Life on Air

David Attenborough is one of the most influential and admired figures in English television. When 26, he applied for a job in the BBC – which then meant radio – and was promptly turned down. But someone saw his rejected application and asked, would he like to try television? He would, and sixty years later, he is still at it. Elegantly told, often very funny, here is his story. At home there is his rise to controlling BBC2, introducing colour television to Britain, encounters with Montgomery, Anthony Eden, singers, athletes, explorers, the Queen, Benjamin Britten. Abroad there are people just as remarkable, journeys up tropical rivers, to the interior of New Guinea or the Australian outback, dragons, birds of paradise, flying snakes and walls of cockroaches. Now updated to cover his work since 2009, Life on Air is a remarkable account of David Attenborough’s passion for the natural world and his lifelong quest to understand it. .Author: Attenborough, David,author
Contributors: Attenborough, David,author
Binding: hardcover
Number Of Pages: 432
Publication Date:
Languages: English,Published,English,Original Language
Published/Release Date: 16 Oct 2014
Format: Hardback
Publisher/Studio/Brand: Ebury Publishing
Author/Director/Artist: David Attenborough
Dimension (cm): 240x163x39 mm
Package Dimension (cm): 45x240x165 mm
Item Weight (g): 1136
Package Weight (g): 1120