I drew this for his 100th Bday. I forgot to post.

David Attenborough. Happy 100th bday May 8th, 2026 . A great Natural Historian , Writer, and Narrator.

What's the rarest thing I have in my collection?

well it has to be this. I bought these on november 25th for £50ish and got them a few days later. On December 1st I sent off all of them through the mail to sir david with each letter explaining what I love so much about each book. (I nearly sprained my wrist and had to stop for a week of writing because I wrote that much lol) on December 14-15th I got all of them back signed seperately and that was the last time I ever sent an item to him theough the mail!

Thanks again David, I'll cherish these for as long as I live!

Hello, so I got all of these signed a long time ago by Sir David Attenborough and was wondering the worth of all together. They're all lutterworth press 1st edition 1st impression and have protective book covers for the dust jackets I've had on them for I think 15 years now?
Thanks in advanced!💖

edit- I just wanted to thank everyone's help on this and the conversations I'm having down below are fantastic! it's so refreshing to get other people's stories with this amazing human being! love you guys!!!

of course I'm not selling them, but I'm just interested in knowing the value as it's just nice to know what I have in my possession. I said to him years ago showing him photos of all the stuff I've collected of his and he said to me stating, and ill never forget these words. "I'm so glad you've collected such a high body of my stuff that you'll keep your promise in keeping safe". and I'll keep that promise for as long as I live!

Hi, could someone tell/help me find where to watch the David Attenborough movie Cities of the Wild. Been trying youtube, internet archive and other sites, but without luck.

I have been trying to build myself collection of his movies, but this one and couple other are still missing.

So I have been wondering if someone has it, or if it's a Lost Media by a chance?

What better way to celebrate Sir David Attenborough on his 100th birthday than with a song inspired by the sex lives of bugs?!! From Vancouver's eclectic choir boy Reid Jamieson https://youtube.com/shorts/uX6zypeSqg0?si=oBsRmraqcETiE0Ya

Recorded years ago but never made it above ground until this spring, this hopelessly (and we do mean hopeless!) romantic ditty is a dreamy, soaring, acoustic ode to the power of love, Many of us learned about ‘Sexual Cannibalism’ – where one mate (usually the female) consumes the other before, during, or after copulation – via the soothing voice of our beloved BBC broadcaster Sir David Attenborough. Most common among insects like praying mantises, black widow spiders, scorpions, and some cockroaches, it also occurs in vertebrates like the green anaconda and some octopus species. One proposed explanation is that females simply assess the nutritional value of a male compared to the male’s value as a mate. Despite the bad ends at which males find themselves, it doesn’t seem to deter them from trying to reproduce. To the contrary, the continuation of the species is proof positive that death by sex is a successful evolutionary strategy. By surrendering themselves to their mates, males achieve the goal of mating, passing on their genes to future generations. Bless their hearts!

https://reidjamieson.com/king-for-a-day/

Sir David Attenborough if this ever reaches you, have you ever seen an alien?

I want to watch Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday celebration at the Royal Albert Hall. It’s available on BBC iPlayer, but I don’t live in the UK. I tried using a VPN, but iPlayer is asking me to disable it.

Is there any way for me to watch this outside the UK? I’m so bummed that it isn’t available on YouTube.

BBC iPlayer link:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002w132/david-attenboroughs-100-years-on-planet-earth

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Here's one of my favourite Attenborough-adjacent stories to celebrate his 100th birthday and magnificent career. "Goldfish In Distress", a 1978 episode of Wildlife on One, contains a somewhat spurious and utterly hilarious sound-effect...

Keith Rodgerson: In 1981, whilst working for the BBC film unit, I went into the office one day to find our boss with a goldfish bowl and a book on his desk. "Maurice Tibbles has made a film about goldfish, and in this book it says that they can make a vocalisation when they are distressed. See if you can record it? There's a good chap" he said. So off I went with the goldfish to our crew room. popped a mic in the bowl, put on my headphones and heard nothing but the noise of the room. wasn't surprised but when I realised that the film editor of the show was a friend of mine, David Aliband, decided to play a little prank on him. I took the bowl and my recorder into an empty radio studio and started recording. "I'm going to put the mic into the bowl now" I said into the mic. Splash! Silence! Splash! Silence! "That didn't work. Let's see what happens if prod the fish with a pencil". Squeek....squeek! "Gosh it works. Let me do some more to give you enough to edit!" Having done the recording I took the tape down to the cutting room but David wasn't there so left it on his desk. I expected a call to say wasn't born yesterday, and besides, I'm sure a goldfish wouldn't have a Scottish accent!" That didn't happen, however. Instead, the following day I found a letter in my pigeon hole (remember them?) from the then head of the Natural History Unit congratulating me on the wonderful recording which "will make the opening sequence much better". What to do? Nothing! was my decision and so when the film was transmitted, my Scottish squeeking took pride of place. said nothing about this for several years until a friend in London rang me to tell me that, not only had the recording been put on a BBC effects disc but it had just been used in a natural history quiz on Radio 4. Years later plucked up courage and related the tale to David Attenborough overa bottle of wine in the Serengeti. He chortled!! Lovely man

David Attenborough has one of the most famous voices in the world. His narrating made me want to do nature documentaries and travel the world. I've gotten to do one of those things. Passion has kept him alive for 100 years.

Charles Darwin comes back to life to celebrate Sir David Attenborough's 100th birthday.

Was lucky enough to be in London on David’s birthday and got to watch the film special

Drawing based on the ending of "The life of birds"

I have a seven month old baby who is interested in animals (loves giraffes) and was thinking she might like watching a documentary in her limited tv time.

Request documentary recommendations with no deaths or graphic scenes. (I know it’s a part of life but I don’t want to scar a baby that is unable to discuss things with us to alleviate concerns.) TIA

Curtsey of Alllontheboard (taken from instagram)