David Attenborough

Planet Earth II: A World of Wonder

Planet Earth II: A World of Wonder (2017)

Secret Lives of Orangutans

Secret Lives of Orangutans (2024)

Thanks to a recent remarkable discovery in the BBC's Film Vaults, the best of David Attenborough's early Zoo Quest adventures can now be seen as never before - in colour - and with it the remarkable story of how this pioneering television series was made. First broadcast in December 1954, Zoo Quest was one of the most popular television series of its time and launched the career of the young David Attenborough as a wildlife presenter. Zoo Quest completely changed how viewers saw the world - revealing wildlife and tribal communities that had never been filmed or even seen before. Broadcast ten years before colour television was seen in the UK, Zoo Quest was thought to have been filmed in black and white. Until now. Using this extraordinary new-found colour film, together with new behind the scenes stories from David Attenborough and cameraman Charles Lagus, this 90 minute special showcases the very best of Zoo Quest to West Africa, Zoo Quest to Guiana and Zoo Quest for a Dragon in stunning HD colour for the very first time.—Anuschka Schofield

Zoo Quest in Colour

Zoo Quest in Colour (2016)

Pierce Brosnan

A documentary series on life in and around seas. The series covers: oceans - their impact on the planet, deep sea, open ocean, frozen seas, seasonal seas, coral seas, tidal seas and coasts. Written and narrated by David Attenborough (of course!).—grantss

The Blue Planet

The Blue Planet (2001)

This is a documentary series looking at the most dramatic wildlife spectacles on our planet. We see the impact of the melting of the arctic ice in the summer, the annual return of the salmon to spawn, where the Okavango turns many thousands of miles into a lush wetlands. We also see the impact of the migration of wildebeest on a pride of lions, the annual winter sardine run along the coast of Africa, and the great feast in the ocean when the plankton blooms.—Joyce M

Nature's Great Events

Nature's Great Events (2009)

Sigourney Weaver

Each 50 minute episode features a global overview of a different biome or habitat on Earth (Polar, Mountain, Cave, Desert, Plains, Fresh Water, Seas, Ocean, Forest), followed by a ten-minute featurette which takes a behind-the-scenes look at the challenges of filming the episode.

Planet Earth

Planet Earth (2006)

Attenborough's Wonder of Song

Attenborough's Wonder of Song (2022)

David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive

David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive (2014)

Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life

Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life (2009)

Stephen Keenan

Descending to remarkable depths below the sea on one single breath, Alessia Zecchini enters what she describes as the last quiet place on Earth. The Italian champion is determined to set a new world record in freediving, a dangerous extreme sport in which competitors attempt to reach the greatest depth without the use of scuba gear. Freedivers are often subject to blackouts upon ascent, necessitating the help of safety divers like Stephen Keenan, a free-spirited Irish adventurer who fell in love with the sport in Dahab, Egypt. Having formed a special bond on the freediving circuit, Alessia and Stephen train together so she can make an attempt on Dahab's legendary Blue Hole and its challenging 85-foot-long tunnel 184 feet below the Red Sea. Their fates are inextricably bound together by a tragic event that ensues.—sundance

The Deepest Breath

The Deepest Breath (2023)

James Cameron

When ocean explorer and filmmaker Mike deGruy dies unexpectedly in an accident, his wife returns to the edit room to make a film that both celebrates his vibrant career but also calls attention to what he cared most about with the hope that others would be inspired to finish what he could not.

Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy

Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy (2019)

Sir David Attenborough presents this landmark documentary which brings to life, in unprecedented detail, the lost world of the very last days of the dinosaurs. Searching in the hills of North Dakota, palaeontologist Robert DePalma makes an incredible discovery in a prehistoric graveyard known as Tanis - fossilised creatures, astonishingly well preserved like the bodies found at Pompeii. Whilst DePalma hunts for the evidence that can shed light on the final days of the dinosaurs, state-of-the-art VFX transports Sir David back in time to the Late Cretaceous to witness the creatures who lived at Tanis at the end of the Age of Dinosaurs. Meanwhile, cutting edge scanning techniques reveal fossilised secrets that could change our understanding of the dinosaurs' extinction once and for all.

Dinosaurs - The Final Day with David Attenborough

Dinosaurs - The Final Day with David Attenborough (2022)

Sir David Attenborough investigates the discovery of a 200 million year old Ichthyosaur on the Jurassic Coast in southern England.

Attenborough and the Sea Dragon

Attenborough and the Sea Dragon (2018)

Sir David Attenborough joins an archaeological dig uncovering Britain's biggest mammoth discovery in almost 20 years.

Attenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard

Attenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard (2021)

David Attenborough's Tasmania

David Attenborough's Tasmania (2018)

Sir David Attenborough unveils the two stunning underwater realms of Saudi Arabia - the flamboyant Red Sea and the contrasting hot muddy Gulf, capturing for the first time the rare event of Palolo worms spawning at night.

Desert Seas

Desert Seas (2011)

Rick Rosenthal goes on a quest that plumbs the secrets of the legendary bluefin tuna. This fish can weigh up to 1,500 pounds and can move up to 50 miles per hour. Here he catches a bluefin tuna on camera.

Superfish Bluefin Tuna

Superfish Bluefin Tuna (2012)

David Attenborough and scientist Johan Rockström examine Earth's biodiversity collapse and how this crisis can still be averted.

Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet

Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet (2021)

A fresh new approach to the global lockdown and the uplifting stories that have come out of it. People all over the world have had the chance to engage with nature like never before.

The Year Earth Changed

The Year Earth Changed (2021)

With a million species at risk of extinction, Sir David Attenborough explores how this crisis of biodiversity has consequences for us all.

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