Planet Earth Bosses Are Making A Third Series With Or Without David Attenborough

People went wild for the return of the incredible nature documentary series Planet Earth last year. More young viewers tuned into the programme than for the last series of The X Factor - which made presenter and national treasure Sir David Attenborough very happy.

The show even picked up a BAFTA for Must See Moment for the 'snake vs iguana' scene - which was one of the highlights of the series.

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Due to the huge success of the two series, which took 20 years to research, produce, film and edit, the show's producers have announced they will be doing a third instalment.

But it takes about 10 years for a season to be completed, meaning that veteran broadcaster Sir David will be 101 by then.

A producer has said to the Express: "Who knows, we hope David will be with us. You never know. If he's here, he'll be doing it. That's for sure. He is the voice of natural history. He's the voice of Planet Earth II, and if he's still willing to do it, then he'll do Planet Earth III.

"I think it's fair to say without him it definitely wouldn't be the same, no. All of us owe so much to Sir David for making the series what it is. There's no way else to tell the stories than he does. The bosses will kill me for saying Planet Earth III is happening, by the way! Maybe it's good because then it will be commissioned."

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I honestly can't imagine watching the series without Sir David. He is the only person who conveys that sense of passion, authenticity, credibility and warmth that viewers love and respect in a nature show.

The 91-year-old is currently working on the second season of Blue Planet, a similar programme to Planet Earth, but focuses on the vast array of marine life in our oceans. Recently, however, he disclosed to the Telegraph that he has struggled with writing the script.

After returning from Switzerland, he said: "There were these searing yellow fields and I can't think of the damn name. I wanted to say something about it but I couldn't and it wasn't until we got quite close to Geneva that I thought, of course, oil seed rape."

Sir David told the newspaper he refrains from using the internet or email to communicate with people.

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Topics: Planet Earth, Sir David Attenborough

Stewart Perrie

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