The naturalist's new series will focus on British natural history
After becoming a mainstay on TV screens due to spending more than seven decades producing fascinating nature documentaries, David Attenborough's next series about British natural history will likely be his last in which he will appear filmed on location, The Observer reports. The five-part series, titled Wild Isles, is set to begin next Sunday .
Producers said he agreed to be the narrator for Wild Isles at first, before he agreed to present it. Series producer Alastair Fothergill, who has worked with Attenborough for over 35 years, told The Observer: "We felt he had a unique perspective because of his age, on how the British countryside has changed in his lifetime.
Fothergill added that David was specifically fond of his visits to the island of Skomer off the west coast of Wales last summer. While there, he first filmed with puffins, before also seeing Manx shearwater chicks leave their nest. Fothergill said: "There are around 67 steep steps from where you get off the boat to when you reach the first path at the top of the island.
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