Sir David Attenborough: The Voice of the Natural World Turns 100 | From Big Lives

About this episode

The episode explores the life and impact of Sir David Attenborough as he turns 100, highlighting his contributions to how humanity perceives the natural world.

Sir David Attenborough turns 100 this year—and no one has done more to shape how humanity sees our planet. But for years, there was one issue he didn’t talk about...Every week on the new Pushkin show, Big Lives, hosts Kai Wright and Emmanuel Dzotsi dig into the BBC archive to explore the story behind the icons who shape our culture—trailblazers like David Bowie, George Michael, Muhammed Ali, and Tina Turner—and better understand how each legend set the stage for our contemporary cultural landscape. Here, Emmanuel and Kai chart the story of how one nerdy rock-collecting kid became one of TV’s biggest stars, and took on the most important mission of his life. If you like what you hear, find more episodes of Big Lives wherever you get podcasts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Kai Wright, Emmanuel Dzotsi

Topics covered

• David Attenborough
• cultural icons
• nature
• television
• BBC archive
• cultural landscape

Keywords

• David Attenborough
• Big Lives
• cultural icons
• nature documentary
• BBC
• television history
• environmentalism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BBC

Books & works: Big Lives

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