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The 12 four-foot figures of emperor penguins and polar bears were installed on the steps of the Royal Albert Hall as it hosted a special Earth Prom Photos: Press Association

Frozen Planet II launched with melting ice sculptures

Composer Hans Zimmer and singer-songwriter Aurora have launched the BBC documentary series Frozen Planet II by unveiling a collection of ice sculptures in London.

Television • 27 Aug 22

Camila Cabello and Hans Zimmer have recorded Take Me Back Home for Frozen Planet II - narrated by David Attenborough

Cabello and Zimmer team up for Frozen Planet II

Pop star Camila Cabello and Academy Award-winning composer Hans Zimmer have written and recorded an original song for the upcoming trailer of Frozen Planet II - narrated by David Attenborough.

Television • 22 Aug 22

Attenborough to present 'extraordinary' new series

David Attenborough will present "extraordinary animal dramas and wildlife spectacles" across Britain and Ireland in a new series for the BBC.

Television • 16 Aug 22

Ant and Dec host the Britain's Got Talent Final

What's on? 10 top TV and streaming tips for Sunday

There's the Britain's Got Talent Final, the return of Stephen Merchant's The Outlaws, Rosamund Pike stars in Radioactive, and David Attenborough's The Green Planet lands on RTÉ . . .

Television • 08 Jun 22

Billy Connolly awarded prestigious Bafta Fellowship

Billy Connolly has said he does not let his Parkinson's disease dictate who he is as he spoke about being named the recipient of this year's Bafta Fellowship.

Television • 03 May 22

What's on? 10 top TV and streaming tips for Wednesday

There's new cookery show Mark Moriarty: Off Duty Chef, a Panorama special about obesity, the story of US all-girl rock band The Go-Go's, as well as the return of Inside No 9 and Russian Doll . . .

Television • 20 Apr 22

What's on? 10 top TV and streaming tips for Sunday

There's a new BBC drama called Chloe, Val tries to figure who can be trusted on Smother, Angela Scanlon returns with Your Garden Made Perfect, and there's the final episode of The Green Planet . . .

Television • 06 Feb 22

David Attenborough injured by cactus while filming

David Attenborough was spiked by the "vicious spines" of a cactus while filming an episode for his latest documentary series The Green Planet.

Television • 28 Jan 22

Back to the future: Attenborough 40 years apart.

Attenborough revisits desert he filmed 40 years ago

David Attenborough, has revisited a desert bush he was photographed with 40 years previously, only to find the plant had only grown a quarter of an inch.

Television • 27 Jan 22

What's on? 10 top TV and streaming tips for Sunday

It's a big big telly night as Dancing with the Stars returns after a two-year break, there's the season two opener of drama Smother, David Attenborough presents The Green Planet, and Robin Wright's directorial debut Land . . .

Television • 09 Jan 22

Himesh Patel in Yesterday, RTÉ One, 9.25pm

Festive five: top TV and streaming tips for Thursday

Today's selection box includes David Attenborough on the Ice Age, Renee Zellweger in Judy and new Netflix drama Kitz . . .

Television • 30 Dec 21

What's on? 10 top TV and streaming tips for Sunday

There's a new BBC drama called Ridley Road, the walls are closing in on the Kinsellas in Kin, The Ranganation returns – and there's a cracking movie in the shape of If Beale Street Could Talk . . .

Television • 03 Oct 21

Jabs for the boys - Ant and Dec get vaccinated

Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly are the latest UK celebs to reveal that they have been given the coronavirus jab.

Television • 24 Apr 21

President Michael D Higgins is on tonight's Late Late Show

What's on? 10 top telly tips for Friday

Tonight's TV tips include a presidential visit on The Late Late Show, Adrian Dunbar asking questions, Carey Mulligan in Promising Young Woman, John Stamos - and Aidan Turner as Leonardo Da Vinci . . .

Television • 16 Apr 21

Attenborough enjoyed 'different soundtrack' in lockdown

David Attenborough and friends enjoyed the "completely different soundtrack" left after planes stopped flying over their homes during lockdown, the executive producer on his new show has said.

David Attenborough • 15 Apr 21

What's on? 10 top telly tips for Sunday

Today's top telly includes the new adaptation of All Creatures Great and Small, Attenborough's Life in Colour, Dylan Moran, Sean Connery and Ireland's Fittest Family: Reeling in the Ramps . . .

Television • 28 Feb 21

What's on? 10 top telly tips for Sunday

Tonight's top TV tips include Anne Frank Remembered, the latest on Ireland's Fittest Family, Rhod Gilbert: Stand Up to Infertility, and the finale of David Attenborough's A Perfect Planet . . .

Television • 31 Jan 21

David Attenborough: "I'm not on it anymore and I don't intend to go back. I've got enough problems with post. I get 70 letters a day. I do my very best (to respond to them all)."

Attenborough 'won't go back' to viral Instagram account

David Attenborough has admitted he won't be returning to his record-breaking Instagram account and joked about how he already has "enough problems with post".

Television • 08 Jan 21

David Attenborough will be back with more Dynasties

David Attenborough will return to BBC One with a second season of Dynasties - following the lives of different animals.

David Attenborough • 29 Dec 20

What's on? 10 top telly tips for Sunday

Today's top TV includes The Den, Attenborough's Global Adventure, Shine Your Light - Solstice, Celebrity Gogglebox: The Best of 2020, and Michael Palin's Himalaya: Journey of a Lifetime . . .

Television • 20 Dec 20

What's on? 10 top telly tips for Sunday

There's David Attenborough's A Life on Our Planet, Michael Palin looks back on his travels, Top Gear returns with a switch to BBC One, and Nathan Carter meets Joe Duffy . . .

Television • 04 Oct 20

David Attenborough pictured in the Maasai Mara, Kenya

David Attenborough is out to save the world in new film

The Earth dies screaming in Attenborough's new Netflix film A Life on Our Planet, but there is also hope in his deeply personal witness statement for the future of the world

Movie Review • 05 Oct 20

David Attenborough amassed over 1 million followers on Instagram in record time

David Attenborough: 'Don't waste anything'

Natural historian David Attenborough has said the "one thing" everyone can do to help save the planet is "don't waste anything, don't waste electricity, don't waste food, don't waste power".

Television • 28 Sep 20

David Attenborough - Already had a million followers in a little over four hours

Attenborough beats Aniston's Instagram record

David Attenborough has become the fastest person to reach a million followers on Instagram, beating the record previously held by Jennifer Aniston.

Television • 25 Sep 20

What's on? 10 top telly tips for Sunday September 13

Big Year In Big School is a new docuseries about young student life in 2020, David Attenborough presents Extinction: The Facts, there's some 9/11 programming, and it's the finale of crime drama Strike . . .

Television • 13 Sep 20