Behind the scenes with David Attenborough

Inside the filming of ‘Attenborough’s Wonder of Eggs’ at Imperial College London.

When David came to visit…
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Back in September we were honoured to receive David on Campus to film his new documentary on eggs here at Imperial College London. We’ve been sitting on the images ever since until the show hatched this evening.

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It’s very tempting to gush about how being in the room with David doing his thing would be everything you might imagine. But no, it’s so much more, and he was absolutely on point nailing every take first go.

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Professor Tim Birkhead fills in David between takes.

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A quiet moment for David.

 

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