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| David recalls some of the most memorable moments in his early life in Leicester and his career in broadcasting. Watch a selection of video extracts from interviews with Michael Palin, Michael Parkinson, Clive James and Terry Wogan which appeared in the Life on Air programme, and with Peter Snow at this year’s British Association meeting in Leicester.
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David recalls his early fascination for natural history and someone who inspired him.
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| A passionate interest in fossils started early in his hometown of Leicester but later took him further afield.
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| Zoology did not have the appeal that it does today but neither did a career in publishing.
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| You never know what your guests might do on live television.
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| Programmes about natural history were not the only ones David produced when he first started in television.
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| This is one situation few would envy David for and even the animals wanted to contradict his commentary.
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| The Living Planet was a series for which David had to learn many new skills and sometimes forgot the old ones.
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| David’s colleagues and his brother Richard comment on what they think of David.
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| David’s most fearful incidents involved people, but there is one animal encounter during which David feared for his life.
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| Birds of paradise have always been a favourite of David’s and managing to film a male courtship display was utterly thrilling for him.
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| There have been many moments that for one reason or other were not caught on film. David recalls such an event while filming gorillas in Rwanda for Life on Earth.
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| There does not seem to be an end to the insatiable appetite David has for the natural world.
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