Widely considered a national treasure in Britain, Sir David Attenborough turns 90 years young today. The younger brother of director, producer and actor Richard Attenborough, who passed away in 2014, David Attenborough spent his early life training for his seven decades of work with and for the BBC by spending his early childhood collecting fossils, stones and other natural specimens. Two […]
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Ever wonder what it would be like to go through life known as ‘the person that killed Sir David Attenborough’? Probably not, unless you’re Alastair Fothergill, the producer of Sir David’s newest series, Frozen Planet. As he says, not really something you want on your CV. While Fothergill and Attenborough have worked together on numerous […]
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As day one of the 2011 BBC Syndication Showcase in New Orleans has come and gone, I can honestly say to everyone that, as viewers of your local PBS station, you are in for a treat given what we saw today. This is the third annual showcase whereby BBC Worldwide Americas gathers PBS station programmers […]
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With location shooting wrapping up last week in Cardiff, all we can do now as worldwide members of the Sherlock support group is sit and wait until 2012. Fortunately the folks at the BBC fully understand our addiction and have promptly provided us with a brief taste as to what we’re in for next year […]
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Imagine, you’re David Attenborough. There’s probably nothing you haven’t seen in your 85 years on Planet Earth and over 50 years of producing, presenting and narrating natural history films for the BBC. There’s probably a point where nothing that you come across in your travels surprises you either. Well, I’m guessing, after this find, you […]
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Nearing 85 years of age, Sir David Attenborough is still going strong. His upcoming 60th anniversary of broadcasting in 2012 could have actually been last year had he not been turned down by the BBC for his first job in television back in 1950. Thankfully, the head of Factual programming, at the time, at the […]
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