Archive Hour

Wild Times

Saturday 6 May 2006 20:00-21:00 (Radio 4 FM)

The archive that exists of Sir David Attenborough's broadcasting career spans 50 years across radio and television. His name is synonymous with the natural world around us. From Zoo Quest in the 1950s, to the groundbreaking Life on Earth TV series in the 1970s, to Planet Earth in 2006, he has broadcast from the coldest poles, the hottest deserts, the highest mountains and deepest oceans, taking worldwide audiences on his journeys with him. Those decades have seen the most extraordinary strides forward in TV and film-making technology, allowing film-makers to go to more places and return with more intimate and revealing images of the world and its wildlife than ever before - and it continues apace. As he approaches his 80th birthday, Sir David reflects back on his career, in conversation with Brian Leith.

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