A natural selection
Sir David Attenborough rounds up some of the greatest hits from his wildlife documentaries
AH, HOW we have missed Sir David Attenborough’s soothing voice. As soon as he starts talking it makes you feel like everything will be alright – and we’ve never needed that more.
So let’s thank the Beeb for bringing us this Planet Earth special event, which sees some of the most extraordinary sequences from Planet Earth II and Blue Planet II set to a score from composer Hans Zimmer, and performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra and Brit Award-winning artist Dave.
Sir David’s new narration reminds us of the natural world’s amazing and inspiring ability to cope with change and to survive and thrive in incredibly tough conditions.
The stunning and jaw-dropping scenes featured in this truly beautiful special include Orca whales hunting herring in the Arctic circle, giant trevally fish leaping out of the water to catch fledgling terns in the Indian Ocean, rare and elusive snow leopards in the Himalayas, a desperate lion pride hunting giraffe in the Namib desert, and a seriously clever octopus evading capture in an Atlantic kelp forest off the coast of South Africa, while bottlenose dolphins surf and play in the colossal waves above.
There’s also pretty much the most dramatic and tense chase scene ever captured on film.
Forget the Fast and the Furious or Mission Impossible, it’s all about those baby marine iguanas hatching from the sand and trying to make their way to the ocean, whilst being pursued by hundreds of slithery racer snakes.