The Life of Birds (1998)

Genre

documentary film, nature documentary

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 10 episodes

Rated

G

Rating

8.2 of 10 from 41 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

David Attenborough presents a ten-part series on the lives of birds. Each episode examines a different part of a bird's daily existence, from evolution to habits.

informativesereneawe-inspiringthoughtfulobservantleisurelyeducationalwonder-filled

What happens

The Life of Birds is a BBC nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the United Kingdom on 21 October 1998. A study of the evolution and habits of birds, it was the third of Attenborough's specialised surveys following his major trilogy that began with Life on Earth. Each of the ten 50-minute episodes discusses how the huge variety of birds in the world deal with a different aspect of their day-to-day existence. The series was produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in conjunction with BBC Worldwide Americas Inc. and PBS. The executive producer was Mike Salisbury and the music was composed by Ian Butcher and Steven Faux. It won a Peabody Award in 1999 for combining "spectacular imagery and impeccable science." Part of Attenborough's Life series of programmes, it was preceded by The Private Life of Plants (1995), and followed by The Life of Mammals (2002). Before the latter was transmitted, Attenborough presented State of the Planet (2000) and narrated The Blue Planet (2001). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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