From hanging out with primates to early climate warnings, here's a selection of his trailblazing programmes.

Earth Day is April 22, and to commemorate the occasion, you can currently save on a variety of documentaries from the BBC’s Planet Earth collection in 4K UHD format at Amazon. Even if you’ve already ...

Planet Earth (2006) was the most expensive nature documentary ever commissioned by the BBC and the first BBC wildlife series shot in high definition. Using military-grade stabilized camera mounts, ...

Instead, high on the wall, a flat-screen TV played “Planet Earth II,” a 2016 BBC Earth documentary narrated by David Attenborough. Looking through plastic goggles past the assistant’s latex-covered ...

The fascinating and mysterious world of trees including communication and longevity. Copyright 2026 BBC. All rights reserved. The BBC is not responsible for the ...

It is the most memorable moment of Sir David Attenborough's broadcasting career. A short sequence of his encounter with a group of playful mountain gorillas in a forest clearing in Rwanda. "There is ...

To mark Earth Day (April 22nd), the celebrated BBC documentary series Planet Earth III has collaborated with BBC Children in Need to premiere a special episode, uniquely narrated by schoolchildren.

The BBC Earth FAST channel has launched on Samsung TV Plus in Benelux, France, Germany, Italy and the Nordics. Kasia Jablonska, director of digital and on-demand at BBC Studios, said, “The launch of ...

Dubbed as the most dramatic chase in documentary history this scene at the Galápagos Islands by the production team of BBC's Planet Earth II.