David Attenborough

Sir David Frederick Attenborough, OM, CH, CVO, CBE, FRS (born on May 8, 1926 in London, England) is the presenter of many ground-breaking and award winning BBC wildlife documentaries, and a former senior manager for the BBC. He has travelled widely, originally to collect animals for zoos. He is also an anthropologist and is on the advisory board of BBC Wildlife magazine.

Work

For a full list of films and programmes in which David Attenborough has been involved see {{imdb name|id=0041003|name=David Attenborough}}

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Bibliography

• Zoo Quest to Guyana (Lutterworth Press, 1956)
• Zoo Quest for a Dragon (Lutterworth Press, 1957)
• (book club edition with 85 extra pages, Quest for the Paradise Birds, 1959)
• Zoo Quest in Paraguay (Lutterworth Press, 1959)
• The Zoo Quest Expeditions (Lutterworth Press, abridged compilation of the above three titles with a new introduction, 1980)
• paperback (Penguin Books, 1982)
• Quest in Paradise (1960)
• Zoo Quest to Madagascar (1961)
• Quest Under Capricorn (1963)
• Fabulous Animals (1975)
• The Tribal Eye (1976)
• Life on Earth (1979)
• Discovering Life on Earth (1981)
• The Living Planet (1984)
• The First Eden (1987)
• The Atlas Of The Living World (1989)
• The Trials of Life (Collins, 1990) ISBN 0002199122
• The Private Life of Plants (BBC Books, 1994) ISBN 0563370238
• The Life of Birds (BBC Books, 1998) ISBN 0563387920
• The Life of Mammals (BBC Books, 2002) ISBN 0563534230
• Life on Air: Memoirs of a Broadcaster (autobiography; 2002) ISBN 0563534613
• paperback: ISBN 0563487801
• Life In The Undergrowth (BBC Books, 2005) ISBN 0563522089 (due October 2005)

Introductions

Attenborough has written the introduction or foreword for a number of books, including:

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• Life in the Freezer: Natural History of the Antarctic, Alastair Fothergill (BBC Books, 1993), ISBN 0563364319
• Birds of Paradise: Paradisaeidae (Bird Families of the World series) Clifford B. Frith, Bruce M. Beehler, William T. Cooper (Illustrator) (Oxford University Press, 1998) ISBN 0198548532
• The Blue Planet, Andrew Byatt, Alastair Fothergill, Martha Holmes (BBC Books, 2001) ISBN 0563384980.

DVDs

Major programmes

A number of Attenborough's programmes have been available on video; most are now out-of-print. These DVDs are available (unless stated, dates are of original transmission):

Related Topics:
Video - DVD

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• Life On Earth (1979)
• The Living Planet (1984)
• Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives (1989)
• Trials of Life (1990)
• Life In The Freezer (1993)
• The Private Life Of Plants (1995)
• Life of Birds (1998)
• State Of The Planet (2000)
• The Life Of Mammals (2002)
• Great Wildlife Moments With David Attenborough (compilation)
• The Blue Planet (2001)
• Deep Blue (2004, feature, based on The Blue Planet))
• Wildlife Special: The Tiger
• Wildlife Special: The Eagle
• Wildlife Special: The Leopard
• Wildlife Special: The Serpent
• Attenborough in Paradise - and Other Personal Voyages Includes seven one- off documentaries:
• Attenborough In Paradise - Broadcast 1996-04-08
• The Lost Gods Of Easter Island - Broadcast 2000-04-24
• The Amber Time Machine - Broadcast 2004-02-15
• Bowerbirds: The Art Of Seduction - Broadcast 2000-12-17
• The Song Of The Earth- Broadcast 2000-12-23
• A Blank On The Map - Broadcast 1971-12-29
• Life On Air - Broadcast 2002-11-20

Narrated by Attenborough

• A Zed & Two Noughts (film drama)

Character voice

• Voice of the museum commentary in Robbie The Reindeer: Legend Of The Lost Tribe

Other programmes

Author and producer

• Zoo Quest
• Eastwards with Attenborough
• The Tribal Eye

Producer

• 1986-1991, The Annual Queen's Christmas Message.