Paul O'Grady?sweetly compares baby elephants to 'big puppies' in scenes from his last TV 事業／計画（する） before his death.
It was 発表するd Paul had died '突然に but 平和的に'?from sudden cardiac arrhythmia at home with his partner Andre Portasio?on March 28 2023.
His final TV 事業／計画（する） was Paul O'Grady's 広大な／多数の／重要な Elephant Adventure, which he was finalising his work on just days before he died.
The 文書の was filmed across Thailand and Laos in December 2022, while Paul's voiceover work was 完全にするd in the weeks 主要な up to his death.
The two-part series, which will be shown over 復活祭 on ITV, will follow Paul as he helps out at?centres by caring for the 危うくするd 種類.
Paul O'Grady sweetly compares baby elephants to 'big puppies' in scenes from his last TV 事業／計画（する） before his death 広大な／多数の／重要な Elephant Adventure
His final TV 事業／計画（する） was Paul O'Grady's 広大な／多数の／重要な Elephant Adventure, which he was finalising his work on just days before he died
The two-part series, which will be shown over 復活祭 on ITV , will follow Paul as he helps out at centres by caring for the 危うくするd 種類
The clip began with Paul and one of the staff at an elephant 聖域 looking at the animals playing in the water.
The guide says to Paul: 'Now they are going to go 負かす／撃墜する to the river!' as they watch them splashing around and making trumpeting sounds.
Paul then quips: 'Listen to that! The babies they have that little squeak!', as the guide replies: 'It's a happy sound!'
Paul then 追加するs as the animals 長，率いる for a mud bath: 'Oh look they're going for the mud! They're like puppies aren't they! Big puppy!'
He then says in a voiceover as the elephants play in the dirt: 'Elephants cover themselves in mud to 保護する their 肌 from the sun. Look at that - not a care in the world! But I reckon they enjoy rolling in it to. There you lay 負かす／撃墜する, there's a big girl!'
He then poignantly 追加するd: 'What I love is that they're 安全な! No circus for them! But God I bet their bed sheets are rotten!'
によれば the show's 生産者 and Paul's longtime friend, Claire Barton, while he was at one of the centres, にもかかわらず 存在 covered in mud and 近づく ly 宙返り／暴落するing over Paul 宣言するd that he was 'in heaven'.
Claire said: 'Paul 手配中の，お尋ね者 to 最高潮の場面 the 苦境 of elephants, which fascinated him throughout his life.
The clip began with Paul and one of the staff at an elephant 聖域 looking at the animals playing in the water
Paul then 追加するs as the animals 長，率いる for a mud bath: 'Oh look they're going for the mud! They're like puppies aren't they! Big puppy!'
While filming was 完全にするd in late 2022, it was only edited and 完結するd in the days before Paul's sudden death?
'Little did we know that this would be the last TV series Paul would film before his death last year.'
The series will 焦点（を合わせる） on the 成果／努力s of 労働者s at the conversation centres to 救助（する） and rehabilitate wild elephants.
While filming was 完全にするd in late 2022, it was only edited and 完結するd in the days before Paul's sudden death.
In February 2023, Claire 明らかにする／漏らすd how she met with Paul for 会合s before he 記録，記録的な／記録するd voiceovers for the show.
She 認める that if they had worked at Paul's usual the 職業 may never have been 完全にするd, but she wrote in the? 無線で通信する Times he was keen to 割れ目 on.?
She wrote: 'But Paul was 飛行機で行くing through the commentary. For the first time in 18 years of working together, Paul 示唆するd that he 割れ目 on and finish 記録，記録的な／記録するing the voiceover. We 完全にするd the films with Paul's 発言する／表明する on them that afternoon. The date was 15 March 2023. It would be the last time I ever saw Paul.'
Claire also heartbreakingly 明らかにする／漏らすd that she had Paul had 広大な／多数の／重要な 計画（する）s for more TV shows together, which will now never be made.
The series is a nod to Paul's lifelong love of animals, after spending much of his later life filming his show, For The Love Of Dogs, at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home (pictured)
The 二人組 had worked together on different shows for 20 years and were already in the 早期に 過程 of bouncing new ideas around.
によれば Claire, these ideas 含むd a series on the A frican elephant 同様に as one about wild dogs and wolves in Canada, 始める，決める to be filmed the same year.
The series is a nod to Paul's lifelong love of animals, after spending much of his later life filming his show, For The Love Of Dogs, at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home.
The series will ends with a 尊敬の印 to Paul, which reads: 'In loving memory of Paul O'Grady MBE 1955-2023'
Paul O'Grady's 広大な／多数の／重要な Elephant Adventure is on 復活祭 Sunday at 8pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
