Sir David Attenborough may have turned 94 last month, but he's pulling out the stops in lockdown to bring BBC viewers their next major natural history series.
The veteran broadcaster is finishing off Perfect Planet, expected in the autumn, from his home in Richmond-upon-Thames. In recent weeks he has started filming links from his garden and recording the entire voiceover from a room inside his house, taping a duvet to the wall to improve sound quality while dubbing mixer Graham Wild works outside.
BBC natural history commissioning editor Jack Bootle said that Attenborough's efforts should ensure there is no delay to the five-part series. “I am confident that it will hit the screens,” he said. “There's small amounts of filming that