Planet Earth II Genre Nature documentary Presented by Sir David Attenborough Composer(s) Hans Zimmer Jasha Klebe Jacob Shea Country of origin United Kingdom Original language(s) English No. of series 1 No. of episodes 6 Production Executive producer(s) Vanessa Berlowitz, Mike Gunton, James Brickell, Tom Hugh-Jones Running time 60 minutes Production company(s) BBC Natural History Unit BBC Studios BBC America ZDF Tencent France Télévisions Release Original network BBC One BBC One HD Picture format 576i 1080i 4K UHD Audio format Stereo Original release 6 November 2016 (2016-11-06) – present Chronology Preceded by Planet Earth External links Website