Sir David Attenborough and rapper Dave are set collaborate on a new BBC wildlife particular.
Entitled Planet Earth: A Celebration, the musical particular may also feature enter from acclaimed movie composer Hans Zimmer.
The programme, which is able to embrace sequences from the earlier Attenborough-fronted exhibits Planet Earth II and Blue Planet II, is “designed to raise viewers’ spirits throughout a time of worldwide uncertainty,” in line with the BBC.
Attenborough has recorded new voiceover narration for the particular, whereas Zimmer (together with quite a lot of different composers) has reworked the unique rating and added a collection of recent compositions.
The particular will see Dave carry out on a grand piano whereas the BBC Live performance Orchestra takes on the string part of the rating.
“I’ve all the time been a fan of highly effective pure historical past documentaries,” stated Dave. “This can be a programme the place nature and music come collectively, so it was solely proper that I lent my expertise, my time, and my consideration to this challenge. It was a pleasure to work alongside Sir David Attenborough and Hans Zimmer.”
Zimmer, recognized for his work on movies equivalent to The Darkish Knight, Gladiator, and The Lion King, stated: “Working with David on so a lot of his magnificent applications celebrating nature and our planet has been a pleasure for me. I’m continuously impressed by what he is ready to seize, and the gathering of sequences featured in Planet Earth: A Celebration is really particular.”
Planet Earth: A Celebration is about to air on BBC One on the finish of August.
In the meantime, earlier this 12 months, it was announced that Attenborough would be teaching online Geography lessons via the BBC, for children being homeschooled during the coronavirus pandemic.
The historian and broadcaster hosted a collection of live-streamed courses as a part of the BBC Bitesize Day by day studying collection centered on providing at-home schooling.