Sir David Attenborough is Britain's best-known natural history film-maker. His career as a naturalist & broadcaster has spanned nearly five decades & there are very few places on the globe that he has not visited. In this volume of memoirs David tells stories of the people & animals he has met & the places that he has visited. Sir David's first job
- after Cambridge University & two years in the Royal Navy was at the London publishing house Hodder & Stoughton. Then in 1952 he joined the BBC as a trainee producer & it was while working on the Zoo Quest series (1954-64) that he had his first opportunity to undertake expeditions to remote parts of the globe to capture intimate footage of rare wildlife in its natural habitat. He was Controller of BBC2 (1965-68), during which time he introduced colour television to Britain, then Director of Programmes for the BBC (1969-1972). However in 1973 he abandoned administration altogether to return to documentary-making & writing. Over the last 25 years he has established himself as the World's leading Natural History programme maker with several landmark BBC series, including Life on Earth (1979), The Living Planet (1984), The Trials of Life (1990), The Private Life of Plants (1995) & Life of Birds (1998). Sir David is a Trustee of the British Museum & the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; an Honorary Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge; a Fellow of the Royal Society & was knighted in 1985.
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Sir David Attenborough is Britain's best-known natural history film-maker. His career as a naturalist & broadcaster has spanned nearly six decades, & in this volume of memoirs Sir David tells stories of the people & animals he has met & the places he has visited.

His first job
- after Cambridge University & two years in the Royal Navy
- was at a London publishing house. Then in 1952 he joined the BBC as a trainee producer, & it was while working on the Zoo Quest series (1954-64) that he had his first opportunity to undertake expeditions to remote parts of the globe, to capture intimate footage of rare wildlife in its natural habitat.

He was Controller of BBC2 (1965-68), during which time he introduced colour television to Britain, then Director of Programmes for the BBC (1969-1972). However, in 1973 he abandoned administration altogether to return to documentary-making & writing, & has established himself as the world's leading Natural History programme maker with several landmark BBC series, including Life on Earth (1979), The Living Planet (1984), The Trials of Life (1990), The Private Life of Plants (1995), Life of Birds (1998), The Blue Planet (2001), Life of Mammals (2002), Planet Earth (2006) & Life in Cold Blood (2008).

Sir David is an Honorary Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, a Fellow of the Royal Society & was knighted in 1985. He is also Britain's most respected, trusted & lauded natural history broadcaster & writer, championing conservation & standing at the forefront of issues concerning the planet's declining species.

A lot has changed since his first television documentary, & in this updated edition of Life on Air Sir David tells us of his experiences of filming in the 21st century.









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Sir David Attenborough is Britain's best-known natural history film-maker. His career as a naturalist & broadcaster has spanned nearly six decades, & in this volume of memoirs Sir David tells stories of the people & animals he has met & the places he has visited.

His first job
- after Cambridge University & two years in the Royal Navy
- was at a London publishing house. Then in 1952 he joined the BBC as a trainee producer, & it was while working on the Zoo Quest series (1954-64) that he had his first opportunity to undertake expeditions to remote parts of the globe, to capture intimate footage of rare wildlife in its natural habitat. He was Controller of BBC2 (1965-68), during which time he introduced colour television to Britain, then Director of Programmes for the BBC (1969-1972). However, in 1973 he abandoned administration altogether to return to documentary-making & writing, & has established himself as the world's leading Natural History programme maker with several landmark BBC series, including Life on Earth (1979), The Living Planet (1984), The Trials of Life (1990), The Private Life of Plants (1995), Life of Birds (1998), The Blue Planet (2001), Life of Mammals (2002), Planet Earth (2006) & Life in Cold Blood (2008).

Sir David is an Honorary Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, a Fellow of the Royal Society & was knighted in 1985. He is also Britain's most respected, trusted & lauded natural history broadcaster & writer, championing conservation & standing at the forefront of issues concerning the planet's declining species. A lot has changed since his first television documentary, & in this updated edition of Life on Air Sir David tells us of his experiences of filming in the 21st century.





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