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Residents in Pembrokeshire were baffled after waking up to find giant dinosaur footprints dotted along their local beach.A trail made up of 64 T. rex footprints, each a metre long, appeared along the golden sands of Traeth Llyfn, leaving beachgoers stunned.A team of 10 sand artists worked with palaeontologists to design the prints, and spent more than four hours creating the 50-metre-long prehistoric trail.The installation, which brought the Pembrokeshire beach back to the Late Cretaceous era, was created to mark the launch of the Apple TV+ series Prehistoric Planet today (May 23rd), which is narrated by Sir David Attenborough and features music composed by Hans Zimmer.Local passer-by Anna Hatton, aged 72, said: “I saw these giant footprints from up on the cliff path and came down to take a look.

Execs on NBC‘s The Americas were seeking “the American version of David Attenborough” when booking Tom Hanks for the upcoming epic wildlife series.

‘Marie Antoinette‘ Back On The BBCThe BBC has announced that it has acquired the second season of Canal+ Creation Originale Marie Antoinette. Sue Deeks, head of acquisitions for the BBC, said the first season of Deborah Davis’ drama had been a “great success” for the corporation. Marie Antoinette is produced by Claude Chelli and Margaux Balsan for Capa Drama, Stéphanie Chartreux for Banijay Studios France, as well as Bedside Productions. Season 2 is currently in production.

Nearing the one-century mark isn’t slowing down Sir David Attenborough.

At the age of 97, David Attenborough could be forgiven for wanting to put his feet up in front of the fire. Instead, the 97-year-old revered presenter has signed up to present the third series of Planet Earth.

Sir David Attenborough has been confirmed as the presenter of Planet Earth III at the age of 97.

The Americas, an epic natural history series, was first ordered more than three years ago by then-NBC boss Paul Telegedy.

K.J. Yossman “Prehistoric Planet” – exec produced by Jon Favreau and narrated by naturalist David Attenborough – has been given a second season order from Apple TV+. The five-episode season promises new dinosaurs, habitats and scientific discoveries when it returns for a week-long event on May 22 as well as glimpses of fan favorites such as Tyrannosaurus rex. Favreau returns to exec produce alongside Mike Gunton and BBC Studios Natural History Unit while Hans Zimmer, Anže Rozman and Kara Talve for Bleeding Fingers Music provide a soaring prehistoric score. The show combines high tech wildlife filmmaking alongside state-of-the-art technology and insight from dinosaur and natural history experts with support from the photorealistic visual effects of MPC (“The Lion King”) applied to concept art created by Jellyfish Pictures (“The Book of Boba Fett”). The result is an immersive experience that transports the viewer back to the prehistoric age.

Sir David Attenborough got excited watching two dinosaurs having sex on his new TV show.The 96-year-old naturalist is fronting a new big budget docuseries called Prehistoric Planet.It uses state-of-the-art CGI to delve back 66million years and see how the creatures lived, loved and also died.There is one scene where an old male T-Rex is seen getting it on with a young female.And it seems Sir David loved being “a voyeur” watching the heavyweight hanky panky while he did the narration.Mike Gunton - the producer of the show which will air on Apple TV+ - tells Radio Times: “He was recording the commentary, but took his headphones and glasses off and leant forward.“He said ‘You know, Mike, watching these two T-Rex courting was like watching them with a pair of binoculars.“I felt I was there.“It was utterly, utterly extraordinary – every element of that behaviour was perfect’.”Sir David claims Prehistoric Planet - which launches on May 23 - will introduce viewers to dinosaurs such as the quetzalcoatlus and masiakasaurus which folk have never heard of.And he adds the CGI effects on the show are amazing.He says: “Sharing my passion for the natural world is something I have done for many years using different technologies, from the first days of black-and-white television, to colour, HD, 3D, 4K and now using the most advanced CGI animation to bring these incredible animals to life on our screens.“I hope it will inspire in our audience the same fascination that it does in me.”This comes after David hit the headlines after an unearthed snap of him come to light, where he looked unrecognisable in his first ever TV appearance for the BBC back in the 1950s.The star appeared on the series Zoo Quest back in 1954 - and was snapped

THE Green Planet viewers were all in the same boat after the second episode of David Attenborough’s new series aired. Sir David visited the world heritage site of Falling Lakes in Plitvice and, after exploring the area and its vegetation, he refused to let show bosses row him back.

Lorraine show has received official Ofcom complaints after the Scots presenter showed off an apparent 'before and after' picture of the Himalayas. On April 22 Lorraine Kelly interviewed The Year Earth Changed documentary producer Mike Gunton and showed off what looked like two different pictures of the Himalayas.

ITV's Lorraine has been hit with a series of fresh complaints from furious viewers.

Ethan Shanfeld In today’s TV news roundup, Discovery Plus released a trailer for “The Swim,” and Apple TV Plus announced original Earth Day programming, including “The Year Earth Changed” and new seasons of “Tiny World” and “Earth At Night In Color.”Apple TV Plus announced new original Earth Day programming set to premiere on April 16, including “The Year Earth Changed” and new seasons of “Tiny World” and “Earth At Night In Color.” “The Year Earth Changed,” narrated by David Attenborough, is a special highlighting nature’s resiliency during the pandemic. It is produced by BBC Studios National History Unit, directed by Tom Beard and executive produced by Mike Gunton and Alice Keens-Soper.