{"id":31328,"date":"2026-05-08T07:16:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T07:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/31328\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T07:16:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T07:16:44","slug":"bbc-breakfast-viewers-in-tears-at-david-attenborough-update-tv-radio-showbiz-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/31328\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Breakfast viewers in tears at David Attenborough update | TV & Radio | Showbiz & TV"},"content":{"rendered":"

BBC Breakfast<\/a> viewers were left fighting tears as the programme aired an emotional update about Sir David Attenborough<\/a> the day before his 100th birthday. He will mark being alive for a century tomorrow (May 8), and his friend and colleague Hans Zimmer, who has composed the soundtracks for many of his nature documentaries, was on the morning show to wish him the best with a poignant message.<\/a><\/p>\n

During the emotional segment, some of David\u2019s best bits were shown on screen, as a Breakfast correspondent explained: \u201cOver the last 72 years, he has been a unique witness to the natural world. It\u2019s perhaps not surprising that his friends, fans and colleagues want to honour him on this landmark birthday. Among them, the man who wrote the score for some of his most famous moments. Hans \u2013 the iguana scene!\u201d<\/p>\n

Hans quipped: \u201cThe thing that every Hollywood<\/a> director is envious of, because it\u2019s basically the greatest car chase never filmed.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can do movies that tell great stories and are enjoyed by millions of people, but none of it is as important as working for David Attenborough, because that is really about the existence of our planet.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause I have a feeling we are all just getting going, and the other thing\u2026 and this is me being actually serious about it, we need you. David, we need you for another 100 years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, producer Alastair Fothergill \u2013 who has worked for David for four decades \u2013 said: \u201cHe hates ‘celebrity’, he doesn’t like that at all. He’s realised he has to do it, he’s realised how famous he is. But, if he could escape everything else about celebrity, he would be very pleased.<\/p>\n

“David would like nothing to be happening around his 100th birthday, that would be his favourite choice. He’d like to be at home all day with a nice glass of wine in the evening.\u201d<\/p>\n

Viewers turned to social media to share their thoughts on the emotional message, with one writing: \u201cThis had me tearing up a bit, [not gonna lie].\u201d<\/p>\n

Another said: \u201cHappy 100th (8th May) Mr Attenborough. Thank you for the education, beautiful documentaries and the memories.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BBC Breakfast viewers were left fighting tears as the programme aired an emotional update about Sir David Attenborough…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31329,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[146,2197,3229,13610,13608,13607,13609,13605,13606,5,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-31328","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"tag-bbc","9":"tag-bbc-breakfast","10":"tag-david-attenborough","11":"tag-david-attenborough-100","12":"tag-david-attenborough-age","13":"tag-david-attenborough-birthday","14":"tag-david-attenborough-health","15":"tag-hans-zimmer","16":"tag-sir-david-attenborough","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116537732793053607","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}