David Attenborough
British Naturalist
David Attenborough is an English broadcaster, writer, and naturalist. He is best known for his work on educational television programs. He started a television series called Zoo Quest. The show was very popular because it featured live animals that were filmed in the wild and in zoos. Its popularity inspired the BBC to create more educational programming.In 1965 Attenborough was given control of the BBC’s new second television channel, BBC-2. He helped produce several popular series that discussed art and science.
He wrote and narrated a number of award-winning television series on anthropology and natural history. These included Life on Earth (1979), The Living Planet (1984), The Private Life of Plants (1995), The Life of Birds (1998), The Life of Mammals (2002–03), and Life in Cold Blood (2008).