Attenborough's Passion Projects

20161 series
Available on
BBC Two

Sir David Attenborough takes a nostalgic look back at some of his career highlights. The episodes focus on four projects that had a huge impact on the naturalist. Attenborough introduces each project before past footage is played. `A Blank on the Map', which first aired in 1971, finds Attenborough travelling to New Guinea where he meets the Biami tribe. While in `The Lost Gods Of Easter Island' Attenborough goes on a personal mission to discover the history behind a carved wooden figurine that turned up in a New York auction room.

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Episode 1A Blank on the Map

A unique record of an expedition into the heart of unknown territory in Papua New Guinea.

Lost Gods of Easter Island: Episode Image
Episode 2Lost Gods of Easter Island

David Attenborough embarks on a quest to uncover the history of a strange wooden carving.

Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives: Episode Image
Episode 3Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives

A look at the world's major fossil sites.

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Episode 4Darwins Tree of Life

Darwin's Tree of Life. David Attenborough looks at the life, work and thesis of Sir Charles Darwin.

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