to watch
Viewers in the UK can see Blue Planet III from Sunday 1 November at 8pm on BBC One and on iPlayer.
Audiences elsewhere will have to wait: the BBC says the series will launch internationally from November and roll out across the world into 2027.
The octopus sequence is one of the moments highlighted from the new run, which returns to the format of exploring marine life across very different ocean environments.
Attenborough's involvement continues a long association with the BBC's natural history output, and the broadcaster notes he is still working on documentaries well past his 100th birthday.
The third series is built around a global journey, taking in polar seas, tropical waters and the open ocean rather than focusing on a single region.
Details of other individual scenes in the series have not been released in the material published alongside the octopus clip.
Source: BBC Science.
Questions and answers
- When does Blue Planet III start?
- In the UK it begins on Sunday 1 November at 8pm on BBC One and iPlayer. Internationally, the BBC says it will launch from November and roll out into 2027.
- What does the octopus clip show?
- It shows an octopus making a lucky escape after leaving her normal underwater habitat, in a hunt that went wrong, according to the BBC.
- Who presents Blue Planet III?
- Sir David Attenborough, who the BBC says has continued to produce nature documentaries into his 101st year.
