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It's a series that has conjured up scenes lauded as the greatest documentary footage of all time.
The unforgettable imagery of an iguana sprinting away from the clutches of racer snakes on the Galapagos Islands in Planet Earth II is undoubtedly some of the most thrilling television ever made.
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The Planet Earth II series comes to a stunning end with the 90-year-old broadcaster reminding viewers that our planet's life is in our hands.
But now Sir David Attenborough has provided Planet Earth II with more dramatic moments, concluding the series with an impassioned call-to-action by the legendary 90-year-old broadcaster to consider better ways of co-existing with the natural world.
"Now, over half of us live in an urban environment. My home, too, is here, in the city of London," he says speaking from the top of the 300-metre-high Shard building.  "Looking down on this great metropolis, the ingenuity with which we continue to reshape the surface of our planet is very striking.
"But it's also sobering. It reminds me of just how easy it is for us to lose our connection with the natural world.
"Yet, it's on this connection that the future of both humanity and the natural world will depend. And surely, [it is] our responsibility to do everything within our power to create a planet that provides a home not just for us, but for all life on Earth."
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The second series of Planet Earth followed the 2006 original in employing cutting-edge technology to produce more dazzling insights into the natural world.
The crew filmed the six-part series across 40 countries over three years using techniques such as drone footage and filming in ultra-high-definition 4K resolution.
The famous chase scene between an iguana and snakes in the Galapagos Islands. Photo: BBC
It's a journey that took in episodes themed around islands, mountains, jungles, deserts, grasslands and cities, featuring everything from a swimming pygmy three-toed sloth off the coast of Panama to hatchling turtles at risk in Barbados after becoming disorientated by the city lights.
Its British premiere saw it rate as the highest natural history program audience in 15 years, pulling in 9.2 million viewers.
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