Reviews for Life Story

A selection of reviews for last night's episode of Life Story, the first in a new six part documentary from the Natural History Unit, narrated by Sir David Attenborough.

The Telegraph: "Life Story (BBC One) is aptly titled, because stories are what it’s full of; it teems, rushes, bubbles with narrative. It doesn’t merely show us animals pottering cutely about their respective habitats; instead it shows them as the heroes, and sometimes villains, of tiny adventures, micro-sagas, mini-epics."

The Mirror: "In every David Attenborough show we are taken on a roller-coaster of emotion, screaming at the TV, holding back tears and whooping for joy...Life Story is no different - well apart from that it is shot in HD for the first time – and by the closing credits I was an emotionally drained wreck."

Independent: "Good luck to you," whispered David Attenborough over the heads of some baby meerkats. It was a sort of naturalist's baptism prayer as they started out on a difficult journey: "Just as each one of our stories is unique to ourselves, so each of these animals will have its own," he explained. Attenborough's paternal concern brought a tear to the eye and that was only five minutes into Life Story."

Daily Mail: "What fabulous, amazing television. We should count ourselves very lucky to be able to see it."

Jen Macro is Digital Content Producer, About the BBC website and blog.

• Life Story continues on Thursdays at 9pm on BBC 1, watch episode 1 - 'First Steps' on BBC iPlayer.
• Take a look behind the scenes at 'How we made it: The Making of Life Story' on the programme website.
• Take a look at 'The photos of Sir David Attenborough's own life story' on the BBC Newsbeat website.
• Read recent About the BBC blogs 'David Attenborough on Life Story and the Licence Fee' and 'BBC announce huge commitment to natural history on TV and online'.
• Download the Life Story ebook.
• Follow @BBCEarth on twitter.