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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Patrick Barkham

‘Cities need nature to be happy’: David Attenborough seeks out London’s hidden wildlife

David Attenborough sitting on a park bench in front of the London skyline
David Attenborough shows he has lost none of his rapport with wild animals in an unusually personal and intimate documentary. Photograph: Gavin Thurston/BBC/Passion Planet Ltd

Filming the wildlife of London requires an intrepid, agile presenter, willing to lie on damp grass after dark to encounter hedgehogs, scale heights to hold a peregrine falcon chick, and stake out a Tottenham allotment to get within touching distance of wary wild foxes.

Step forward Sir David Attenborough, who spent his 100th summer seeking out the hidden nature of his home city for an unusually personal and intimate BBC documentary.

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