''Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television'' is a BBC
documentary film
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in te ...
that recounts
David Attenborough's television career. It is presented by
Michael Palin
Sir Michael Edward Palin (; born 5 May 1943) is an English actor, comedian, writer, television presenter, and public speaker. He was a member of the Monty Python comedy group. Since 1980, he has made a number of travel documentaries.
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and produced by Brian Leith.
The BBC first transmitted the documentary in 2002 and is part of the ''
Attenborough in Paradise and Other Personal Voyages
''Attenborough in Paradise and Other Personal Voyages'' is a DVD collection of seven David Attenborough BBC documentary specials.
Documentary Summaries ''A Blank on the Map'' (1971)
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'' collection of 7 documentaries. It includes interviews with Attenborough and several of his former colleagues, along with archival footage.
There is also an autobiographical book of the same title.
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BBC television documentaries
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