TV: Planet Earth

[ceramic'cow]

was that an intentional Fist of Fun reference, or accidental?

also, it's not a David Attenborough series, as such. Life of Mammals, Trials of Life, Life in the Undergrowth, all of those series he wrote, devised and presented. This, and Blue Planet were written by someone else, possibly a team, (i'm pretty sure Alastar Fothergill's involved in both. i know he's executive producer or somesuch, but don't know if he wrote them), and David's just narrating them.

I suspect he's reading someone else's script, although i'm sure he'll have been granted license to make changes as he sees fit.

So, ultimately, he's just the front man for someone else's production. Personally, i was a bit disappointed when i found out it wasn't a "proper" Attenborough series, but i've been taking it as it comes, and i think it's absolutely gorgeous, moving, and engaging. Both episodes so far have flown by, to the extent that at the end of their 50 minutes i've thought to myself - "i could've sworn that was only half an hour".