In 2020, Attenborough was named as a member of the Earthshot prize Council, an initiative of Prince William to find … to environmental issues.
… 1947, he was called up for national service in the Royal Navy.
By treating his subject seriously and researching the latest discoveries, Attenborough and his production team … the trust of scientists.
He presented a BBC children's series … cryptozoology entitled Fabulous Animals (1975), which featured mythical creatures such as mermaids and unicorns.
In State of the Planet (2000), he used the latest scientific evidence and interviews with leading scientists to assess the impact of human activities on the ...
He got …to Jane Elizabeth Ebsworth Oriel and they had two children.
Attenborough was ... at Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys in Leicester.
He is best known for … and presenting the documentary series forming the Life collection, a survey of animal and plant life on Earth.
He commented: \"If I was earning my money by hewing coal I would be very glad indeed to stop. But I'm not. I'm swanning round the world looking at the most fabulously interesting things. Such good ...”
Sir David Frederick Attenborough (… 8 May 1926) is an English broadcaster, biologist, natural historian and author.
Attenborough was a … figure in the build-up to the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference.
His early projects included the quiz show Animal, Vegetable, Mineral? and Song Hunter, a series about folk music presented … Alan Lomax.
Attenborough … his childhood collecting fossils.
In 1993, he presented Life in the Freezer, the first television series to look … the natural history of Antarctica.
Attenborough's contribution to broadcasting and wildlife film-making has brought him … recognition.
He is widely considered a national … in the UK.
He won a … to Clare College, Cambridge in 1945 to study geology and zoology.
Innovation was so important in Life on Earth that new film-making techniques were devised to get the … Attenborough wanted.
While Attenborough's earlier work … more on the wonders of the natural world, his later work has been more vocal in support of environmental causes.
For the 1971 film A Blank on the Map, he joined the first Western expedition to a remote highland valley in New Guinea to seek … a lost tribe.
He is the only person to have … BAFTA Awards in black and white, colour, high-definition, 3D and 4K resolutions.
Over his life he has collected dozens of honorary degrees and awards, including 3 Emmy Awards … Outstanding Narration.
He has been called \"the greatest broadcaster … our time.\"
Attenborough's association with natural history programmes began when he produced and presented the three-part … Animal Patterns.
His programmes have influenced a generation … wildlife film-makers.
