CHAMPION OF THE EARTH Sir David Attenborough

Lleva más de siete décadas educando y entreteniendo al mundo con un estilo y una voz sin igual. Además de firmar algunos de los documentales sobre naturaleza más icónicos de la historia de la televisión, a sus 98 años es un incansable activista contra el cambio climático.

by CONOR GLEESON

TOP BRITS Ninety-eight-year-old David Attenborough is the world’s most famous broadcaster1. Since the 1950s, the English writer and naturalist has been informing and educating first Britain, and then the world about life on Earth. He has made more than one hundred documentaries, writing and presenting them in his own unique, award-winning style. Attenborough has also spent decades warning2 about damage to the environment and the catastrophic consequences of climate change. PRESENTER BY ACCIDENT Attenborough was obsessed with nature from childhood, and later studied natural sciences at Cambridge University. He entered the media world as a BBC trainee3 in 1952. He was initially rejected as a presenter, as his boss thought his teeth were too big. In 1954, he and reptile curator Jack Lester created the highly popular TV series Zoo…

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