David Attenborough

News, Reviews & Features

Attenborough's Paradise Birds less wholesome than billed

TV News | Ed Williamson | 1st February 2015

"He spun us some shit about the avian wonders of the jungles of New Guinea," explained a BBC executive, "but then he sent in an hour's worth of him hanging around with a load of page 3 girls. It's mainly just him saying stuff like 'Cor, bet you don't get many of those to the pound!' and chasing them round his garden."

"Paid the cost to be the boss," explained Attenborough, smoking a massive cigar in a jacuzzi.

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Attenborough finally mental

TV News | Ed Williamson | 11th February 2013

It was inevitable really. The man's gone crackers, is pretending to be a rhino, and seems to think Elvis was one too.

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Some other lies Frozen Planet told you

TV Feature | Ed Williamson | 13th December 2011

With Attenborough-lovers everywhere still reeling at the news that the BBC's Frozen Planet filmed the polar bear birth scene in a Dutch zoo, we put on our extra-furry thermal deerstalkers to do a little detective work of our own - and uncovered the SHOCKING truth.

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DVD weekly: penguins, popes and palpably awful medical dramas

TV Feature | Ed Williamson | 5th December 2011

Welcome to DVD weekly, or as it could more accurately be described this week, the spectacle of a grown man moved almost to tears by the sight of a beluga whale having breakfast.

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Exclusive Frozen Planet footage

TV Feature | Kirsty Harrison | 2nd November 2011

Because we've got a sneaky in with the BBC (*wink wink, nudge nudge, say n'more*), we're insanely lucky and priviliged to bring you excess footage from the frankly glorious Frozen Planet that didn't make the cut to TV.

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