http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/magazine\/4976552.stm<\/a>) He must be the\u00c2\u00a0best-ever presenter\/creator of science and nature programmes. Every year, he brings amazing new content to remind us of the fragile diversity of life on Earth.<\/p>\nAttenborough has had a wonderful life, having seen so many of the\u00c2\u00a0fragile marvels of the world. He personifies all the positive qualities of an ideal of aristocratic Englishness – adventurousness, intelligence,\u00c2\u00a0wit, \u00c2\u00a0moral worth, charm, willingness to endure hardships and joys with equal stoicism – that were rarely found in reality rather than ideology.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
Digital channels have been showing\u00c2\u00a0his programmes from throughout the past decades.\u00c2\u00a0 These are almost always brilliant. In his BBC radio interview, he is careful to credit the cameramen as the real creators of the stunning footage that we associate with Attenborough.\u00c2\u00a0 However, it is his majestic and much parodied \u00c2\u00a0delivery that makes so many of these programmes unforgettable.<\/p>\n
The BBC site\u00c2\u00a0says that he got his first presentation job by chance, despite the misgivings of an administrator over the size of his teeth. This suggests that a modern Attenborough would be unlikely to get near the screen. Present day tv presenters tend to\u00c2\u00a0be either\u00c2\u00a0comedy “mad scientist” stereotypes or perfectly groomed forgettable clones. Attenborough is certainly\u00c2\u00a0distinctive without ever being a hysterical mad scientist. His delivery is\u00c2\u00a0 perfectly judged. His voice is unmistakable, with its odd tendency to whisper for greater effect.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0He approaches the viewer as someone like himself, with all the aristocratic virtues.<\/p>\n
If ever there was a 50s “Boys Own” hero in the real world, David Attenborough comes close.<\/p>\n