LivinginthedepthsoftheNewGuinearainforestarethespectacularbirdsofparadise–creaturessobeautifulthatthefirstEuropeansbelievedtheymusthavefallenfromheaven.FilmingtheirbizarrecourtshipdisplaysistheHolyGrailofwildlifefilmmakers:someperformlikeiridescentacrobats,othersmakehypnoticpulsingsoundsastheyquiverandvibrate.DavidAttenboroughnarratesthefilm.HehasbeenentrancedbythesebirdssincehewasaboyandheintroducesateamofNewGuineannaturalistsastheyembarkonagruellingexpeditiontotrytofilmtenbirdsofparadisedeepintheheartoftherainforest.