Mike spoke to Sir David Attenborough to find out more about the new series.
And how does nature respond? What are the stories of adaptability? It's going to be wonderful, but also can be thought provoking.' Planet Earth III looks at the natural world through a different prism, and that's the context of the fact that almost everywhere in the natural world is being impacted by humanity we are changing the way the world is, and how animals are adapting and coping with that is a key part of the series. 'It has the DNA of Planet Earth I and Planet Earth II in the sense that it is a magic carpet ride across the four corners of planet Earth, showing amazing stories of animal behaviour - whether that's diving two miles down into the bottom of the ocean to see the world's most dedicated mother, which happens to be an octopus, or whether it's being in the treetops with an extraordinary leopard, who leaps 60 feet down onto its unsuspecting prey below. The BBC's new wildlife documentary Planet Earth III starts on Sunday 22 October (BBC One and BBC iPlayer).Īccording to Executive Producer Mike Gunton, 'Planet Earth III is a new look at our wonderful natural world.
