# Any new sir David Attenborough in the pipeline for the USA? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** documentary-bio\ **Created:** [June 24, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-new-sir-david-attenborough-in-the-pipeline-for-the-usa/1003282 "2024-06-24T22:28:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-new-sir-david-attenborough-in-the-pipeline-for-the-usa/1003282/1 "2024-06-24T22:28:29Z")
I am a devoted Attenborough fan going back to the 70s. It’s very difficult for me to fully enjoy any natural world documentaries that are not hosted/narrated by him. But since he’s only two years away from his 100th birthday, and therefore the most we could possibly hope for is another three or four years, perhaps, I am thirsty for whatever he is doing and I am very much hoping that he’s pumping out as much as possible with an eye to the fact that he will not be with us much longer. I know he’s done more for the BBC but I haven’t heard any word of anything coming over here does anyone else know? (If you are an Attenborough fan, you must add to your admiration, if you did not know already, the fact that he is responsible for bringing us Monty Python’s Flying Circus when he was the “suit” in charge at the BBC.) ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2024, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-new-sir-david-attenborough-in-the-pipeline-for-the-usa/1003282/2 "2024-06-24T22:58:11Z")
Mammals aired in the UK in March of this year: > **[Sir David Attenborough's Mammals - Discover how remarkable wildlife stories...](https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/mediapacks/mammals-david-attenborough)** > > The series celebrates the amazing intelligence that enables mammals to learn, remember, problem-solve, parent, and co-operate > **[BBC America Sets Premiere Date for Sir David Attenborough’s Major New Natural...](https://www.amcnetworks.com/press-releases/bbc-america-sets-premiere-date-for-sir-david-attenboroughs-major-new-natural-history-series-mammals/)** > > Official Trailer and All-New Photos Now Available Watch Full Season Now – Screeners.com Watch and Embed Official Trailer Download Key Art and Photos NEW YORK – May 21, 2024 – The highly-anticipated natural history series Mammals will premiere on... Six-Part Series Premieres Saturday, July 13 at 8pm on BBC America and is Available on AMC+ the Same Day AMc+ has a free trial (although that would only give you one episode unless you waited until the end of the series–since episodes are shown a week apart): > **[Does AMC+ have a free trial?](https://support.amcplus.com/en/support/solutions/articles/11000095598-does-amc-have-a-free-trial-)** > > A 7-day free trial is available when you subscribe directly with AMC and through some of our partners. Please note that a free trial cannot be redeemed multiple times--it's only for new customers. Subscribing Directly with AMC When you subsc... ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2024, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-new-sir-david-attenborough-in-the-pipeline-for-the-usa/1003282/3 "2024-06-25T00:02:21Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > (If you are an Attenborough fan, you must add to your admiration, if you did not know already, the fact that he is responsible for bringing us Monty Python’s Flying Circus when he was the “suit” in charge at the BBC.) I think it’s safe to say he has a sense of humor. Sorry, “humour”. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nRq8vF5wXKU/hqdefault.jpg "BBC Radio 1: Sir David Attenboroughs Alternative CURLING Commentary") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRq8vF5wXKU) ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2024, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-new-sir-david-attenborough-in-the-pipeline-for-the-usa/1003282/4 "2024-06-26T12:04:53Z")
Thanks, Past Tense! ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2025, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-new-sir-david-attenborough-in-the-pipeline-for-the-usa/1003282/5 "2025-05-01T13:41:16Z")
> The industrial [fishing method of bottom trawling](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/17/europes-fishing-industry-to-battle-with-conservationists-over-bottom-trawling) is the focus of a large part of Attenborough’s latest film, Ocean, which airs in cinemas from 8 May, the naturalist’s 99th birthday. > **[Attenborough at 99: naturalist ‘goes further than before’ to speak out...](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/01/ocean-david-attenborough-trawling-fishing-industry-film-documentary)** > > The celebrated presenter warns of ‘modern day colonialism at sea’ as he highlights the destruction caused by overfishing and bottom trawling it’s being released on Hulu, Disney+ and National Geographic later this year–but the exact date hasn’t been announced. But Wow! Still doing nature documentaries at almost 100 years old! ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2025, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-new-sir-david-attenborough-in-the-pipeline-for-the-usa/1003282/6 "2025-06-07T12:00:32Z")
> “Ocean” premieres Saturday on National Geographic in the U.S. and streams globally on Disney+ and Hulu beginning Sunday. > **[David Attenborough’s 'Ocean' is a brutal, beautiful wakeup call from the sea](https://apnews.com/article/ocean-film-attenborough-climate-848a65883fc1ec2601550d3cbfb0e36a)** > > The new film “Ocean With David Attenborough” is both a breathtaking celebration of marine life and a sobering exposé of the industrial forces pushing the ocean toward collapse. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2025, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-new-sir-david-attenborough-in-the-pipeline-for-the-usa/1003282/7 "2025-06-07T14:26:38Z")
Thanks for the heads-up on “Ocean”. I hadn’t seen any previews for this since I don’t watch Nat Geo on a regular basis. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2025, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-new-sir-david-attenborough-in-the-pipeline-for-the-usa/1003282/8 "2025-11-09T03:10:14Z")
> “Kingdom,” the pioneering new BBC series fronted by Sir David Attenborough, is one of the most hotly anticipated nature releases of 2025, and Live Science is here with all the TV and streaming details. > > “Kingdom” is billed as “one of the most ambitious wildlife series ever made” and documents four rival animal families in Zambia’s South Luangwa National Park over a period of five years. > > In a lush corner of the park, known as Nsefu, the filmmakers followed a lion pride, a wild dog pack, a hyena clan and a leopard family, showcasing the groups’ behaviors and social dynamics. > > Narrated by 99-year-old Sir David Attenborough, who has fronted the BBC’s natural history output for decades, “Kingdom” premieres on U.K. screens on Nov. 9. The U.S. release will come in January 2026. > **[How to watch 'Kingdom' — TV and streaming details for David Attenborough's...](https://www.livescience.com/animals/how-to-watch-kingdom-tv-and-streaming-details-for-david-attenboroughs-new-bbc-series)** > > It's billed as "one of the most ambitious wildlife series ever made" — here's how to watch. BBC One in the UK starting November 9 and AMC+ in the US starting in January, 2026 ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-new-sir-david-attenborough-in-the-pipeline-for-the-usa/1003282/9 "2025-11-11T00:57:33Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > “Kingdom” premieres on U.K. screens on Nov. 9. Thanks! Missed the premiere on Sunday, yet have ep 1 on now. 5 more each Sunday, or since I often forget, iPlayer is there. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-new-sir-david-attenborough-in-the-pipeline-for-the-usa/1003282/10 "2025-11-11T01:35:33Z")
Oh, like many BBC shows all “Kingdom” is available now. Dunno how it’s presented in the US, yet ep1 has a cliffhanger ending. Tomorrow, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-new-sir-david-attenborough-in-the-pipeline-for-the-usa/1003282/11 "2026-05-03T22:07:23Z")
Remember David will be turning 100 on May 8. New documentary coming out: > In 1976, Sir David Attenborough embarked on an ambitious three-year global odyssey to film _Life on Earth_, an innovative documentary of unprecedented scale. Attenborough and his team traveled to 40 countries to document over 600 species and faced extraordinary challenges along the way, including a coup in the Comoros, gunshots in Rwanda, and threats from Saddam Hussein’s army in Iraq. Written and presented by Attenborough, _Life on Earth_ set out to “tell the greatest story in all the world”: how life on our planet evolved. > > Fifty years after production began, and in celebration of Attenborough’s 100th birthday, **LIFE ON EARTH: ATTENBOROUGH’S GREATEST ADVENTURE** offers rare, behind-the-scenes insight into the making of the groundbreaking series. Featuring exclusive interviews with Attenborough and his original crew, the special captures the triumphs and setbacks of filming the series during a pivotal era in television history, when jet travel and color filming were relatively new > **[LIFE ON EARTH: ATTENBOROUGH’S GREATEST ADVENTURE Premieres Wednesday, May 6,...](https://www.pbs.org/about/about-pbs/blogs/news/life-on-earth-attenboroughs-greatest-adventure-premieres-wednesday-may-6-2026/)** > > In 1976, Sir David Attenborough embarked on an ambitious three-year global odyssey to film Life on Earth, an innovative documentary of unprecedented scale. **LIFE ON EARTH: ATTENBOROUGH’S GREATEST ADVENTURE** premieres Wednesday, May 6, 2026, 8:00 -9:00 p.m. ET ([check local listings](https://www.pbs.org/tv_schedules/)) on PBS,[PBS.org](http://www.pbs.org/)and the [PBS app.](https://www.pbs.org/pbs-video-app/) > **[Making Life on Earth: Attenborough’s Greatest Adventure review – the...](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/may/03/making-life-on-earth-attenboroughs-greatest-adventure-review-the-anecdotes-are-just-amazing)** > > From tales of giant tortoises trampling tents to almost getting shot, this is a relentlessly entertaining documentary about one of David Attenborough’s greatest pieces of TV ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-new-sir-david-attenborough-in-the-pipeline-for-the-usa/1003282/12 "2026-05-08T13:03:04Z")
Happy 100th birthday David: > **[David Attenborough, the excited but hushed voice of nature programs, turns 100](https://apnews.com/article/david-attenborough-100th-birthday-nature-presenter-db91049358ead2a725920b782d10ed72)** > > David Attenborough, the world’s most famous wildlife presenter, is celebrating his 100th birthday on Friday. > **[David Attenborough Turns 100](https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-uk/a-hundred-years-of-david-attenborough)** > > For generations of TV viewers, the beloved presenter has linked the patch of glass in our living rooms and the wide world beyond. Today, he celebrates his centennial.