Dynasties review: A leader called David who is ever fearful of a coup - remind you of anything?

The opening episode of David Attenborough's new series follows the power struggles within a troop of chimpanzees and reveals just how little divides us from our primate cousinsThey say that the first person who will live to 200 has already been born. We tend to think this means recently born, but what if - as every sign seems to suggest - it's David Attenborough? What if being born into privilege (that's not meant as snide commentary - just an acknowledgement of fact) and spending the 70-odd years of your working life doing something you love and that, by its very nature, kept you mentally and physically fit while western medicine and other technologies developed all the miracles you might need to aid you in your progress ... Maybe you would need never die?For when he goes, the sky shall be rent asunder and every mountain and island whose flora and fauna he has spent his life documenting shall move out of their places. In short, it will be a big thing. Continue reading...