New David Attenborough series Secret Garden gets release date confirmed to mark broadcasting legend's 100th birthday
There is nothing cosier than a David Attenborugh documentary.
A new David Attenborough documentary has its release date confirmed on BBC to mark the broadcasting icon and national treasure's 100th birthday.
Secret Garden will focus on the beauty and wildlife that can be found in our very own back gardens. The documentary was announced earlier this year as a celebration of the monumental birthday of the soon-to-be centenarian.
Audiences will be able to tune in to the new documentary on Sunday 5 April at 6pm on BBC One, with Attenborough's 100th birthday the following week on 8 May. All the episodes will have a boxset release on iPlayer at the same time.
Secret Garden is a five-part series set in different gardens across the UK. Each episode meets the gardeners who have created these beautifully wild spaces, as well as the animals that inhabit them.
From pine martens in the Western Highlands to blue tits in Bristol, dormice in South Wales, swallows in the Lake District and otters in Oxfordshire, the series reveals an undiscovered world right on our doorstep.
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Secret Garden is just one of three new shows the BBC is releasing, along with bringing back some of David Attenborough's classic nature shows, in a special week-long celebration to mark the huge milestone in May.
Making Life on Earth: Attenborough's Greatest Adventure will feature exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes footage revealing the dangerous, three-year and 40-country journey to film the landmark 1979 series Life on Earth.
Meanwhile, a celebratory live event called David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth will take place at the Royal Albert Hall.
In the official trailer for Secret Garden, the natural historian comments: "Across the British Isles, there are magical places: Our gardens.
"Each is home to a cast of remarkable animals and each has a story to tell. Welcome to a hidden world full of life, drama and surprise. Right on our doorstep, Secret Garden."
David Attenborough first appeared on our screens over 70 years ago and since then has presented and narrated over 40 documentaries with his iconic voice.
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Secret Garden will air at 6pm on Sunday 5 April on BBC One, with the whole series available to watch on the same day on BBC iPlayer.
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Phoebe Kowhai Barnes is a Freelance Writer who covers pop culture and entertainment programmes for the Radio Times. She previously worked as the Senior Assistant Editor at The Tab where she managed its local department. She obtained a BA (Hons) in English Literature from University of Nottingham.
