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David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet

As much now as I did when I was a boy.

As much now as I did when I was a boy. [birds chirping]

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As much now as I did when I was a boy.
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[birds chirping]
Duration
7 seconds
Views
39
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:58
Uploaded
May 29, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
Silverback Films,Altitude Film Entertainment,WWF-UK

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Movie Summary

One man has seen more of the natural world than any other. This unique feature documentary is his witness statement.
It was a very different world back then. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:21
It was a very different world back then.
It was a great place to come to as a boy, - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:08
It was a great place to come to as a boy,
When I was a boy, I spent all my spare time - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:10
When I was a boy, I spent all my spare time
And in life the animal itself lived in the chamber here - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:07
And in life the animal itself lived in the chamber here
And it lived about 180 million years ago. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:04
And it lived about 180 million years ago.
This particular one has a scientific name of Tiltonicerus, - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:12
This particular one has a scientific name of Tiltonicerus,
Over time, I began to learn something about the earth's evolutionary history. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:06
Over time, I began to learn something about the earth's...
By and large, it's a story of slow, steady change. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:05
By and large, it's a story of slow, steady change.
Over billions of years, nature has crafted miraculous forms, - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:16
Over billions of years, nature has crafted miraculous forms,
And then, every hundred million years or so, - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:20
And then, every hundred million years or so,
All that evolution undone. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:22
All that evolution undone.
A mass extinction has happened five times in life's four-billion-year history. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:07
A mass extinction has happened five times in life's fou...
The last time it happened - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:21
The last time it happened
Life had no option but to rebuild. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:20
Life had no option but to rebuild.
Scientists call it the Holocene. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:04
Scientists call it the Holocene.
The Holocene has been one of the most stable periods - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:17
The Holocene has been one of the most stable periods
And the rich and thriving living world around us - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:08
And the rich and thriving living world around us
Phytoplankton at the ocean's surface and immense forests straddling the north - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:23
Phytoplankton at the ocean's surface and immense forest...
Mangroves and coral reefs along thousands of miles of coast - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:13
Mangroves and coral reefs along thousands of miles of coast
A thick belt of jungles around the equator has piled plant on plant - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:14
A thick belt of jungles around the equator has piled plant o...