He wrote to Sir David who replied within the week, thanking him and admitting he was “very flattered” by the idea and wishing him luck.
“He’s gone on all these amazing adventures when he was younger,” Eddowes said.
“I’ve always wanted to do these things but having a disability made it very difficult but I feel like now is the time I can go and achieve those things.”
His first episode in the series, Attenborough’s Animals: An Accessible Adventure, will air on Friday, Sir David’s 100th birthday, with the next episode to follow in 2027.
Normally he said he filmed on his own but his fiancee Lauren had become his camerawoman and was also flying their drone “a bit”.
“I wanted to showcase that, even with a disability, you can present, you can be out in the wild,” Eddowes smiled.