Country of origin United Kingdom Distributor BBC Worldwide Preceded by — First episode date 1996 Written by David Attenborough Language English | Original language(s) English Original release 1996 Followed by A Blank on the Map Narrated by David Attenborough Genre Documentary film | |
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Attenborough in Paradise is a BBC television documentary written and presented by David Attenborough. It was first transmitted in 1996 and is part of the Attenborough in Paradise and Other Personal Voyages collection of seven documentaries.
In this program Attenborough fulfills a childhood ambition, developed after reading a book as a nine-year-old, to see the greater bird-of-paradise in display; and records the spectacular birdlife of the New Guinea forest, in particular the various birds-of-paradise.
Quotes
In the final piece to camera for this documentary David Attenborough introduces quotes from the 1869 book The Malay Archipelago by Alfred Russel Wallace.
53 min 15 sec
References
Attenborough in Paradise Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA