Attenborough: a life on screen

About this episode

The episode explores the life and impact of David Attenborough on wildlife broadcasting and the climate crisis.

This May marks the 100th birthday of leading British documentary-maker and natural historian David Attenborough. But what's the longer history of wildlife broadcasting? What inspired Attenborough to report back from the frontlines of the natural world? And how has he shaped our understanding of the climate crisis? Matt Elton spoke to media and cultural historian David Hendy to find out. ----- GO BEYOND THE PODCAST Historian Peter Frankopan and broadcaster and activist Chris Packham shared their thoughts on how history might be able to tackle the climate crisis in this 2024 episode of the HistoryExtra podcast: https://bit.ly/4mK3x4o Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Matt Elton

Guest: David Hendy

Topics covered

• wildlife broadcasting
• David Attenborough
• climate crisis
• media history
• natural history

Keywords

• David Attenborough
• wildlife broadcasting
• climate crisis
• media history
• natural history

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