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David Attenborough

David Attenborough - The Early Years

David Attenborough - The Early Years

A collection of programmes showcasing the early work of Sir David Attenborough.

Life on Earth

Life on Earth

The groundbreaking 1979 series on the story of life, from the first cells to the plants and animals that now live around us

The Blue Planet

The Blue Planet

David Attenborough narrates a natural history of the oceans, in this series from 2001

Planet Earth

Planet Earth

The 2006 series was an exploration of the wild and beautiful parts of our planet

Life

Life

From 2009, a look at the extraordinary ends to which animals and plants go in order to survive

Sir David Attenborough on Parkinson, 1998

Sir David Attenborough on Parkinson, 1998

Michael Parkinson's guests are Billy Connolly and Sir David Attenborough (from 23mins in)

David Attenborough interview

David Attenborough interview

David Attenborough shares his memories of 'Zoo Quest'.

Bulu the orangutan, 1963

Bulu the orangutan, 1963

David Attenborough meets the first British-born orangutan, who's on an outing from London Zoo

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Nature and Environment

Nature and Environment

Explore the changing world about us, from the jungle to the polar ice caps

Science and technology

Science and technology

The inventions and discoveries that transformed our world.. and the ones that didn't

Children's

Children's

See how programmes for younger viewers have changed with the times

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