Life on Air
Product Description
David Attenborough is one of the most influential, admired and best-liked figures in television. When, aged 26, he applied for a job in the BBC - which then meant radio - he was promptly turned down. But someone saw his rejected application letter and asked, would he like to try television? He would, and almost 60 years later he is still at it. Elegantly told and often very funny, his story includes how he introduced colour television to Britain, and the background to his epic series, such as Life on Earth and Life in Cold Blood.
16 CDs. 19 hrs 23 mins.
Review
"What shines through most of all is his enthusiasm." —
Sunday Telegraph
"David Attenborough wears his achievements lightly and there as many laughs here as there are animals." —Michael Palin, actor,
Monty Python
About the Author
David Attenborough’s media career has spanned 60 years, and his extraordinary contribution to natural history broadcasting and film-making has brought him international recognition, from
Life on Earth (1979) to
Frozen Planet (2011). He has achieved many professional awards, honours and merits, including the CBE and OM, and was knighted in 1985.
David Attenborough is one of the most influential, admired and best-liked figures in television. When, aged 26, he applied for a job in the BBC - which then meant radio - he was promptly turned down. But someone saw his rejected application letter and asked, would he like to try television? He would, and almost 60 years later he is still at it. Elegantly told and often very funny, his story includes how he introduced colour television to Britain, and the background to his epic series, such as Life on Earth and Life in Cold Blood.
16 CDs. 19 hrs 23 mins.
Review
"What shines through most of all is his enthusiasm." —
Sunday Telegraph
"David Attenborough wears his achievements lightly and there as many laughs here as there are animals." —Michael Palin, actor,
Monty Python
About the Author
David Attenborough’s media career has spanned 60 years, and his extraordinary contribution to natural history broadcasting and film-making has brought him international recognition, from
Life on Earth (1979) to
Frozen Planet (2011). He has achieved many professional awards, honours and merits, including the CBE and OM, and was knighted in 1985.
Television personalitiesBiographyNaturalists
RELEASED2021
PUBLISHERBBC Books
LENGTH416
LANGUAGEEN
Sir David Frederick Attenborough is an English broadcaster and naturalist. He is best known for writing and presenting the nine Life series, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit, which collectively form a comprehensive survey of animal and plant life on the planet. He is also a former senior manager at the BBC, having served as controller of BBC Two and director of programming for BBC Television in the 1960s and 1970s. He is the only person to have won BAFTAs for programmes in each of black and white, colour, HD, and 3D. - Wikipedia
Life on Air
Product Description
David Attenborough is one of the most influential, admired and best-liked figures in television. When, aged 26, he applied for a job in the BBC - which then meant radio - he was promptly turned down. But someone saw his rejected application letter and asked, would he like to try television? He would, and almost 60 years later he is still at it. Elegantly told and often very funny, his story includes how he introduced colour television to Britain, and the background to his epic series, such as Life on Earth and Life in Cold Blood.
16 CDs. 19 hrs 23 mins.
Review
"What shines through most of all is his enthusiasm." —
Sunday Telegraph
"David Attenborough wears his achievements lightly and there as many laughs here as there are animals." —Michael Palin, actor,
Monty Python
About the Author
David Attenborough’s media career has spanned 60 years, and his extraordinary contribution to natural history broadcasting and film-making has brought him international recognition, from
Life on Earth (1979) to
Frozen Planet (2011). He has achieved many professional awards, honours and merits, including the CBE and OM, and was knighted in 1985.
David Attenborough is one of the most influential, admired and best-liked figures in television. When, aged 26, he applied for a job in the BBC - which then meant radio - he was promptly turned down. But someone saw his rejected application letter and asked, would he like to try television? He would, and almost 60 years later he is still at it. Elegantly told and often very funny, his story includes how he introduced colour television to Britain, and the background to his epic series, such as Life on Earth and Life in Cold Blood.
16 CDs. 19 hrs 23 mins.
Review
"What shines through most of all is his enthusiasm." —
Sunday Telegraph
"David Attenborough wears his achievements lightly and there as many laughs here as there are animals." —Michael Palin, actor,
Monty Python
About the Author
David Attenborough’s media career has spanned 60 years, and his extraordinary contribution to natural history broadcasting and film-making has brought him international recognition, from
Life on Earth (1979) to
Frozen Planet (2011). He has achieved many professional awards, honours and merits, including the CBE and OM, and was knighted in 1985.
Television personalitiesBiographyNaturalists
RELEASED2021
PUBLISHERBBC Books
LENGTH416
LANGUAGEEN
Sir David Frederick Attenborough is an English broadcaster and naturalist. He is best known for writing and presenting the nine Life series, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit, which collectively form a comprehensive survey of animal and plant life on the planet. He is also a former senior manager at the BBC, having served as controller of BBC Two and director of programming for BBC Television in the 1960s and 1970s. He is the only person to have won BAFTAs for programmes in each of black and white, colour, HD, and 3D. - Wikipedia
