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British TV series or programme
First Life
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Genre
| Documentary
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Narrated by
| David Attenborough
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Country of origin
| United Kingdom
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Original language
| English
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No.
of episodes
| 2
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Running time
| 60 minutes
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Release
| 5 November
(
2010-11-05
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12 November 2010
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2010-11-12
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First Life
is a 2010 British
nature documentary
series written and presented by
David Attenborough
, also known by the expanded titles
David Attenborough's First Life
(UK) and
First Life with David Attenborough
(USA). It was first broadcast in the US as a two-hour special on the
Discovery Channel
on 24 October 2010. In the United Kingdom it was broadcast as a two-part series on
BBC Two
on 5 November 2010.
First Life
sees Attenborough tackle the subject of the
origin of life
on Earth. He investigates the evidence from the earliest
fossils
, which suggest that complex animals first appeared in the oceans around 540 million years ago, an event known as the
Cambrian Explosion
. Trace fossils of multicellular organisms from an even earlier period, the
Ediacaran biota
, are also examined. Attenborough travels to
Canada
,
Morocco
and
Australia
, using some of the latest fossil discoveries and their nearest equivalents amongst living species to reveal what life may have been like at that time. Visual effects and computer animation are used to reconstruct and animate the extinct life forms.
Attenborough's Journey
, a documentary film profiling the presenter as he journeyed around the globe filming
First Life
, was shown on BBC Two on 24 October 2010. A hardback book to accompany the series, authored by Matt Kaplan with a foreword by Attenborough, was published in September 2010.
Production
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The series was directed by freelance film-maker Martin Williams and series produced by Anthony Geffen, CEO and Executive Producer of
Atlantic Productions
, with whom Attenborough has collaborated on a number of 3D documentaries for the satellite broadcaster
Sky
. It was produced in association with the
BBC
, the Discovery Channel and the
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
. During production, it had the working title
The First Animals
.
Reception
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At the
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
in 2011,
First Life
won in all three categories it was nominated in, for writing, graphic design and art direction and nature programming.
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The series was nominated for its photography and editing at the
BAFTA Craft Awards
earlier the same year.
[2]
Episodes
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David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates
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In December 2011, a second series of
First Life
was announced by media website
Realscreen
. The new series focused on the evolution of the earliest fish, reptiles, amphibians and mammals, and aired on the BBC in 2013, as
David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates
.
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References
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Rosser, Michael.
"Attenborough doc wins Emmy hat-trick"
. Broadcast
. Retrieved
31 May
2012
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"Television Craft Awards Winners in 2011"
. BAFTA. 8 May 2011
. Retrieved
31 May
2012
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Rajesh, Monisha
.
"Exclusive: Attenborough, Atlantic teaming up for second "First Life"
"
. Realscreen
. Retrieved
17 May
2012
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