BBC to air ‘escapism’ and ‘resilience’ shows during cost of living crisis

David Attenborough will present ‘extraordinary animal dramas and wildlife spectacles’ across the British Isles in a new series for the BBC. Photograph: BBC/Silverback Films/Alex Board/PA

The BBC is to air a series of “very British” escapist and resilience advice shows designed to help viewers through the “tough times ahead” caused by the cost of living crisis.

The programmes include a new David Attenborough series about UK wildlife which features baby toads trying to escape giant leeches in scenes which echo the famous “snakes v iguanas” sequence in Planet Earth II.