A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future

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Slenske, Michael (18 March 2007). "Alastair Fothergill – Planet Earth – TV". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 20 October 2019 . Retrieved 20 October 2019. a b Laskow, Sarah (12 January 2016). "All the Creatures Named After David Attenborough". Slate. Archived from the original on 31 August 2016 . Retrieved 10 September 2016. In 2011, Fothergill gave Attenborough a more prominent role in Frozen Planet, a major series on the natural history of the polar regions; Attenborough appeared on screen and authored the final episode, in addition to performing voiceover duties. Attenborough introduced and narrated the Unit's first 4K production Life Story. For Planet Earth II (2016), Attenborough returned as narrator and presenter, with the main theme music composed by Hans Zimmer. [68] [69] Attenborough at a screening of Great Barrier Reef, 2015 In October 2014, the corporation announced a trio of new one-off Attenborough documentaries as part of a raft of new natural history programmes. "Attenborough's Paradise Birds" and "Attenborough's Big Birds" was shown on BBC Two and "Waking Giants", which follows the discovery of giant dinosaur bones in South America, aired on BBC One. [70] The BBC also commissioned Atlantic Productions to make a three-part, Attenborough-fronted series Great Barrier Reef in 2015. The series marked the 10th project for Attenborough and Atlantic, and saw him returning to a location he first filmed at in 1957. [71] [72] Celebrities' open letter to Scotland – full text and list of signatories | Politics". The Guardian. 7 August 2014. Archived from the original on 17 August 2014 . Retrieved 26 August 2014.

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A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future is a 2020 book by documentarian David Attenborough and director-producer Jonnie Hughes. It follows Attenborough's career as a presenter and natural historian, along with the decline in wildlife and rising carbon emissions during the period. Attenborough warns of the effects that climate change and biodiversity loss will have in the near future, and offers action which can be taken to prevent natural disaster. A companion book to the film David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet, it was positively received by critics. Attenborough returned to prehistoric life with Dinosaurs: The Final Day and Prehistoric Planet aired in April and May 2022 respectively. Dochartaigh, Kerri (26 October 2020). "A Life on Our Planet: David Attenborough's devastating but essential call to action". The Irish Times . Retrieved 21 November 2020. Manavis, Sarah (3 November 2020). "David Attenborough's claim that humans have overrun the planet is his most popular comment". New Statesman. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021 . Retrieved 28 August 2021. A new study shows that Attenborough's unverified claims regarding overpopulation dominate social media discourseAttenborough is a lifelong supporter of the BBC, public service broadcasting and the television licence. He has said that public service broadcasting "is one of the things that distinguishes this country and makes me want to live here", [158] and believes that it is not reducible to individual programmes, but "can only effectively operate as a network [...] that measures its success not only by its audience size but by the range of its schedule". [159]

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