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British broadcaster and naturalist (born )

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Sir David Frederick Attenborough (; born 8 May ) is a British broadcaster, biologist, natural historian, and writer. He is best known for writing and presenting, in conjunction with the BBC Studios Natural History Unit, the nine nature documentary series forming the Life collection, a comprehensive survey of animal and plant life on Earth.

Attenborough was a senior manager at the BBC, having served as controller of BBC Two and director of programming for BBC Television in the s and s. First becoming prominent as host of Zoo Quest in , his filmography as writer, presenter and narrator has spanned eight decades; it includes Natural World, Wildlife on One, the Planet Earth franchise, The Blue Planet and its sequel.

He is the only person to have won BAFTA Awards in black and white, colour, high-de