The November 1998 issue of brings behind-the-scenes stories from the making was a formidable undertaking, with the statistics to match – three years in the making, a budget of more than £7million, 280km of film shot,” writes David Nicholson-Lord. “In all there were 70 major filming trips to 42 different countries, with 48 cameramen and women.” Why birds? According to Attenborough, they are “astonishingly beautiful, amazingly graceful…” He also believes they are most people’s link with the “real, natural world.”
