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A true hero in my life. I had VHS copies of Trials Of Life that I wore out through watching over and over as a child. It opened my eyes to the world and wonder of nature. In college I started hunting down every single appearance he had listed in any filmography I could find and have a hard drive in my attic with all but a couple of his earliest Black and White appearances from the earliest part of his career. I haven’t kept up with it with the newest stuff in the past 15 or so years but I definitely need to pull that out and see if I can finalize his catalog.


> A true hero in my life.

Same here. I‘d recommend the 2020 documentary „David Attenborough: A life on our planet“ - if you haven‘t already seen it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Attenborough%3A_A_Life_o...


lol, I’ve seen everything and scramble to VPN or download anything released as soon as it comes out (it’s usually BBC and not available in my region). It brings that childhood nostalgia right back! Luckily my wife thinks it’s cute


From the article:

> Actor Sir Ian McKellen added that Sir David "sums up what was best about the BBC" with "serious programmes made for a popular audience".

A life of serious, informative, gently enlightening work. In itself, an endangered species.


>I definitely need to pull that out and see if I can finalize his catalog

This is what I've been doing over the last few months. Quite a lot is available for free on the Internet Archive, if you look. I just finished the 5-part "Life in the Undergrowth" (2005), about insects and other small critters. Wonderful.




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