The stratospheric success of 'Planet Earth II' has clearly hit home with the big wigs in the BBC, who aren't going to rest on their laurels and are now barreling ahead with a third installment of the series which they hope to make before David Attenborough's 100th birthday.
Taking more than four years to make a coming a decade after the original, 'Planet Earth' is quite the undertaking and seeing that Attenborough is now 90, it's clear the BBC want to get ahead of themselves this time around.
Attenborough told the Telegraph before the series aired that "these stories take time, devotion and money” and that "since we depend on the natural world, understanding it is absolutely paramount. Television can provide that link better than ever before."
BBC producer Mike Gunton meanwhile was quick to stop anyone expecting the show to come any time soon, saying that while it would be "crazy" to not do another one, it would "also be crazy to say it will be here in three years or even five years' time. We love working with Sir David and I think he loves working with us, and we want that to last as long as possible."
"When he decides he doesn't want to do any more, we will have to rethink how we make these programmes," Gunton continued. "You can't replace him – it's pointless trying."
We agree. So get to stepping, lads.
Via The Telegraph
