David Attenborough says he is overwhelmed by 100th birthday messages

9 articles · Updated · BBC.com · May 7

Ahead of Friday's milestone, a 90-minute birthday concert at London's Royal Albert Hall will be broadcast on BBC One and iPlayer, hosted by Kirsty Young.
Michael Palin, Steve Backshall, Liz Bonnin and Chris Packham are due to appear, with music linked to Attenborough programmes performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra and other guests.
The celebrations cap a week of BBC centenary programming, while the Natural History Museum also marked the occasion by naming a newly identified parasitic wasp species after him.

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