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In more recent years he has become a voice for environmental issues including restoring planetary biodiversity, renewable energy and reduced meat consumption.Īs you can see from the great selection of archive images, he is as relaxed with royals, children, members of the public and TV crews as he is with the animals and their environments that he has given his life championing. Read more about Sir David Attenborough on LeicestershireLive's dedicated page here. His filmography as writer, presenter and narrator spans eight decades and includes Zoo Quest, Natural World, Wildlife on One, the Planet Earth franchise, The Blue Planet and it's sequel. He became a senior manager at the BBC, having served as controller of BBC2 and Director of Programming for The BBC in the 1960s and 1970s. We love science and nature and know the circle of life happens, but this particular episode really seemed to show more graphic scenes repeatedly/for extended periods of time unnecessarily.Sir David Frederick Attenborough was born in May 1926 and during his lifetime as become synonymous with the natural world through his numerous TV documentaries and films being recognised the world over.Īlthough born in Isleworth in Middlesex, Leicester has laid claim to him on many an occasion as he grew up on the campus of Leicester University with brothers David and John while his father Frederick served as principal. I’m glad we turned it off before my son and I were even more upset. Even my not-sentimental husband was wincing and saying “Why is this one so violent? Why are they STILL showing that?!” I later googled to try to find out if future episodes had such graphic imagery and discovered that 1) that’s the last episode and 2) more horrible stuff happens in that particular episode - apparently multiple walruses falling off a cliff and landing on the rocks below and later being shown dead. I am a grown woman and was sick to my stomach and had to walk away.
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Again, this exact same whale and penguin scene is shown more than once! THEN a few minutes later, in the same episode, they show a polar bear snatching up a little fuzzy baby seal by its head (complete with camera from above showing adorable baby seal looking up at the predator with wide eyes before it strikes) and carrying it off.again, multiple clips of it from different angles, probably a full minute of footage of a baby seal dying.then its mother coming up from fishing and looking for it, calling for it, and not finding it. It shows the orca from a side angle taking the penguin between its big teeth while the penguin gazes straight at the camera, and pulling it beneath the waves WHILE THE LIVE PENGUIN IS STILL LOOKING AT THE CAMERA AND STRUGGLING. But for some unknown reason, Our Planet decides to show an extended montage of the orca repeatedly punting the penguin super high into the air while it flails helplessly.we are talking at least a minute long here, of either different angles of the same footage, or maybe just an extended period of time that the orca is playing with its food, and the penguin repeatedly trying to get away only to be caught again. It is the most precious thing we have and we need to defend it. I’m thinking they’ll snatch it and take it under, like most of the other predator/prey scenes in the other episodes.
Ok, killer whales eat penguins, we know this. In the Frozen World episode, first, you see a pod of killer whales chasing a penguin. Nature isn t something we can choose to care about. Donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law. 4, In November 2018, David Attenborough was announced as the narrator, with the release date of 5 April 2019 also announced. I’ve seen the world go by in the natural world in my. We can begin a better future for our planet.
Staying home hasn’t completely cut Attenborough, 94, off from nature.
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In most of the episodes, animals die, but in 7 of the episodes, it’s not too violent.the worst you see is a group of cheetahs taking down a wildebeest, which is sad, but not super graphic.that’s the circle of life! It’s a nature documentary, and it’s gonna happen, right? Neither my kids nor I are excessively bothered by footage of animals carrying dead prey in their mouth, predators feeding prey body parts to their young, even tiny baby birds being left behind by the flock to die in the ’s upsetting of course, but those are the facts of life, and we are able to move on from it and enjoy the rest of the show.Īnd then you get to Frozen World. Attenborough recorded one of his trademark voiceovers warm, calm and full of contagious fascination for the natural world for the new BBC and Discovery series A Perfect Planet, which arrives in early January. This series is amazing and breath taking in many ways - visually stunning, awe-inspiring, interesting and informative.
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