
If his last series, Frozen Planet, felt like a poignant last staging post on a 60-year broadcasting journey that has taken him from the jungles of Borneo to the very ends of the earth, this series is a worthy coda. It contains some of the most fetching use of 3D technology since Avatar.What’s more, since Attenborough lives down the road in Richmond, the films create the charming illusion that Kew is, in fact, his back garden, that the Herbarium where we meet is his study.He is animated, sharp as ever, welcoming me with grandfatherly imperatives (“Sit down! Have a piece of chocolate!”). I have the distinct sense that his time is precious and, speaking to a man of science, I must choose my questions carefully. ...
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