David Attenborough is to front a brand new three-part BBC series taking a look at the Great Barrier Reef.

Using pioneering camera technology, the award-winning team behind triple Emmy winner David Attenborough's First Life come together once more to draw on the latest research and investigate the reef in all new ways.

David Attenborough / Credit: BBC

This will include using satellite scanning to show the 2,300km expanse of living coral and all-new revolutionary macro lenses to capture the tiniest and normally unseen life-forms.

Attenborough has filmed on the Great Barrier Reef in the past, for 1957 film Zoo Quest, and he's since retained passion and interest for the area as the world's largest living organism.

He says: “People say to me, 'what was the most magical thing you ever saw in your life?’...and I always say without a word of exaggeration, ‘the first time I was lucky enough to scuba dive on the Great Barrier Reef’. As I entered the water I remember suddenly seeing these amazing multi-coloured species living in communities... just astounding and unforgettable beauty. So I’m very excited to be returning to the reef with all the latest technology and science to see one of the most important places on the planet in a whole new way.”

Controller of BBC One Charlotte Moore who commissioned the series commented: "With the combination of David Attenborough's personal connection with the reef, his masterful storytelling and the very latest cutting edge technology, viewers will see the Great Barrier Reef as we've never seen it before - a really exciting visual treat for BBC One."

Broadcast information is expected to be revealed in the coming months.


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