The BBC has decided not to broadcast an episode of Sir David Attenborough’s flagship new series on British wildlife because of fears its themes of…
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New David Attenborough series about UK likely to be his last on location
During his decades-long career the authoritative yet reassuring face of Sir David Attenborough has appeared on screen from everywhere from Papua New Guinea to Chernobyl…
View More New David Attenborough series about UK likely to be his last on location‘Try not to step on any toads!’: David Attenborough’s camera wizards on how to film Britain’s wildlife
Ferocious oceanic storms. Biting ants. Venomous snakes coiling round camera equipment. Weeks sat in icy water. But mostly weather. British weather. Gloom, hailstones, mud and…
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The tension in the air was palpable as the group of television producers waited with bated breath to see what would happen as the Siberian…
View More Siberian tiger v bear: even David Attenborough ‘wowed’ by Frozen Planet IITV explorer Simon Reeve fears documentaries make him a climate ‘hypocrite’
Explorer and television presenter Simon Reeve is troubled by the carbon footprint of the travel documentaries he makes and sometimes feels a hypocrite, he has…
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