David Attenborough

I like animals. I like natural history. The travel bit is not the important bit…

I often get letters, quite frequently, from people who say how they like the programmes…

Television of course actually started in Britain in 1936, and it was a monopoly, and…

People talk about doom-laden scenarios happening in the future: they are happening in Africa…

If I were beginning my career today, I don’t think I would take the same…

I think a major element of jetlag is psychological. Nobody ever tells me what time…

Before the BBC, I joined the Navy in order to travel…

You can cry about death and very properly so, your own as well as anybody…

Cameramen are among the most extraordinarily able and competent people I know. They have to…

Nature isn’t positive in that way. It doesn’t aim itself at you. It’s not being…

You can only get really unpopular decisions through if the electorate is convinced of the…

There is no question that climate change is happening the only arguable point is what…

The climate, the economic situation, rising birth rates none of these things give me a…

I can mention many moments that were unforgettable and revelatory. But the most single revelatory…

Dealing with global warming doesn’t mean we have all got to suddenly stop breathing. Dealing…