David Attenborough 's 12 favourite Wildlife on One programmes, which he has chosen from more than editions shown over the past 16 years of the series.
Inflight Movie. This film from 1987 takes viewers flying with the birds. It soars with the buzzards, flies through clouds with geese, and hedge hops with starlings. From this startling vantage point, it reveals just how a bird's design is shaped to the life it leads - in flight. And there are some surprising revelations - ducks and geese turn out to be among the fastest birds with swifts and swallows among the slowest; and slow-motion footage shows how starlings save energy in flight by breaking their wing beats with short periods of gliding. The filming techniques used led to the innovative and successful
Supersenseand Lifesenseseries. Narrated by David Attenborough. Producer John Downer
SEE PREVIEW page 14