 The same year, Attenborough featured in the BBC Radio 4 series "The New Elizabethans" to mark the diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.A panel of seven academics, journalists and historians named him among the group of people in the UK "whose actions during the reign of Elizabeth II have had a significant impact on lives in these islands".In May 2016, it was announced that a new British polar research ship will be named RRS "Sir David Attenborough" in his honour.