The World Has Reached Peak Attenborough

If there is anyone who attracts near-ubiquitous admiration in the United Kingdom, it’s David Attenborough. The naturalist has had a hold on our eyes and ears with a remarkable stream of nature documentaries since the 1950s. Even into his later years, Attenborough—who is now 96—has relentlessly continued to release new documentaries and sequels to his universally praised shows about life on the planet.

His latest is Frozen Planet II—a follow-up in the series exploring the chilled reaches of our planet. If that doesn’t take your fancy, then also released this year are a smorgasbord of Attenborough-fronted documentaries about birdsong and plants, two offerings about dinosaurs, and a sequel to 2018’s

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