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Sir David Frederick Attenborough is an English broadcaster, natural historian, and writer. His presenting career began as host of Zoo Quest in 1954, and has spanned seven decades; it includes the nine documentary series forming The Life Collection, Natural World, Wildlife on One, the Planet Earth franchise, The Blue Planet and Frozen Planet. He is the only person to have won BAFTA Awards in black-…
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People write to me that evolution is only a theory. Well, it is not a theory. Evolution is as solid a historical fact as you could conceive. Evidence from every quarter. What is a theory is whether natural selection is the mechanism and the only mechanism. That is a theory. But the historical reality that dinosaurs led to birds and mammals produced whales, that
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“People write to me that evolution is only a theory. Well, it is not a theory. Evolution is as solid a historical fact as you could conceive. Evidence from every quarter. What is a theory is whether natural selection is the mechanism and the only mechanism. That is a theory. But the historical reality that dinosaurs led to birds and mammals produced whales, that”
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2025· 1 entry
Attenborough presented Wild London on the city's wildlife
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2023· 2 entries
“(we) are on the verge of destabilising the entire planet.”
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Attenborough was described by the New Statesman as a figure "invaluable to green diplomacy" in the UK, placing him twenty-third in their list of Britain's most powerful left-wing figures, above many elected politicians
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2022· 12 entries
Published video “Kapitel 157”.
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Published video “Kapitel 122”.
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Published video “Kapitel 062”.
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Published video “Kapitel 005”.
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Published video “Kapitel 084”.
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Published video “Kapitel 168”.
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Published video “Kapitel 066”.
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Published video “Kapitel 144”.
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Published video “Kapitel 012”.
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Awarded Champions of the Earth (2022).
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The United Nations Environment Programme recognised Attenborough as a Champion of the Earth "for his dedication to research, documentation, and advocacy for the protection of nature and its restoration"
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2021· 12 entries
AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Quote on black and red ants in shaken jar is from David Attenborough” False.
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Full Fact rated the claim “An analogy about red and black ants in a jar and society was made by Sir David Attenborough.” There is no evidence Sir David ever made this analogy..
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Snopes rated the claim “Naturalist David Attenborough once said: "If you collect 100 black ants and 100 red ants and put them in a glass jar nothing will happen, but if you take the jar, shake it violently and leave it on the table, the ants will start killing each other."” Incorrect Attribution.
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BOOM Fact Check rated the claim “Sir David Attenborough criticised Israel for its conflict with Palestine.” False.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Genuine quote from David Attenborough on Israel in the Israel-Hamas conflict” Misleading.
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fact checker rated the claim “Sir David Attenborough once described Israeli violence towards Palestinians by comparing them to animals.” fake.
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Full Fact rated the claim “Sir David Attenborough said “words fail me” over the felling of a 300 year-old tree for an HS2 service road.” There is no evidence Sir David ever made these comments..
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Presented the three-part series Attenborough's Life in Colour, and The Mating Game, a five-part series
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“tackling climate change was now as much a political challenge as it was a scientific or technological one”
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He also lamented the lack of international cooperation on climate change: "There should be no dominant nation on this planet." In 2021, Attenborough told the leaders of the 47th G7 summit that "tackling climate change was now as much a political challenge as it was a scientific or technological one" and urged for more action.
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Attenborough told the leaders of the 47th G7 summit that "tackling climate change was now as much a political challenge as it was a scientific or technological one" and urged for more action
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Narrated A Perfect Planet, a five-part earth science series for BBC One
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2020· 7 entries
AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Sir David Attenborough praises eco-friendly hotel in Singapore on Facebook” False.
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator for Seven Worlds, One Planet (2020).
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Attenborough criticised excess capitalism as a driver of ecological imbalance, stating, "the excesses the capitalist system has brought us, have got to be curbed somehow", and that "greed does not actually lead to joy",
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Backed a Fauna and Flora International campaign calling for a global moratorium on deep sea mining for its impact on marine life
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Was named as a member of the Earthshot Prize Council, an initiative of Prince William to find solutions to environmental issues
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Attenborough narrated the documentary film David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
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In an interview in 2020, Attenborough criticised excess capitalism as a driver of ecological imbalance, stating, "the excesses the capitalist system has brought us, have got to be curbed somehow", and that "greed does not actually lead to joy", although he added "That doesn't mean to say that capitalism is dead".
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2019· 5 entries
AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Sir David Attenborough urges people to feed bees sugar water” False.
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Awarded Crystal Award (2019).
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator for Our Planet (2019).
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Attenborough's one-off film documentary about climate change for BBC One called Climate Change – The Facts was aired; the tone of the documentary was significantly graver than his previous work for the BBC
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Attenborough narrated Our Planet, an eight-part documentary series, for Netflix
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2018· 4 entries
Snopes rated the claim “David Attenborough said that "I am unaware of any animal that is as cruel as Israelis" as part of a scathing attack on the country's treatment of the Palestinian people.” Incorrect Attribution.
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator for Blue Planet II (2018).
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Released album “My Field Recordings From Across The Planet”.
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While promoting Dynasties, he said that repeated messages on threats to wildlife in programming could be a "turn-off" to viewers
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2017· 1 entry
With Attenborough returning as presenter
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2015· 1 entry
Won Bodley Medal (2015).
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2014· 1 entry
Released album “The Lewis Chessmen and What Happened to Them”.
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2013· 1 entry
Attenborough joined the rock guitarists Brian May and Slash in opposing the British government's policy on the cull of badgers in the UK by participating in a song dedicated to badgers
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2011· 1 entry
Fothergill gave Attenborough a more prominent role in Frozen Planet, a major series on the natural history of the polar regions; Attenborough appeared on screen and authored the final episode, in addition to performing v
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2010· 2 entries
Awarded Fonseca Prize (2010).
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Attenborough asserted that his First Life – dealing with evolutionary history before Life on Earth – should be included within the "Life" series
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2009· 3 entries
Awarded Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences (2009).
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Stated that the Book of Genesis, by saying that the world was there for people to control, had taught generations that they can "dominate" the environment and that this has resulted in the devastation of vast areas of
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Attenborough co-wrote and narrated Life, a ten-part series focussing on extraordinary animal behaviour, and narrated Nature's Great Events, which showed how seasonal changes trigger major natural spectacles
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2008· 3 entries
Awarded Corresponding Member of the Australian Academy of Science (2008).
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Criticised the BBC's television schedules, positing that the two senior networks, BBC One and BBC Two – which Attenborough stated were "first set up as a partnership" – now "schedule simultaneously programmes of ident
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Had the satisfaction of completing the set, brought together in a DVD encyclopaedia called Life on Land
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2007· 3 entries
Awarded Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (2007).
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Won Linnean Tercentenary Medal (2007).
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The 50th anniversary of the Natural History Unit
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2006· 1 entry
Won CIEEM Medal (2006).
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2005· 4 entries
Awarded Order of Merit (2005).
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Awarded Nierenberg Prize (2005).
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Life in the Undergrowth introduced audiences to the world of invertebrates
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And 2006, Attenborough backed a BirdLife International project to stop the killing of albatross by longline fishing boats
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2004· 1 entry
Won Caird Medal (2004).
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2003· 2 entries
Awarded Michael Faraday Prize (2003).
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Attenborough launched an appeal on behalf of the World Land Trust to create a rainforest reserve in Ecuador in memory of Christopher Parsons, the producer of Life on Earth and a personal friend, who had died the previous
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2002· 2 entries
Was one of various scientists along with clergy to publicly oppose including creationism in the curriculums of government-funded, privately sponsored independent schools like the Emmanuel Schools Foundation
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Attenborough joined an effort by leading clerics and scientists to oppose the inclusion of creationism in the curriculum of UK state-funded independent schools which receive private sponsorship, such as the Emmanuel Scho
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2000· 3 entries
Awarded Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (2000).
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Awarded International Cosmos Prize (2000).
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Released album “BBC Music, Volume 8 Number 10: Peter and the Wolf”.
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1999· 2 entries
Awarded Fellow of the Linnean Society of London (1999).
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Richard directed a biographical film of Belaney entitled Grey Owl
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1998· 5 entries
Awarded Natural World Book Prize (1998).
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Won Edinburgh Medal (1998).
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Awarded Fellow of the Zoological Society of London (1998).
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Attenborough described himself as "a standard, boring left-wing liberal" and expressed the view that the market economy was "misery"
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In 1998, Attenborough described himself as "a standard, boring left-wing liberal" and expressed the view that the market economy was "misery".
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1997· 1 entry
Narrated the BBC Wildlife Specials, each focusing on a charismatic species and screened to mark the Natural History Unit's 40th anniversary
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1996· 1 entry
Awarded Companion of Honour (1996).
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1993· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Antwerp (1993).
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Presented Life in the Freezer, the first television series to survey the natural history of Antarctica
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1991· 2 entries
Awarded Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1991).
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Awarded Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (1991).
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1990· 3 entries
Won Benjamin Franklin Medal (1990).
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The Trials of Life completed the original Life trilogy, looking at animal behaviour through the different stages of life
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Worked on the BBC's Prisoners of Conscience series where he highlighted the case of the Sudanese poet Mahjoub Sharif
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1986· 1 entry
Attenborough influenced the creation of the yellow tennis ball by stating that the white tennis balls that were previously used could not be seen on a colour television
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1985· 1 entry
Won Founder’s Medal (1985).
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1981· 1 entry
Awarded Kalinga Prize (1981).
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1980· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctorate presented by The Open University (1980).
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1979· 2 entries
Attenborough set about creating a body of work which became a benchmark of quality in wildlife film-making and influenced a generation of documentary film-makers
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Visited the People's Republic of China and reported to the West for the first time about the Chinese one-child policy
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1974· 1 entry
Awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1974).
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1972· 2 entries
Won Cherry Kearton Medal and Award (1972).
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Phoned his brother Richard to confess that he had no appetite for the job
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1969· 3 entries
Attenborough was promoted to director of programmes, making him responsible for the output of both BBC channels
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Civilisation, presented by Sir Kenneth Clark, became the blueprint for landmark authored documentaries, which were informally known as "sledgehammer" projects
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Made a three-part series on the cultural history of the Indonesian island of Bali
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1964· 1 entry
But had struggled to capture the public's imagination
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1957· 1 entry
The BBC Natural History Unit was formally established in Bristol
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1954· 2 entries
Where Attenborough became the presenter at short notice due to Lester being taken ill
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And has spanned seven decades; it includes the nine documentary series forming The Life Collection, Natural World, Wildlife on One, the Planet Earth franchise, The Blue Planet and Frozen Planet
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1950· 2 entries
Attenborough married Jane Elizabeth Ebsworth Oriel
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Applied for a job as a radio talk producer with the BBC
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1947· 1 entry
Was called up for national service in the Royal Navy and spent two years stationed in North Wales and the Firth of Forth
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1945· 1 entry
To study geology and zoology, was a member of the undergraduate Sedgwick Club and obtained a degree in natural sciences
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1944· 1 entry
His father arranged for him to join University College Nottingham's (now the University of Nottingham) Geology Department as a part-time student on a Geology Practical course
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1936· 1 entry
Attenborough and his brother Richard attended a lecture by Grey Owl (Archibald Belaney) at De Montfort Hall in Leicester and were influenced by his advocacy of conservation
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1926· 1 entry
Born 1926-05-08.
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