Frozen Planet Genre Nature documentary Created by BBC Natural History Unit Directed by Ray Dal Narrated by David Attenborough (episode 1-7 UK, episode 7 US) Alec Baldwin (Episode 1-6 US)[1] Composer(s) George Fenton Barnaby Taylor (Episode 7) Country of origin United Kingdom Original language(s) English No. of episodes 7 Production Executive producer(s) Alastair Fothergill Producer(s) Vanessa Berlowitz (Episode 1 & Special) Mark Linfield (Episode 2) Miles Barton (Episode 3 & 4) Kathryn Jeffs (Episode 5) Dan Rees (Episode 6 & 7) Cinematography John Aitchison, Doug Allen, Doug Anderson, David Baillie, James Balog, Barrie Britton, John Brown, Richard Burton, Jo Charlesworth, Rod Clarke, Martyn Colbeck, Stephen de Vere, Justine Evans, Wade Fairley, Tom Fitz, Ted Giffords, Oliver Goetzl, Joel Heath, Max Hug Williams, Michael Kelem, Ian McCarthy, Alastair MacEwen, David McKay, Jamie McPherson, Justin Maguire, Hugh Miller, Peter Nearhos, Didier Noirot, Ivo Nörenberg, Petter Nyquist, Mark Payne-Gill, Anthony Powell, Rachit Dalal, Adam Ravetch, Tim Shepherd, Warwick Sloss, Mark Smith, Gavin Thurston, Jeff Turner, Mateo Willis, David Wright, Mike Wright, Daniel Zatz Running time 60 minutes Production company(s) BBC Natural History Unit The Open University Discovery Channel Release Original network BBC One Picture format HDTV 1080i Blu-ray 1080p Audio format Dolby Digital Original release 26 October (2011-10-26) – 28 December 2011 (2011-12-28) Chronology Related shows The Blue Planet Planet Earth External links Website