Attenborough in Paradise and Other Personal Voyages Season 1 Episode 6
This programme takes a long and extremely entertaining look at David’s career in television, from his earliest application for a job with BBC radio, which resulted in a job as Production Assistant for BBC television, then working on a series called Zoo Quest (first working behind the camera team and then in front of it), his job as head of BBC2 from its black and white beginnings through the introduction of colour, his elevation to BBC Director of Programmes where they were kind enough to let him out of his suit every now and then to go and be intrepid, his rejection of the job of BBC Director General so that he could go and do “Life on Earth” instead and …. so on.
Episode Title: Life on Air
Air Date: 2002-11-20
