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One of Sir David Attenborough’s enduring passions is to collect fossils. Fossils are time capsules of the Earth’s natural history and the process of fossilisation sometimes preserves the creature or plant in such detail that profound insight can be gained from studying them. But, apart from their scientific value, Sir David recalls the sheer joy of discovering a fossil.

He takes us back to his childhood in Leicestershire in the UK – exploring a disused limestone quarry near his home and the utter exhilaration of cracking open a stone and discovering an Ammonite.

After decades of exploring every corner of the earth, Sir David’s passion for fossils has never diminished. He reflects on one memorable trip to the Atlas mountains of Morocco where a local seller of fossils gave him a unique trilobite which was somehow fossilised whilst in the middle of extraordinary behaviour.

Sir David still has this fossil in his collection today and it’s there for a very good reason. All of which will be revealed.