A Life On Our Planet David Attenborough
A Book by David Attenborough, A Life on Our Planet, is my witness statement
Sir David Attenborough is Britain's best-known natural history film-maker.
His career as a naturalist and broadcaster has spanned nearly seven decades
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- A Life On Our Planet David Attenborough
- See the world. Then make it better.
- 'I am 93. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that I appreciate how extraordinary.
- As a young man, I felt I was out there in the wild, experiencing the untouched natural world - but it was an illusion. The tragedy of our time has been happening all around us, barely noticeable from day to day - the loss of our planet's wild places, its biodiversity.
- I have been witness to this decline. A Life on Our Planet is my witness statement, and my vision for the future. It is the story of how we came to make this, our greatest mistake - and how, if we act now, we can yet put it right.
- We have one final chance to create the perfect home for ourselves and restore the wonderful world we inherited.'
- All we need is the will do so.
- 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 the BBC (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, 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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