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In a recent video, we saw him creating these stories, spending hours in a recording studio, selection the right words. We witnessed how science becomes a story and then captures the audience. At the same time, the viewers do not only get involved with the narrative but also take in the facts because they are so accessible. This is not to say that his shows oversimplify the scientific parts, they just provide a metaphor that the everyday can understand and digest. We are given hard facts that are delivered to us in characters that overcome danger, we hold our breaths in suspense and while all of this happens, we also learn about the world around us. This is why his shows are so popular and have ratings of this kind: his story telling let us identify and see ourselves within the science in the wildlife.

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Attenborough’s enthusiasm does not only let us become part of the wildlife on screen but it also allows us to explore the complexities and problems that modern life brings to it. His shows are not just stories with a good rating. They are also a means of educating the viewers as to the dangers that face the wildlife nowadays. This is another reason for the popularity of these shows: they raise awareness and provoke action from us.

If Attenborough’s story lets us identify with an animal, in a sense we turn into it. When we hear that this animal is facing extinction, we, the viewers by instinct will be prompted to do something about it because we understand its story better having experienced it ourselves. Not surprisingly the WWF (World Wildlife Fund) says that ‘From his earliest productions, Sir David has raised awareness about the impact of human society on the natural world’. Indeed most of his shows end with an episode dedicated to the top of the food chain, us, the humans. He shows how we have developed, how we are very much alike so many animal species. However, the greatest emphasis falls on how humans impact the wildlife and how we can help save it.

Everyone knows that a lot of species are going extinct due to human intervention in the natural habitats of these animals. David Attenborough brings this to life in his shows and through his words he plants the idea of preservation. His way of narrating, his natural enthusiasm and the facts he presents to us do raise awareness. They prompt us to do something about the wildlife because we are part of it and through its destruction we also become endangered.

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There is so much that can be said about Sir David Attenborough and his work. In all of his shows, he brings his enthusiasm and lights a spark in us to care more and do more. His stories make us laugh and sometimes tear a bit. This happens because the stories are true and they are told by a man who really cares about his subject matter, the wildlife. That is why his natural shows are better known than many others. We, the audience, can see that he genuinely cares and enjoys what he does and this is a contagious feeling. So keep on watching, keep on learning and keep on doing more because as Sir David Attenborough says ‘the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.’