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# Sir David Attenborough to present new BBC series about first life on earth
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## Sir David Attenborough is to present a new BBC wildlife series about the
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beginnings of life on earth at the age of 83.
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![Sir David Attenborough to present new BBC series about first life on
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earth][1]
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Frozen Planet will be broadcast in 2011 on BBC One, with Attenborough's First
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Animals due to hit screens a year later Photo: BBC
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[![Mattthew Moore][2]][3]
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By [Matthew Moore][4] 8:12AM GMT 04 Feb 2010
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[Comments][5]
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The veteran broadcaster has signed up to host _Attenborough's First Animals_,
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which will use fossil records and computer effects to throw light on creatures
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which have been extinct for millions of years.
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Sir David shows no sign of wishing to reduce his workload as he enters his
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mid-80s. The new series follows on from _Frozen Planet_, which required the
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presenter to travel to both the Arctic and Antarctic for filming,
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_Frozen Planet_ will be broadcast in 2011 on BBC One, with_ Attenborough's
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First Animals_ due to hit screens a year later.
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The two shows are set to cement Sir David's reputation as one of the nation's
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most loved and respected television presenters.
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His previous triumphs include the _Life_ series of widlife programmes, as well
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as _The Blue Planet_ and _Wildlife on One_.
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Speaking about his desire to continue filming, he said recently: "My legs
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don't work and people say, 'You should have a knee replacement', but when you
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are 83 there would be another year or 18 months of pain and stuff, and by that
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time you are 85, 86.
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"Come on! We are mortal and you cannot make yourself a 26-year-old again. You
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might as well cope with it the way it is going."
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to-present-new-BBC-series-about-first-life-on-earth.html
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Telegraph
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## [Environment][11]
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* ### [News »][12]
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* ### [UK News »][13]
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* ### [Earth »][14]
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* ### [Earth News »][15]
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* ### [Matthew Moore »][16]
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In earth
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picture in his mother's backyard in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada][25] ][26]
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