David Attenborough will be narrating a new series of Blue Planet this year

Following on the from the success of Planet Earth II (coming soon to a Snapchat app near you), the BBC has announced its latest nature-doc extravaganza: a sequel to the award-winning series The Blue Planet. As the name suggest, the show will focus on the variety of wildlife to be found in the Earth’s seas and oceans. Blue Planet II will air in the UK later this year (hitting US screens some time after presumably), and will feature the narrating talents of naturalist icon David Attenborough