''Life in Colour'' is a 2021 British-Australian

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presented and narrated by

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. It consists of three episodes.

Production

The series was co-produced by Humble Bee Films and Sealight Pictures for

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, the

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, and the

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. Sharmila Choudhury served as a producer. It was originally envisaged as having four episodes, but this was scaled back to three due to the

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. The first episode of ''Life in Colour'' aired on 28 February 2021 on

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and on 3 July 2021 on

in Australia.

Episodes

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Reception

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's'' Aswathi Pacha praised the series, noting Attenborough's enthusiasm.

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gave the series four out of five stars. Yvonne Bohwongprasert's review for the ''

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'' was generally positive, but criticised the film for failing to mention the "ongoing climate crisis".

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