David Attenborough

Sir David Frederick Attenborough (born 8 May 1926) is a British commentator, biologist, natural historian and author. He is best known for writing and presenting nine natural history documentary series with the BBC Natural History Unit, making up the Life collection, a comprehensive survey of plant and animal life on Earth. He was a senior manager at the BBC, serving as director of BBC Two and program director of BBC Television in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1954, he became the host of the famous documentary "Zoo Quest" for the first time. His career spanned 80 years as a writer, presenter and narrator. Its documentaries include the "Natural World", "Wildlife", "Pulse of the Earth" series and the "Blue Planet" series, as well as the "Prehistoric Planet" series in collaboration with Apple. He is the only person to win a BAFTA award in all categories including black and white, colour, HD, 3D and 4K television. Based on his broadcasts and love of nature, NPR said he "travels the world sharing his discoveries and passions in his signature semi-whisper narrative." In 2018 and 2019, he won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Primetime Narrator. Attenborough's early works focused more on the wonders of the natural world, while his later works expressed more support for environmental causes. He advocates restoring the planet's biodiversity, limiting population growth, using renewable energy, slowing climate change, reducing meat consumption and setting aside more nature reserves. David Attenborough is recognized as a "national treasure" in Britain, although he himself does not like this term. In 2002, he was named one of the "100 Greatest Britons" following a UK-wide BBC poll. He is the younger brother of the late director, producer and actor Richard Attenborough, and the older brother of John Attenborough, the late executive of Italian carmaker Alfa Romeo.