Sir David Attenborough embarks on his most intimate and poignant film ever, revealing the hidden natural wonders of his home city – London.
After a life spent travelling the globe, the world’s most famous naturalist turns his attention to England’s iconic capital. He discovers an array of animal dramas playing out across the city. They include peregrines nesting on the House of Parliament; deer roaming the streets of east London, snakes hanging from trees in central London and a family of beavers making their home next door to a shopping centre. Filmed over Attenborough’s 100th year, the series reveals that London’s urban environment is full of natural wonders to rival anything on planet Earth.
Wild London premieres Friday 8 May at 20:00 on BBC Earth (DStv Channel 184), and will be available on DStv Catch Up.
Making Life on Earth: Attenborough’s Greatest Adventure
In 1976, production began on David Attenborough’s Life on Earth. No-one had ever attempted a natural history series on this scale before. This is the remarkable story behind one of the BBC’s most famous wildlife blockbusters. A three-year, hair-raising odyssey around the world, travelling to 40 countries, across a million miles, and filming over 600 species.
Making Life on Earth: Attenborough’s Greatest Adventure goes behind-the-scenes on this ground-breaking landmark series, featuring exclusive interviews with David Attenborough and other members of the original crew. With fascinating insights, they reveal the highs and lows of filming the series during a truly exciting moment in television history, when global jet travel and colour filming were still in their infancy. Along the way, the crew encountered multiple challenges, including a coup in the Comoros, being shot at in Rwanda and threats from Saddam Hussein’s army in Iraq. Broadcast in 1979 and watched by 500 million people worldwide, it confirmed David’s reputation as the most successful and influential wildlife filmmaker of our time. His astonishing encounter with gorillas in the mountains of Rwanda for this series is frequently voted one of the top TV moments of all time.
Making Life on Earth: Attenborough’s Greatest Adventure premieres Friday 15 May at 20:00 on BBC Earth (DStv Channel 184), and will be available on DStv Catch Up.
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