David Attenborough takes viewers on a breathtaking journey showing there is nowhere more vital for our survival, more full of life, wonder, or surprise, than the ocean. Through spectacular sequences featuring coral reefs, kelp forests and the open ocean, Attenborough shares why a healthy ocean keeps the entire planet stable and flourishing.
If we save the sea, we save our world.
Director: Colin Butfield, Toby Nowlan, Keith Scholey
David Attenborough takes viewers on a breathtaking journey showing there is nowhere more vital for our survival, more full of life, wonder, or surprise, than the ocean. Through spectacular sequences featuring coral reefs, kelp forests and the open ocean, Attenborough shares why a healthy ocean keeps the entire planet stable and flourishing.
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This is one of those films that really does resonate. Using some phenomenal archive photography of the realm beneath the sea, Sir David Attenborough narrates a story of devastation, desperation and ultimately optimism as he takes us on a journey around the globe evaluating the damage caused to the Earth’s oceans by a mankind who has treated this vast resource with contempt ever since industrialisation enabled us to ignore the protective forces of nature and pretty much fish at will. Some of the imagery here is truly breathtaking. It’s beautiful, colourful and vibrant with creatures that look every inch as if they came straight out of science fiction. It’s not just the sheer variety of life that we see that takes your breath away, though. The effects of the trawlers scarifying the scallop beds or the coral reefs renders them akin to a waste ground after a bomb has been dropped on it…
Ocean with David Attenborough is a 2025 documentary movie from the United States directed by Colin Butfield and Toby Nowlan, starring David Attenborough. It was released on May 8, 2025. The running time is 1 h 25 min, in English. Audiences rate it 8.1/10 from 85 votes — very well received.
“If we save the sea, we save our world.”
Ocean with David Attenborough was released on May 8, 2025.
Ocean with David Attenborough was directed by Colin Butfield, Toby Nowlan and Keith Scholey.
The main cast includes David Attenborough.
Ocean with David Attenborough runs 1 h 25 min.
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