The first of six Planet Earth II episodes, ‘Islands’, will be broadcast on BBC One at 8pm on 6 November.
On Planet Earth, the snow leopard was filmed on the end of a telephoto lens about a kilometre away.
Planet Earth II involved 117 filming trips in 40 countries, and the latest UHD and HDR formats were used in tandem with ultra-lightweight cameras and drones.
The trailer for Sir David Attenborough’s Planet Earth II was nothing short of jaw-dropping, featuring footage of sloths swimming, monkeys leaping between rooftops and birds of prey swooping within inches of cacti.