{"id":19931,"date":"2022-08-31T04:40:16","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T02:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/?p=1083"},"modified":"2022-08-31T04:58:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T02:58:11","slug":"sir-david-attenborough-key-moments-in-his-career-so-far","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/rss_feed\/sir-david-attenborough-key-moments-in-his-career-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir David Attenborough \u2013 key moments in his career so far"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Jo Price\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 31 August 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Sir David Attenborough \u2013 his extraordinary career so far:<\/h2>\n

1926 <\/strong>\u2013 Born in London. Grows up on the campus of the University of Leicester where his father is principal.<\/p>\n

1947<\/strong> \u2013 Graduates from Clare College, Cambridge, with a degree in Natural Sciences.<\/p>\n

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Old Court in Clare College, Cambridge University. \u00a9 moorhen\/Getty<\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

1952<\/strong> \u2013 Joins the BBC as a trainee producer. Achieves first television credit on Coelacanth<\/em>, a short film in which experts discuss the significance of the rediscovery of this \u2018living fossil\u2019 fish off the Comoro Islands.<\/p>\n

1954\u20131963<\/strong> \u2013 Writer, presenter, sound-recordist and producer for landmark series Zoo Quest<\/em>. Over the course of seven series this show visits Sierra Leone, Indonesia, Guyana and other far-flung locations.<\/p>\n

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Male Komodo dragons fighting each other in Indonesia. \u00a9 Andrey Gudkov\/Getty<\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

1957<\/strong> \u2013 Forms the BBC\u2019s Travel and Exploration Unit, producing the Quest films and flagship BBC series such as Travellers\u2019 Tales <\/em>(1960) and the long-running Adventure<\/em> (1961).<\/p>\n

1960 <\/strong>\u2013 Presents The People of Paradise<\/em>, a series about the anthropology and natural history of the South Pacific \u2013 the first of many programmes from Attenborough with a strong anthropological focus.<\/p>\n

1963<\/strong> \u2013 Presents Attenborough and Animals<\/em>, his first children\u2019s series.<\/p>\n

1965<\/strong> \u2013 Appointed Controller of new channel BBC Two.<\/p>\n

1969<\/strong> \u2013 Promoted to BBC Director of Programmes.<\/p>\n

1973 <\/strong>\u2013 Resigns from full-time position to return to film-making. Travels to South-East Asia to film Eastwards with Attenborough<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Tokay geckos are some of the most common reptiles in SE Asia. \u00a9 Kutub Uddin\/Getty<\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

1979<\/strong> \u2013 Life on Earth<\/em>, the result of four years of research and filming, is broadcast. Expansive and ambitious, it follows the entire history of life on our planet.<\/p>\n

1983<\/strong> \u2013 Appointed Fellow of the Royal Society.<\/p>\n

1984 <\/strong>\u2013 The Living Planet<\/em>, the second in Attenborough\u2019s \u2018Life\u2019 series, explores ecology.<\/p>\n

1985<\/strong> \u2013 Awarded a knighthood for services to broadcasting.<\/p>\n

1990<\/strong> \u2013 The Trials of Life<\/em> examines animal behaviour.<\/p>\n

1993<\/strong> \u2013 Launches the first of a portfolio of \u2018Life\u2019 series, exploring habitats and groups of species: Life in the Freezer<\/em> focuses on the wildlife of Antarctica.<\/p>\n

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Group of emperor penguins standing on the sea ice in front of icebergs in Antarctica.\u00a0\u00a9 Stefan Christmann\/Getty<\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

1995 <\/strong>\u2013 The Private Life of Plants<\/em> makes innovative use of time-lapse photography techniques.<\/p>\n

1996<\/strong> \u2013 Presents Attenborough in Paradise<\/em> and fulfills a childhood ambition to witness birds of paradise performing mating displays in New Guinea.<\/p>\n

1998<\/strong> \u2013 The Life of Birds<\/em> is the first programme to use infrared cameras to capture footage of nocturnal kiwis.<\/p>\n

2000<\/strong> \u2013 Attenborough poses the question, why is there an environmental crisis? And investigates the science behind the debate in the three-part documentary series State of the Planet<\/em>.<\/p>\n

2001 <\/strong>\u2013 Narrates The Blue Planet, <\/em>exploring Earth\u2019s oceans.<\/p>\n

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Humpback Whale mother and calf in Polynesia. \u00a9 Philippe Bourseiller\/Getty<\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

2002 <\/strong>\u2013 The Life of Mammals<\/em> studies warm-blooded animals.<\/p>\n

2005<\/strong> \u2013 Life in the Undergrowth<\/em> uses macro techniques to film invertebrates.<\/p>\n

2006<\/strong> \u2013 Narrates Planet Earth<\/em>, a groundbreaking series filmed in high definition \u2013 and the most expensive documentary series ever made.<\/p>\n

2007<\/strong> \u2013 Presents two films entitled The Truth about Climate Change<\/em> to discuss what he believes to be the man-made problem of global warming.<\/p>\n

2008<\/strong> \u2013 Life in Cold Blood<\/em> concludes the \u2018Life\u2019 series, focusing on reptiles and amphibians.<\/p>\n

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Red-eyed Tree Frog. \u00a9 J Uriarte\/Getty<\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

2009<\/strong> \u2013 Narrates Life<\/em> and presents Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life<\/em>.<\/p>\n

2010 <\/strong>\u2013 First Life<\/em> uses the latest fossil evidence and advanced CGI to explore the earliest known, complex organisms.<\/p>\n

2011<\/strong> \u2013 Frozen Planet<\/em> focuses on the natural history of the polar regions and the effects of global warming.<\/p>\n

2012<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 David Attenborough celebrates 60 Years in the Wild<\/em> with a three-part television series plus a Natural World<\/em> special: Attenborough\u2019s Ark<\/em>.<\/p>\n

2013<\/strong> \u2013 Narrates Africa<\/em>. Using the latest HD cameras to capture the natural beauty of the African continent, Attenborough reveals a softer side of the Critically Endangered black rhino.<\/p>\n

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Black ehinoceros in Etosha National Park, Namibia. \u00a9 Getty<\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

2014<\/strong> \u2013 Behind the closed doors of London\u2019s natural history museum Attenborough uses cutting edge CGI to bring his favorite extinct animals back to life, in David Attenborough\u2019s Natural History Museum Alive<\/em>.<\/p>\n

2015<\/strong> \u2013 Revisiting Australia\u2019s great barrier reef, Attenborough drives deep beneath the waves in a state of the art Triton submersible in three-part documentary Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough<\/em>.<\/p>\n

2016<\/strong> \u2013 Celebrates his 90th birthday on 8 May. A one-off television interview Inspiring Attenborough: Sir David at 90<\/em> will air on the same day. Kirsty Young, the presenter of Desert Island Discs, will interview the naturalist about his seven-decade career.<\/p>\n

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The man himself. \u00a9 Dave J Hogan\/Getty<\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/div><\/body><\/html>\n
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