Broadcasting legend and British icon that is David Attenborough will be fronting a new show for the BBC with a focus on the wildlife and landscapes of the UK. Airing at 8pm every Sunday evening from March 12th, Wild Isles will be the 96-year-old’s final TV outing, after a lifetime of presenting the natural world to viewers at home. With this documentary as the closer to an unparalleled career in wildlife, Attenborough speaks to his British audience from their own island, reminding us of the beauty that can be found so close to home, and encouraging us to take our stewardship of the planet seriously.

Filmed over the course of three years, this new five-part series will investigate how our woodland, grassland, freshwater and ocean habitats support wildlife of all kinds. Using the very latest technology, each episode will capture dramatic and new behaviour across the British Isles, from battling butterflies to mighty killer whales on the hunt.

Breaking his recent pattern of providing narration only, Attenborough filmed on-location for the opening and closing scenes of each episode, leaving producers concerned at one point that he might catch bird flu from the many wild birds flying around his head. Thankfully David survived the shoot (imagine having that on your conscience), and although he won’t be presenting any more nature documentaries, Attenborough has insisted that he’s not retiring, but merely “slowing down”. God bless him.