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Before Margaret could even gasp, the screen split again. And again. And again.

Margaret clapped a hand over her mouth. She was laughing and crying at the same time. bbc birthday surprise

The screen filled with rolling green hills. And then, emerging from behind a hedge, was a very confused-looking sheep. Tied to the sheep’s back was a small, waterproof speaker. The speaker crackled to life, and the voice of the legendary naturalist, Sir David Attenborough, filled her living room. Before Margaret could even gasp, the screen split again

A window popped open from a studio in Salford—her niece, a librarian in Manchester, holding up a giant, hand-painted sign that read “HIP HIP!” Margaret clapped a hand over her mouth

It rang. She knew who it was.

“Happy 80th, Mum!” David shouted, his voice a little crackly but perfect. “Sorry about the Wi-Fi. I bribed a BBC cameraman who was on holiday here with two bags of kangaroo-shaped gummies.”