Life in Colour (miniseries)

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Life in Colour
Also known as
  • Attenborough's Life in Colour
  • David Attenborough's Life in Colour
  • Life in Colour with David Attenborough
GenreDocumentary
Written byAdam Geiger
Directed byAdam Geiger
Narrated byDavid Attenborough
ComposerJames Dorman
Country of origin
  • United Kingdom
  • Australia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes3
Production
Executive producers
  • Colette Beaudry
  • Stephen Dunleavy
Producers
  • Sharmila Choudhury
  • Rachel Higgins
  • Carolyn Johnson
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time50 minutes
Production companies
  • Humble Bee Films
  • Sealight Pictures
DistributorFlame Distribution
Release
Original networkBBC One
Audio formatStereo
First shown inUnited Kingdom
Original release28 February (2021-02-28) –
22 April 2021 (2021-04-22)
External links
Website

Life in Colour[a] is a 2021 British-Australian nature documentary miniseries presented and narrated by David Attenborough.[1] It consists of three episodes.

Production[]

The series was co-produced by Humble Bee Films and Sealight Pictures for Netflix, the BBC, Stan, and the Nine Network.[2][3] Sharmila Choudhury served as a producer.[4][5] It was originally envisaged as having four episodes, but this was scaled back to three due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]

The first episode of Life in Colour aired on 28 February 2021 on BBC One[7] and on 3 July 2021 on Nine Network in Australia.[3]

Episodes[]

Viewing data sourced from BARB.[8]

No.TitleProduced byOriginal air dateUK viewers
(millions)
1"Seeing in Colour"Sally Thomson28 February 2021 (2021-02-28)5.70
2"Hiding in Colour"Nick Green7 March 2021 (2021-03-07)5.38
3"Chasing Colour"Bridget Appleby22 April 2021 (2021-04-22)N/A


Reception[]

The Hindu's Aswathi Pacha praised the series, noting Attenborough's enthusiasm.[9] Common Sense Media gave the series four out of five stars.[10] Yvonne Bohwongprasert's review for the Bangkok Post was generally positive, but criticised the film for failing to mention the "ongoing climate crisis".[11]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Also known as Attenborough's Life in Colour and Life in Colour with David Attenborough.

References[]

  1. ^ Kanter, Jake (4 March 2021). "How Producers Of 'Attenborough's Life In Colour' Overcame A Covid-Ravaged Shoot To Deliver Early For The BBC & Netflix". Deadline. Archived from the original on 27 April 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  2. ^ Kanter, Jake (27 September 2019). "Netflix & BBC Team Up For Natural History First With David Attenborough Series 'Life In Colour'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 18 December 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b Knox, David (28 June 2021). "Airdate: David Attenborough's Life in Colour". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Attenborough's Life in Colour – Hiding in Colour". BBC iPlayer. BBC. 7 March 2021. Archived from the original on 13 March 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  5. ^ "David Attenborough's Life in Colour". Screen Australia. Archived from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  6. ^ Kanter, Jake (4 March 2021). "How Producers Of 'Attenborough's Life In Colour' Overcame A Covid-Ravaged Shoot To Deliver Early For The BBC & Netflix". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 27 April 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  7. ^ Craig, David (28 February 2021). "David Attenborough's Life in Colour release date: All the details on BBC One's nature documentary". Radio Times. Immediate Media Company. ISSN 0033-8060. Archived from the original on 28 February 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Four-screen dashboard - BARB".
  9. ^ Pacha, Aswathi (24 April 2021). "'Life in Color' review: David Attenborough makes us marvel at the world yet again". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 27 April 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  10. ^ Brown, Marty (2021). "Life in Color with David Attenborough". Common Sense Media. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  11. ^ Bohwongprasert, Yvonne (7 May 2021). "Attenborough explains all". Bangkok Post. Archived from the original on 2 July 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.

External links[]

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