Wild Isles

Taking placed in and around Britain and Ireland, the old master in perhaps his final presentation, avidly narrates alongside views of exquisite wildlife footage in this 5 episode series, showing us the remaining pockets of land and water which are home to remarkable animals. This series on wildlife is as fascinating as any that have come out of more exotic locations. Britain or Ireland could build a zoo just showing these local creatures and it would be a smash.

Sadly, we are reminded that due to human encroachment, pollution, farming runoff, overfishing, few such areas remain and the population of the various species examined have dropped up to 90% in recent years. Hopefully though unlikely, these trends will be reversed.

Silverback Pictures give us another beautifully filmed nature series - this time the brief was "don't say the B word" and so we have a deeply nonconfrontational and nostalgic series all about the natural and globally important beauty of the sovereign United Kingdom and its surrounding territorial waters. The music has strong 90s nature doc overtones and the whole vibe is tremendously serene. In fact it was so soporific I found myself dozing along to most of it. I say this not to denigrate the series but to highlight its supreme peacefulness. There was some contemporary fuss about the final "episode" which amounts to an extremely passive little overview of some carefully selected projects which are in no way going to set anyone off. This is Britain and everything is alright. Everything is alright. It's okay...it's fine.

If reincarnation exists, I'd like to be reborn as Sir David. BBC productions narrated by this gentleman are a masterpiece of the world. And Sir David continues to amaze us. These productions must be watched in 4K and with good sound. The wonders of nature that the BBC team has been showing us for years can make us look at our planet and its beauty differently. And this series does just that. Everyone should see it because, on a daily basis, we do not notice what a beautiful environment we were given to live in. As usual 10/10. The series also allows us to stop thinking about how crazy the world and times we live in are now.

Few television experiences excite me more than a David Attenborough nature documentary.

Wild Isles is a tremendous exploration of the wildlife of the British Isles. The landscapes of Great Britain, its surrounding territories, and Ireland are magnificent and provide a beautiful backdrop to the action.

I find it genuinely difficult not to award 10 stars, but I just felt like the series forced the "this is Britain and it's fabulous" message a little too much, making it fall slightly short of similar programmes like Planet Eart II.

It would be a shock to most people if you don't like this show.

When Sir David Attenborough and BBC team up to produce a documentary movie/series, we do not need to watch it and then rate it. They make marvelous documentaries together. This rule applies to this documentary series too. They seem to have turned inside to the wildlife of Britain. As gorgeous are the documentary series they have made about Africa and other parts of the world, this one is massively gorgeous. The scenes are amazing, the creatures displayed are beautiful and beautifully shot. Cinematography is top-notch. Sir Attenborough is doing a great job of making us aware of the natural world, the animals and their fragile future. His documentaries are eye-opening. His narration adds to the beauty of this series.