Sir David Attenborough's London - why he wouldn't live anywhere else

"Lying on his side on a dark summer night earlier this year, Sir David Attenborough is watching a hedgehog snuffling around an urban garden. "I think they're lovely things," he says softly, with a chuckle. His voice blends boyish wonder with the wisdom of his 99 years - each in equal measure. Considered by many as the most famous broadcaster and conservationist of our time, Sir David has circled the globe for 70 years to show us the brilliance of the natural world."

"So can the capital's wildlife compare to the broadcaster's encounters with mountain gorillas in Rwanda, the mimicry of a lyrebird in Australia or a blue whale breaching beside his small boat? BBC/Passion Planet Well, Wild London is abundant with animal curiosities: from pigeons hopping on to the Hammersmith and City line to a snake colony by a canal. Sir David also draws our awareness to the dramas happening every day among and above us in this city of about nine million people."

"David Mooney, chief executive of the London Wildlife Trust, which co-produced Wild London, said he was completely "enthralled" by that "juxtaposition". "That's not to say that dogs are a problem. It's just wildlife is interacting with us at all times," he said. "The raw experiences of nature are something that at London Wildlife Trust we've been talking about for a long time.""

Sir David Attenborough, aged 99, returns to London and observes urban wildlife from hedgehogs to snake colonies and pigeons using the Tube. He blends boyish wonder with decades of natural history experience while watching animals in gardens and parks. London hosts surprising interactions, such as a Dalmatian unknowingly approaching a days-old fallow deer fawn in Dagnam Park. Co-producers include Passion Planet and the London Wildlife Trust, with executive producer Gaby Bastyra and chief executive David Mooney commenting on Attenborough's attachment to the capital and the constant, raw encounters between people and wildlife in a city of about nine million.

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