There's not a thread?
The beeb have just put up a load of archive stuff from his many and various progs. It's great.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wildlifefinder/
― Ned Trifle (Notinmyname), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 10:35 (fifteen years ago)
And here's his own personal selection of faves.http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/collections/p0048522Amazing stuff.
― Ned Trifle (Notinmyname), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 10:37 (fifteen years ago)
I'll be disappointed in ILX if we don't muster up at least one Sir David Attenborough hater... presuming such a creature exists
― The Prince's choice: making a brush. (Tom D.), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 10:42 (fifteen years ago)
Current BBC previews for "Life" have had me champing at the bit; an autumnal evening with a hot cup of tea and Attenborough on the telly = bliss.
― Bill A, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 10:56 (fifteen years ago)
I know of at least one Attenborough hater, tho they don't post here. Me, I'm kinda agnostic.
― Oppositional Soup (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 11:45 (fifteen years ago)
Nah, that's putting it too strong. He's just there, really.
― Oppositional Soup (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 11:46 (fifteen years ago)
I can understand that but what's to hate?
― Ned Trifle (Notinmyname), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 11:49 (fifteen years ago)
If I believed in God I'd imagine Him to sound something like David Attenborough.
― chap, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 11:51 (fifteen years ago)
If there was a god i'm pretty sure attenborough would have had a programme on him by now. or would it have been Parky?
― What are the benefits of dating a younger guy, better erections? (darraghmac), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 11:54 (fifteen years ago)
A moment of worry that this was an RIP thread, or a revived thread to say RIP. That would make me incredibly sad.
It's not any exaggeration to say that Sir David Attenborough has taught me more about how life on this planet works than any other single person -- no teacher or professor has ever given the context that he does. He has made some of the only television that I would truly say should be seen by everyone, in particular the original 13-hour "Life On Earth" from the late 70's. (Don't mess with the chopped versions.)
― tie me up, dress in drag, and read to me from the bible (kenan), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 11:57 (fifteen years ago)
uncut, of course
― What are the benefits of dating a younger guy, better erections? (darraghmac), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 11:58 (fifteen years ago)
right, right
― tie me up, dress in drag, and read to me from the bible (kenan), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 12:21 (fifteen years ago)
xpI saw him speak last year and he was looking a bit frail but he held his own at the proms playing a mean floor polisher.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5343nfOnkk
― Ned Trifle (Notinmyname), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 12:26 (fifteen years ago)
First Life doesn't appear to be coming out on Blu-Ray? :-(
http://www.bbcshop.com/icat/davidattenboroughstore/
― StanM, Thursday, 11 November 2010 15:29 (fourteen years ago)
He had dinner at our house once--a really nice fella. He was in Australia for some reason, and my dad was his "guide" in Adelaide, showing him round, getting him to his appointments, etc. He told a story about how he really likes all animals, except rats, because once he was sleeping in a hammock in a jungle somewhere, and woke up to find some gently eating bits of skin off his face and hands.
― buildings with goats on the roof (James Morrison), Thursday, 11 November 2010 23:25 (fourteen years ago)
Happy birthday Sir David!
― StanM, Sunday, 8 May 2011 09:50 (fourteen years ago)
*puts on light blue shirt and beige trousers, crouches and whispers*
Here, in this thread, we congratulate this elusive creature on his 85th birthday.
― StanM, Sunday, 8 May 2011 09:56 (fourteen years ago)
Does anyone know where I could buy a DVD of The Private Life of Plants? Is it something that's hard to find in the US? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCUtpmwacoE
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Thursday, 29 September 2011 03:38 (thirteen years ago)
Like this one? They seem very cheap on eBay. Or are you after the box set thing?
Soundtrack to this is wonderful by the way.
― Young Swell (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 29 September 2011 06:12 (thirteen years ago)
Ideally I would like the whole series, but I guess I could assemble it piecemeal. I just want to watch/listen to Sir David Attenborough talk about plants all day.
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Thursday, 29 September 2011 14:33 (thirteen years ago)
Youtube isn't cutting it anymore, I want to watch the whole series.
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Thursday, 29 September 2011 14:36 (thirteen years ago)
I once contacted David Attenborough for an interview (about his Bjork collaboration).
He turned it down but sent me a lovely hand written letter.
― djh, Thursday, 29 September 2011 20:45 (thirteen years ago)
i can only find this on region 2 dvd;_;
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Tuesday, 1 November 2011 02:02 (thirteen years ago)
Does your ilx webmail link work?
― C0L1N B..., Tuesday, 1 November 2011 02:07 (thirteen years ago)
yes it does
i was just watching the waterlilies on youtube so beautiful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igkjcuw_n_U&feature=relmfu
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Tuesday, 1 November 2011 02:13 (thirteen years ago)
oh wow thank you! i love halloween
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Tuesday, 1 November 2011 02:14 (thirteen years ago)
will it not let me watch/download if i have a mac?
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Tuesday, 1 November 2011 02:19 (thirteen years ago)
The second link for each ep should work. I have a mac, and they play for me.
― C0L1N B..., Wednesday, 2 November 2011 01:08 (thirteen years ago)
oh! good news! i will look into it. the amazon lilies have really made the last 24 hrs livable tbh.
― Yasmine Teeth (La Lechera), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 01:32 (thirteen years ago)
Have We Reached Peak Attenborough?
― Humean froth (Sanpaku), Saturday, 5 December 2015 15:15 (nine years ago)
The night at the natural history museum thing is really well done
― The difficult earlier reichs (darraghmac), Friday, 1 January 2016 15:22 (nine years ago)
Happy 90th birthday to him!
https://mercenaryornithology.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/attenboroughattenboroughing.jpg?w=1740&h=1167
― Mr. Hathaway. (jed_), Sunday, 8 May 2016 18:04 (nine years ago)
Love this clip.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjE0Kdfos4Y
― Mr. Hathaway. (jed_), Sunday, 8 May 2016 18:06 (nine years ago)
Happy birthday Sir! Don't ever die, ok?
― StanM, Sunday, 8 May 2016 18:49 (nine years ago)
Same birthday as Pynchon! Eleven years older. Feels weird, that
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Sunday, 8 May 2016 18:50 (nine years ago)
guys
― Gary Synaesthesia (darraghmac), Sunday, 5 November 2017 20:49 (seven years ago)
Guyssss
This is incredible scifi
Wazzat?
― Bazooka Jobim (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 November 2017 20:53 (seven years ago)
Blue planet 2
Like a James Cameron hd wet dream.
― Gary Synaesthesia (darraghmac), Sunday, 5 November 2017 20:56 (seven years ago)
brb getting a transparent head full of jelly
― mark s, Sunday, 5 November 2017 21:07 (seven years ago)
attenborough to himself: "i could totally put in a made-up creature and no one would be able to fact-check" attenborough to camera: "the ZOMBIE WORM tunnels into bones by injecting acid, while the FLAPJACK SQUID… "
― mark s, Sunday, 5 November 2017 21:10 (seven years ago)
I KNOW RIGHT!?
― Gary Synaesthesia (darraghmac), Sunday, 5 November 2017 21:10 (seven years ago)
attenborough to camera: "the ZOMBIE WORM tunnels into bones by injecting acid, while the FLAPJACK SQUID… "
Weird Animals
― Drunk Leeemoda (Leee), Monday, 6 November 2017 04:05 (seven years ago)
Weird sea snake thing going into toxic shock and tying itself in knots.
― chap, Monday, 6 November 2017 08:51 (seven years ago)
It me
― Gary Synaesthesia (darraghmac), Monday, 6 November 2017 09:06 (seven years ago)
dere is a podcast:http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05lyq1v
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 6 November 2017 11:49 (seven years ago)
Tiny transparent prawn with luminous jizz.
― chap, Monday, 6 November 2017 12:40 (seven years ago)
i don't understand how there can be an underwater lake under water, how.. like, can someone explain what I'm seeing here?
― Fox Mulder, FYI (dog latin), Monday, 6 November 2017 12:43 (seven years ago)
pro tip: you can make human jizz luminous simply by shining ultraviolet light on it
― What's the range of an Iranian frogman dipshit? (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 6 November 2017 12:43 (seven years ago)
XP density of fluid
― Gary Synaesthesia (darraghmac), Monday, 6 November 2017 12:59 (seven years ago)
8 tons of blubber
― Illegal Ethiopian Dance Music (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 3 December 2017 20:45 (seven years ago)
Look I didn't say I was perfect
― moyesery loves kompany (darraghmac), Sunday, 3 December 2017 20:46 (seven years ago)
sorry for fucking up planet lads, see you at shark sprang break next year
― Illegal Ethiopian Dance Music (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 3 December 2017 20:49 (seven years ago)
Where the fuck were these animals until now
in the ocean there is nowhere to hide iirc
― mark s, Sunday, 3 December 2017 21:36 (seven years ago)
feel the predation of starfish on limpets was underexplained tbh
― mark s, Sunday, 3 December 2017 21:48 (seven years ago)
the podcast often gets into those sorts of details
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 3 December 2017 21:50 (seven years ago)
davesplaining what waves do
― mark s, Sunday, 3 December 2017 21:59 (seven years ago)
PUFFLING KLAXON
― mark s, Sunday, 3 December 2017 22:02 (seven years ago)
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9XO-jzSQYjE/TVANfM2D7mI/AAAAAAAAAQU/NVZtEBi6gZQ/s1600/founders_card.jpg
― mark s, Sunday, 3 December 2017 22:04 (seven years ago)
i am suspicious abt that lone crab's perilous run -- i think it was actually several different crabs but we can't tell them apart and the story was created by editing and LIES
― mark s, Sunday, 3 December 2017 22:25 (seven years ago)
It'd brachyura heart
― moyesery loves kompany (darraghmac), Sunday, 3 December 2017 22:34 (seven years ago)
subscribe to my decapodcast
― mark s, Sunday, 3 December 2017 22:36 (seven years ago)
That's how most things are made nowadays: hero crab for the closeups, stunt crabs for the action shots. xxpost
― StanM, Sunday, 3 December 2017 22:39 (seven years ago)
Deems/NV podcast on the new A'borough series. Where's your Patreon at guys?
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 3 December 2017 22:39 (seven years ago)
I can't work with at least one of those guys tbh
― moyesery loves kompany (darraghmac), Sunday, 3 December 2017 22:41 (seven years ago)
David's a pain to work with tis true.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 3 December 2017 22:42 (seven years ago)
god just because i defended the bull seals
― Illegal Ethiopian Dance Music (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 3 December 2017 22:46 (seven years ago)
Both rong tbh
― moyesery loves kompany (darraghmac), Sunday, 3 December 2017 22:55 (seven years ago)
I mean I dunno maybe eat somewhere else
― Illegal Ethiopian Dance Music (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 3 December 2017 20:24 (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Twas a case really of luckit or limpet non
― remember the lmao (darraghmac), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 00:08 (seven years ago)
Still on last weeks. Getting a bit bored of weird randy fish.
― Monogo doesn't socialise (ledge), Sunday, 10 December 2017 20:11 (seven years ago)
better than depresso "here's some animals we fucked up earlier" season finale
― best display name of 2017 (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 10 December 2017 20:20 (seven years ago)
Yeah also it sucks besides. Yerman and his sad microphone is cutting room floor shit
― remember the lmao (darraghmac), Sunday, 10 December 2017 20:27 (seven years ago)
Yeah, make it a separate show or scatter it more thinly thru the whole series, i don't watch this for humans
― best display name of 2017 (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 10 December 2017 20:29 (seven years ago)
not enough discussion of the SURPRISING UNDERSEA MUPPET SLUG
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/10/09/10/45299A8000000578-4962108-image-m-29_1507541693554.jpg
also this, which didn't feature but i found while looking for the above
https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000gvWkK_h73xI/s/880/880/nudibranch-nembrotha-021125.jpg
― mark s, Sunday, 10 December 2017 21:30 (seven years ago)
SIR D: "i'm lying here close beside a giant leatherback turtle as she prepares to lay her eggs"GIANT LEATHERBACK TURTLE: "rude"
― mark s, Sunday, 10 December 2017 21:41 (seven years ago)
maybe he's a licensed Doula
― best display name of 2017 (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 10 December 2017 21:43 (seven years ago)
for a moment as DA releases the little leatherback into the ocean i thought he was going to pop it into his mouth
― mark s, Sunday, 10 December 2017 21:46 (seven years ago)
baby leatherback was the best thing on tonight, also just remembered bad joke with the punchline "i'll have another of those crunchy pies please"
― best display name of 2017 (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 10 December 2017 21:48 (seven years ago)
best thing was the muppet-looking sea slug, glimpsed but not even referred to
the "weird sounds of the seas" section didn't work bcz (a) mimpy sadsack microphone man, yes, but more importantly (b) this series constantly slathers sweeping music soundstracks over everything in the oceans to tell us how to feel, and in this bit obviously it couldn't and so didn't, so it felt very anticlimactic and minor
― mark s, Sunday, 10 December 2017 21:55 (seven years ago)
Tortoise doc on BBC2 atm featuring explicit tortoise sex
― Cambridge Metallica (Noodle Vague), Friday, 23 March 2018 20:20 (seven years ago)
phwoar
go on my son
― Louis Jägermeister (jim in vancouver), Friday, 23 March 2018 20:21 (seven years ago)
He rolled off, it was pretty undignified
― Cambridge Metallica (Noodle Vague), Friday, 23 March 2018 20:22 (seven years ago)
I tried to use their sounds as a ringtone but it was too funny and I couldn't answer the phone
― StanM, Friday, 23 March 2018 20:22 (seven years ago)
Top-notch elephant sex and violence on BBC4 just now
― the Messi inside (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 12 June 2018 20:46 (seven years ago)
Davey McAttenboroughface has been launched!
― StanM, Saturday, 14 July 2018 17:31 (seven years ago)
Appreciate your ongoing commitment to keeping the meme alive
― U. K. Le Garage (wins), Saturday, 14 July 2018 17:33 (seven years ago)
Davey's arse?
― calzino, Saturday, 14 July 2018 17:46 (seven years ago)
BIG-BOTTOMED BIRDS
https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi.huffpost.com%2Fgadgets%2Fslideshows%2F348565%2Fslide_348565_3713169_free.jpg&f=1
― look, you’re just gonna get gravy on the baby sometimes 🤷♂️ (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 14 July 2018 17:58 (seven years ago)
... make the natural world go round
― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Saturday, 14 July 2018 18:03 (seven years ago)
what the - how big do those get if this is still the fluffy baby version? xpost
― StanM, Saturday, 14 July 2018 18:03 (seven years ago)
Attenborough’s only two-and-a-half feet tall tbf
― look, you’re just gonna get gravy on the baby sometimes 🤷♂️ (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 14 July 2018 18:07 (seven years ago)
https://www.famousbirthdays.com/group_images/medium/so-random-show.jpg
― more like Toss, Ow amirite? (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 14 July 2018 18:21 (seven years ago)
Happy 99th Birthday!
― StanM, Thursday, 8 May 2025 09:11 (four months ago)
meh! hope the castle old cunt lives in burns down to the ground so he can learn to live more frugally as he goes into his 100's
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Thursday, 8 May 2025 10:00 (four months ago)
never been able to forgive the cant of a man born into a posh family and living in a 28 room mansion with a coterie of domestic staff and a billion airmiles under his belt, this wanker said we need to learn to live more frugally. fuck off.
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Thursday, 8 May 2025 10:10 (four months ago)
Somehow I knew calz would turn up to wish him an unhappy birthday.
― Blake the Messenger (Tom D.), Thursday, 8 May 2025 10:17 (four months ago)
just playing myself at this point. But tbh ever since childhood I always wanted to see a fierce silverback rip his arm off and run off with it, waving it in the air like it was a trophy.
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Thursday, 8 May 2025 10:27 (four months ago)
one gorilla versus a 100 year old man
― imago, Thursday, 8 May 2025 10:38 (four months ago)
✓
― Number None, Thursday, 8 May 2025 10:47 (four months ago)
a hundred ticks!
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Thursday, 8 May 2025 11:32 (four months ago)