After guiding us through close encounters with wildlife for over six decades, in 'Our Planet’ he sounds the alarm
The voice on the line from London is unmistakable. With a woolly timbre that sounds as old as England, and an emphatic cadence that swoops from childlike wonder to sage authority, it’s the voice of Sir David Attenborough, television’s most trusted wilderness guide. He’s phoning from the U.K. I’m on vacation, taking his call in an adobe bungalow overlooking California’s high desert on the edge of Joshua Tree National Park.
This series marks a departure. In the past, he has been criticized for downplaying environmental issues and arguing that “alarmism” would turn off viewers. But with Our Planet, this broadcasting legend, prolific author and eminent naturalist is calmly declaring a state of emergency. The opening episode sends us to bed with this stark warning: “The stability that we and all life relies upon is being lost. What we do in the next 20 years will determine the future of all life on Earth.
Available on the streaming platform on April 5, Our Planet is a nature series of unprecedented scope and scale. Four years in the making, its eight one-hour episodes split the natural world into key biomes or habitats—jungles, forests, grasslands and deserts, coastal seas, high seas, fresh water and frozen worlds. We see things no one’s ever seen before. Arabian leopards mating. African cheetahs hunting in packs.
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