The complete second BBC Radio 4 series written and presented by Sir David Attenborough featuring all 20 episodes about some of the strangest insects and creatures from around the world.
Sir David Attenborough is Britain's best-known natural history
film-maker. His career as a naturalist and broadcaster has spanned
nearly seven decades.
His first job - after Cambridge University and two years in the
Royal Navy - was at a London publishing house. Then in 1952 he
joined the BBC as a trainee producer, and 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 BBC 2 (1965-68), during which time he
introduced colour television to Britain, then Director of
Programmes for BBC Television (1969-1972). In 1973 he abandoned
administration altogether to return to documentary-making and
writing, and has established himself as the world's leading Natural
History programme maker with several
landmark BBC series, includingLife 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) and Life in Cold Blood (2008).
Sir David was knighted in 1985 and received the Order of Merit in
2005. He is a fellow of the Royal Society, and stands at the
forefront of issues concerning the planet's declining species and
conservation.
Sir David Attenborough is Britain's best-known natural history
film-maker. His career as a naturalist and broadcaster has spanned
nearly six decades.
His first job - after Cambridge University and two years in the
Royal Navy - was at a London publishing house. Then in 1952 he
joined the BBC as a trainee producer, and 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 and
writing, and 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)
and Life in Cold Blood (2008).
Sir David was knighted in 1985, is an Honorary Fellow of Clare
College, Cambridge, and a Fellow of the Royal Society, and stands
at the forefront of issues concerning the planet's declining
species and conservation.
Sir David Attenborough is Britain's best-known natural history
film-maker. His career as a naturalist and broadcaster has spanned
nearly six decades.
His first job - after Cambridge University and two years in the
Royal Navy - was at a London publishing house. Then in 1952 he
joined the BBC as a trainee producer, and 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 and
writing, and 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)
and Life in Cold Blood (2008).
Sir David was knighted in 1985, is an Honorary Fellow of Clare
College, Cambridge, and a Fellow of the Royal Society, and stands
at the forefront of issues concerning the planet's declining
species and conservation.
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