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David Attenborough

#SteveReviews: Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster

A new year, a new beginning. This year was no different but it did come with a nice little treat courtesy of the BBC. They blessed us with a new special featuring the incomparable Sir David Attenborough, a man that…

#SteveReviews: Planet Earth III

It is always a momentous occasion when a new landmark Attenborough series airs on BBC One, especially one following in the footsteps of Planet Earth II. It was during the beginning year or two of my PhD when I heard…

#SteveReviews: Our Planet II

It is always a bright day when a new Sir David Attenborough documentary drops, although Our Planet II is a series like no other. As the highly anticipated sequel to the acclaimed nature documentary series Our Planet, it once again…

#SteveReviews: Prehistoric Planet 2

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few months, you’re probably aware that towards the end of last month, the second season of Prehistoric Planet aired on Apple TV+. This was a follow-up series to the successful…

#SteveReviews: Wild Isles

It seems that at the moment, Sir David Attenborough is producing a new series every week, instead of winding down into retirement. Having a quick look at IMDB, it seems that Attenborough is producing landmark series more frequently than he…

#SteveReviews: Prehistoric Planet

It was going to come sooner or later, wasn’t it? I’m sorry it took me so long to getting around to write this, but with my PhD thesis deadline looming, I’ve had bigger fish to fry! For those of you…

#SteveReviews: The Green Planet

We have been blessed in recent years with a number of new landmark series featuring Sir David Attenborough. Now, with The Green Planet, plants can finally step out of the shadow of animals and delight us in all of their…

#SteveReviews: The Mating Game

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past month or so, you’re probably aware of another new series that aired on BBC One narrated by Sir David Attenborough. This series is titled The Mating Game and as you…

#SteveReviews: Attenborough’s Life in Colour

In recent years, it seems that Sir David Attenborough has been working around the clock to narrate a number of spectacularly produced wildlife documentaries. These such as A Perfect Planet and Seven Worlds, One Planet in my mind omit the…

#SteveReviews: A Perfect Planet

It’s that time of year again when a new Attenborough series airs on BBC One. Up and down the country, families crowd to the living room on Sunday evenings to see what wisdom and wonder can be gleaned from another…