Attenborough's Century: Life on Earth's Secret Stories

0:00It's April 27th, this is entertainment and celebrity news today, powered by AI, your front row to the latest buzz. I'm Corey with the story. Next week, Kicks All celebrations for David Attenborough's 100th birthday with a new BBC show called Making Life on Earth, Attenborough's greatest adventure. This dives into the behind the scenes of his groundbreaking 1979 series Life on Earth, the one that changed how we watch wildlife. Docs forever, Attenborough turns 100 on May 8th, born in London back in 1926. The new program shares wild stories from filming, like close calls with mountain gorillas in Rwanda, a baby gorilla climbing all over him, and tents. Moments when the crew got detained by the Rwandan army were threatened in Iraq. They even chased a rare fish from the Indian Ocean, known as a living fossil, and caught the first ever footage of a colacanth alive after a lucky tip from a fisherman. Attenborough started at the BBC in 1952, landed his big break with zooquests two years

1:02later when he stepped in as presenter, then climbed its management before circling back to front-line nature shows in his late 40s. He pitched Life on Earth himself, riding scripts for all 13 hours before three years of global shoots even began. BBC folks call it game-changing, saying everything since has just remained that original magic. The producer praises how he shaped our view of the natural world and conservation. Catch the premiere this Sunday on the BBC, plus a new series called Secret Garden, a London concert, and museum events across Britain, plenty to honor. The legend as he hits the century mark.