David Attenborough (right) with Jason Jenkins
(Credit: Jason Jenkins/ CNET)
I'm not sure how well-known David Attenborough is in the U.S., but here in Britain, he has achieved a level of respect and admiration that is reserved for very few. Best known for making nature programs, from the relatively recent "Frozen Planet" and "Planet Earth" to the groundbreaking 1979 series "Life On Earth," he also had another career as a BBC executive.
He was responsible for introducing color television programs to the U.K. in 1967, and commissioned "Monty Python's Flying Circus." He probably could have risen to become the head of the entire BBC, but didn't want the job, preferring his life as a natural-history filmmaker.
In the U.S., you may have unwittingly seen one of his shows, as his narration is often replaced by one from a better-known Hollywood star (compare Sigourney Weaver's efforts on "Planet Earth" with Attenborough's). In Britain, his programs have come to represent all that is good about the unusual public service broadcasting model we have here, and at age 86, he is still... [Read more]
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