Sir David Attenborough - The story behind Life on Earth - BBC

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  • Sir David Attenborough remembers filming perhaps one of the most ground breaking and well loved nature documentaries in the world, 'Life on Earth'. Great video from Michael Palin's interview with Attenborough and his colleagues filmed for BBC show 'Life on Air'.
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  • @tahmidshihab20
    @tahmidshihab20 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    "It was shot in 39 countries. We filmed 650 species and we travelled one and a half million miles. That's the sort of commitment you need if you want to even begin making a portrait of the living world"
    - Sir David Attenborough.

  • @Xxjjdjd
    @Xxjjdjd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    He is the only person I would classify as a perfect human

  • @MAMsMom97
    @MAMsMom97 8 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    I have many special memories of this program. I was 8, and I couldn't miss a single episode. Mr. Attenborough's voice is the voice of my childhood. I'm watching and listening to him now, 37 years later, on Nat Geo, and his voice is still a source of comfort. God bless you, Mr. Attenborough.

    • @irenemossa399
      @irenemossa399 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Me too! I was 7 or 8 when I saw these wonderful documentaries. I was fascinated and I fell in love with David Attenborough, even if I was a child...I thought he was my perfect man

  • @sheepous9428
    @sheepous9428 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I don't want him to ever die! He was a huge part of my childhood!

  • @terrismith9662
    @terrismith9662 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Sir David Attenborough You are a world treasure !! You have delighted and educated and entertained generations of us . We are so fortunate that you have shared so much of your life and experiences with us. You have been a champion for all wildlife and their natural habitats. You had a direct and significant role in raising millions of dollars and educating the world about the mountain gorillas and their plight. You certainlykept your promise to Dian Fossey. Thank you Sir David !!!

    • @goose300183
      @goose300183 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Totally agree. He has truly influenced multiple generations. He's been making wildlife films since the 1950s, and as of now (2019) he's still doing it! Absolutely relentless individual. I can tell that he truly cares deeply about what he does, and all of his work has had a positive impact. It would be easy to ignore the fact that we are destroying the world if it wasn't for him. He has shown us how remarkable, special and worth caring about this planet and its many different inhabitants are. He really is a great man!

  • @NavinKumar-yp2rf
    @NavinKumar-yp2rf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    He still doing this in 2019 💚 sir D

  • @prben2
    @prben2 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    The entire series was filmed in 1978, and released early in 1979 (March), the memorable theme music by Edward Williams.

  • @mireah
    @mireah 14 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I remember watching this with my dad when I was a little girl when it was on originally. Brilliant then and now it's on dvd in a nice box set, sitting on my shelves, still bloody marvellous to watch today.

    • @lw3646
      @lw3646 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It looks great on Blu-ray now.

  • @camillefulton7709
    @camillefulton7709 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    SIR DAVID YOU HAVE TAKEN ME AROUND THE WORLD, TO SEE THINGS I'D NEVER SEE.
    I LOVE ALL ANIMALS AS YOU DO, NON JUDGEMENTAL, UNCONDITIONAL LOVE,
    THANK FOR SHARING YOUR BEAUTIFUL LIFE AND THE ANIMALS WITH ME.
    I'LL REMEMBER U + THEM FOREVER.
    CAMILLE AUSTRALIA

  • @melissawarfield
    @melissawarfield ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sir David Attenborough is the best at his profession. I can sit and watch every video.

  • @860anile
    @860anile 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Sir David Attenborough is one of the happiest men, have ever walked on earth. Full of love for the creatures of this magnificent planet...I hope his voice, to be a part of our lives for ever..

  • @Connyger
    @Connyger 15 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Amazing........brilliant...the world would be a sadder place without Attenborough!

  • @MileyCyrusno1
    @MileyCyrusno1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The sliver back is like David where u be welcome to the familys and let show you are welcome also your film crew. Any friend of David is our friend too. Legend

  • @Krrrimmi
    @Krrrimmi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    WOW! I grew up watching this when I was a kid. My Saturday afternoon childhood. :))

  • @IrishStigg
    @IrishStigg 12 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    I think one of the best things about Attenborough was that he never was patronising. He pointed out climate change, global warming, destroyed forests and endangered animals and although he would point out what had caused it and how it could be reduced he never preached to you. It was just to the point, and whether you wanted to do something about or not was up to you.

    • @politicallycorrectredskin796
      @politicallycorrectredskin796 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, most of those are political issues btw, not scientific ones. That's why Life on Earth was the last good nature doc BBC ever made. The BBC took to political lecturing after that, and there is and always has been antisocial agendas behind that from the start. Was for Life on Earth too, but more subtle. The aim was to trun that generation into animists who would kill themselves and hate other people in the name of the animals they had been taught to worship. Why? To reduce the number of people. That has been the plan of the "elite" for centuries, and it has not changed. And since I imagine you believe they are right, since that is what the propaganda is saying, they are perfectly capable of causing all of the problems you mentioned just so they can force through their preconceived "solutions" to them.
      Class warfare is the only problem human societies have. And being blind to that fact because you have been brainwashed into animism makes that problem worse. And BBC has to take a lot of the blame for that, because these programs were aired all over the world. To quote Voltaire: "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities". And we're there now. Generations of morons who wouldn't know how to analyze scientific data if you held a gun to their head, radicalized for agendas they don't understand.

    • @Drenwickification
      @Drenwickification 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@politicallycorrectredskin796 "That's why Life on Earth was the last good nature doc BBC ever made."
      hahahahahahahaha

    • @politicallycorrectredskin796
      @politicallycorrectredskin796 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@@Drenwickification So nothing intelligent to say? How surprising...

    • @Drenwickification
      @Drenwickification 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Fishslap 33 oh sorry I thought your comment was comedy! The number 1 and 2 highest rated ever tv shows on IMDb are planet earth and planet earth 2. So you’re clearly in the looney minority if you think they’re no good

    • @politicallycorrectredskin796
      @politicallycorrectredskin796 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@@Drenwickification Oh good, insults from the dweeb loser who can't handle different opinions. Fuck off, moron!

  • @ItsOnlyRyan
    @ItsOnlyRyan หลายเดือนก่อน

    The letters after his name are evidence of how absolutely incredibly clever, researched he is. I absolutely adore Sir David Attenborough. Him, and Jane Goodall & Chris Packham are 3 of the most influential, inspirational people that have dedicated their lives to wildlife. Who else remembers the amazing Terry Nutkins?

  • @carlb4738
    @carlb4738 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Absolutely loved this program, the opening music will be with me forever

  • @lw3646
    @lw3646 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Greatest BBC series of all time in my opinion. Its educational value is phenomenal, the
    Scale of the story it set out to tell..... its much more matter of fact and isn't all about slow motion shots and epic music, its much more serious, academic and matter of fact.

  • @YogsenForfoth
    @YogsenForfoth ปีที่แล้ว

    Sir David is one of the most amazingly influential and important figures in the entire history of humanity. What a privilege it has been to be able to live during the same time as him. ❤

  • @trillioncrowns
    @trillioncrowns 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I always wondered what was so special about the old man... incredible human... incredible planet..

  • @JuvenilleDiniz
    @JuvenilleDiniz 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    this brings back so many childhood memories...

  • @leequigley3354
    @leequigley3354 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He truely is an inspiration to the world and God bless him. He is trying to open our ears and eyes to how to should treat the world, love the world, respect and communicate with the different species we share along with in this planet.

  • @headron66
    @headron66 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Definitely one of the best pieces of film to ever grace our TVs. It never loses its amazement! David Attenborough with those gorillas! Just chillin 😎

  • @Davesothoth
    @Davesothoth 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This series is still great. It has more information than the more recent series, which are more cinematic but less educational

  • @harrisonedwardz
    @harrisonedwardz 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    absolute hero. best day of my life when i met him

  • @munk1984
    @munk1984 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    LEGEND!!! nuff said

  • @andysnape
    @andysnape 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's why I love it so much.

  • @royw-g3120
    @royw-g3120 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Made me love nature and also go to university to study 🧬 and biology in general. Think he changed my life with that series for the better.

  • @missryanswers
    @missryanswers 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    **Thank You Sir Attenborough. You are an amazing presence with a communication style that permeates a viewer beyond "watching a tv show" into really absorbing delightful details and insight, learning at leisure more akin to osmosis, smitten by your voice, your transcendence into relating to each creature you introduced to viewers around the world. You are a worldwide gift to animal lovers and the curious and ultimately aiding in the protection and betterment of wildlife. Thank you, Thank you. ~
    I, like many here I am certain, will always have a deep everlasting appreciation for Sir David Attenborough's commitment to telling the stories of as many of the 4 million types of life on earth as possible. All while still maintaining a normal quality life with his own family and dear friends and co-workers. I hope your life

  • @murdoch691
    @murdoch691 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The man is a legend I live in a concrete jungle but my god he exports me to the wild that is a unique talent god bless you sir David without you I wouldn't understand how much the natural world means to our very existence ❤️

  • @imegatrone
    @imegatrone 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your Video Is Very Useful Sharing Sir David Attenborough remembers filming perhaps one of the most ground breaking and well loved nature documentaries in the world

  • @stacywalsh5113
    @stacywalsh5113 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I LOVE him

  • @beneire6955
    @beneire6955 ปีที่แล้ว

    He is currently filming in Ireland at the age of 96,an amazing man

  • @agl3083
    @agl3083 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Документальный фильм Дэвида Эттонборо "Жизнь на земле" был впервые показан по советскому телевидению в 1986 году летом.
    Мы будучи мальчишками в летние школьные каникулы бросали свои детские игры во дворах, и бежали домой, чтобы посмотреть очередной выпуск документального фильма по телевизору !)))😍

  • @timticklerful
    @timticklerful 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    David Ateenborough is a national treasure...

  • @TheJupiteL
    @TheJupiteL ปีที่แล้ว

    Two things I love about wildlife, gorillas and Sir David Attenborough

  • @enteradj
    @enteradj 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    David please don't get old and leave us

  • @southpark4151
    @southpark4151 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    2:54 is such very clever music. Very interestingly, I recall there is another very beautiful piece of music that was actually heard in one of the early life on earth tv series programs - but has never ever been heard since. That piece of music ---- I remember the general tune of it ---- but there is absolutely zero trace of it on the internet. And I wonder why. Because it is a very nice piece of music. What I'm going to do is to play a bit of it on the piano. So hopefully somebody knows which episode it came from. At the moment, I have no idea which episode it came from ---- so watch this space. I'm going to reproduce a bit of that tune.

  • @Chase_baker_1996
    @Chase_baker_1996 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nature finds a way

  • @angelperezsaez3899
    @angelperezsaez3899 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    la vida en la tierra de David Attenborough en español me gustaría tener la serie completa me
    hace mucha ilusión es de mil novecientos setenta muchas gracias.

  • @lennartstek8899
    @lennartstek8899 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    british tv

  • @dylangeltzeiler946
    @dylangeltzeiler946 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Gee, this David Attenborough Animal Documentary would be very interesting, if this was released on a complete DVD Set in America. There’s been nothing but a Region 2 release for the last several years. Life on Earth should’ve been released on a Region 1 or Region Free DVD Set just like that other David Attenborough Animal Documentary The Living Planet was released on DVD in America.

  • @danielj1992ozzy
    @danielj1992ozzy 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The programme wasn't trying to prove the existence of Christ or the none existence of Christ. All he's trying to show you is the beauty of the things we do have on this planet. Of the things we should be cherishing and looking after. However in my opinion we are failing miserably. I also feel he's one of the luckiest men on this planet. Go Attenborough!!!

  • @youngalpaca3888
    @youngalpaca3888 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Gorilla seem hella chill I wish i was born one tbh

  • @freshavocado8572
    @freshavocado8572 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    When was this?

  • @petemanning1975
    @petemanning1975 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's called 'Life on Earth Begins' and the composer is Edward Williams. The music has recently become available for the first time on Trunk records. The music is lovely but a little let down by the fact that it was taken from privately pressed vinyl making the sound mono and low fidelity.

  • @tnb35
    @tnb35 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    This question baffled me for a long time, my brother tried to explain it to me once, all I got is a headache. to understand it you need to have a little more then basic understanding in chemistry, physics and biology. You probably know that every thing in the world is made out of atoms and atoms interact with one another, creating molecules. All life is made of carbon atoms, and the interaction between those atoms some how came to the creation of life. Or something likes that...

  • @TheOpus55
    @TheOpus55 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    How intelligent and friendly wild gorillas are!
    We are more aggressive and discriminative than they are.
    They treat us one of them. Probably because of Sir Attenborough.

  • @theParrotForeign
    @theParrotForeign 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    a world treasure you mean

  • @andysnape
    @andysnape 11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Sorry to be petty, but it really annoys me when TV productions try to force an old 4:3 ratio picture into a 16:9 screen so that it's filled. This either zooms the image to make it look grainy and cut off at the top and bottom or, like above, stretched and weird. It shouldn't be that hard to make it work with the two. I say this because I love this sort of TV but I find it unwatchable when it's like that.

    • @lw3646
      @lw3646 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Agreed.

  • @harrisonedwardz
    @harrisonedwardz 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    @TheEllieflower I met him at a book signing :)

  • @jefferyanderson8236
    @jefferyanderson8236 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a perfect man Jesus Christ

  • @kajallison8896
    @kajallison8896 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow posted 11 years ago

  • @jhibbitt1
    @jhibbitt1 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    3:11 irritating itch he's got there

  • @JONNOG88
    @JONNOG88 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love you David.
    Alongside Stephen Hawking, he has to be the greatest living Briton. I could watch his documenties all day long.

    • @joelmc4811
      @joelmc4811 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      What did Stephen hawking actually do

  • @TedDGPoulos
    @TedDGPoulos 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Think of the underlying law of nature. The way of all things.
    Consider its astounding inferences and implications.
    The single, underlying law ... of nature! Not merely of physics, chemistry, psychology, biology, etc., but of all known fields of inquiry. The law we can all relate to, identify, understand and apply.
    Ask yourself. What is the underlying law of nature?
    Delight in the question. Have fun in the process of finding the answer firsthand for yourself.
    Google it, as a start.

  • @MaxwellBennett
    @MaxwellBennett 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    @oldnewbie4 in the ground?

  • @gamesbok
    @gamesbok 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    @Noremorse10 '‘Creation science has not entered the curriculum for a reason so simple and so basic that we often forget to mention it: because it is false, and because good teachers understand exactly why it is false. What could be more destructive of that most fragile yet most precious commodity in our entire '
    Stephen J. Gould.

  • @billpeart
    @billpeart 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    perhaps that was their reason?

  • @userwl2850
    @userwl2850 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    @naughty2all go to my favourites and watch simon conway morris the history in our bones vid. it will all be clear. :-))))))

  • @stevenfolly
    @stevenfolly 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    @flabbyscabbyabby That's what she said.

  • @reece5457
    @reece5457 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ok

  • @jhibbitt1
    @jhibbitt1 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    he's expressed before that he refuses utterly to preach coz itll just annoy ppl and always makes sure to tell those messages in that way

  • @HawkinaBox
    @HawkinaBox 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    He kind of looks like Alan Rickman at this age

  • @sicodaddy
    @sicodaddy 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    @HaoWenXiang
    Have you heard of The Pot Calling The Kettle Black ?

  • @geneclart1
    @geneclart1 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Terrifying music!!!!!!!

  • @gamesbok
    @gamesbok 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    What makes you think it was a 'creature'?

  • @JaniceGhostHunter13
    @JaniceGhostHunter13 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    @flabbyscabbyabby Before I was married, I would do anything to lay around wtih him.

  • @SimonBesteman
    @SimonBesteman 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    @Noremorse10 bwahahahahaha!

  • @pedrocastellon3463
    @pedrocastellon3463 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    OCK SOO PARK ,IYFUSAORG

  • @pedrocastellon3463
    @pedrocastellon3463 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    OCK SOO PARK. IYFUSAORG

  • @TheFartoholic
    @TheFartoholic 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    what?

  • @pedrocastellon3463
    @pedrocastellon3463 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    IYFUSAORG. OCK SOO PARK

  • @jayjaypen2
    @jayjaypen2 15 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    and once the cows have acquired English they can begin to negotiate the reduction of carbon emissions by farting less.

  • @lennarthagen3638
    @lennarthagen3638 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    He looks disgusted? Why?

  • @oldnewbie4
    @oldnewbie4 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Attenborough will spend eternity with Darwin I suspect.

  • @MaureenMaynes
    @MaureenMaynes 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I take it your comment on American Politics is a joke?
    Very Funny.
    Wouldn't it be wonderful if the Queen was as reliable as the American Presidents.
    And how many of them can parachute out of an Aeroplane wearing a formal dress and arrive at the venue looking exquiste?

    • @lolagraham8013
      @lolagraham8013 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The queen doesn’t run the country the prime minister does! And everyone knows the parachute was fake it was just a joke

  • @royw-g3120
    @royw-g3120 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Meanwhile the yanks were watching televangelists which explains a lot.

  • @BassGuitarGuy128
    @BassGuitarGuy128 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    I thought humans weren't supposed to touch gorillas because the gorillas could contract a disease…??

  • @kanichen1
    @kanichen1 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    Not that smart

  • @pedrocastellon3463
    @pedrocastellon3463 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    OCK SOO PARK. IYFUSAORG

  • @pedrocastellon3463
    @pedrocastellon3463 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    OCK SOO PARK. IYFUSAORG