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DAVID ATTENBOROUGH | Zoo Quest For A Dragon

About this collection

Celebrating David Attenborough's groundbreaking contributions to television and the study of natural history, this collection revisits his first great success - 'Zoo Quest'.

Attenborough pioneered techniques in programme making in environments that were often inhospitable. The 'Zoo Quest' series began as a joint venture with London Zoo and ended with millions of viewers seeing for themselves animals and locations that might otherwise have remained the stuff of myths and legends.

David Attenborough Collection

 

David Attenborough offers an egg to Charlie the orangutan.

Zoo Quest for a Dragon

1: Borneo

BROADCAST 1956
29 MINUTES

The first episode in David Attenborough's television quest for the Komodo dragon.

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A wooden figure belonging to the Dayak people of Borneo.

ZOO QUEST FOR A DRAGON

2: Borneo

BROADCAST 1956
24 MINUTES

David Attenborough's search for rare animals in Borneo continues.

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An active volcano called Bromo on Java, Indonesia.

ZOO QUEST FOR A DRAGON

3: Java

BROADCAST 1956
24 MINUTES

David Attenborough travels through Java on his journey towards Komodo.

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A Balinese boy plays a wind instrument.

ZOO QUEST FOR A DRAGON

4: Bali

BROADCAST 1956
29 MINUTES

David Attenborough's search for rare animals reaches Bali.

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Three figures walk in an avenue of palm trees on the island of Bali.

ZOO QUEST FOR A DRAGON

5: Bali

BROADCAST 1956
30 MINUTES

The 'Zoo Quest' team wander off the beaten track on the beautiful island of Bali.

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The Komodo dragon.

ZOO QUEST FOR A DRAGON

6: Dragons of Komodo

BROADCAST 1956
31 MINUTES

David Attenborough arrives on the island of Komodo hoping to discover its secrets.

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David Attenborough talking to camera, 2007.

SPECIAL INTERVIEW

David Attenborough

RECORDED 2007
7 MINUTES

David Attenborough shares his memories of 'Zoo Quest'.

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