Airdate: Sir David Attenborough: A Life on Earth

BBC Knowledge will air a one hour special Sir David Attenborough: A Life on Earth filmed last year during an Australian tour in which the naturalist is interviewed by Ray Martin.

Sir David Attenborough is larger than life, his distinctive voice as recognisable as his name. In this special program, renowned Australian journalist Ray Martin turns the cameras away from the beloved wildlife Sir David has spent his life documenting and onto the man himself.

The show is an edited interview culled from a series of sold-out public events held in theatres across Australia in 2012 and 2013. It provides a unique insight into Sir David the man, as well as his extraordinary life experiences and stellar career.

Conversations include Sir David’s upbringing, his family, his love affair with fossils and his earliest fossil foraging experiences. He also reminisces on the early days of TV and how he, as a TV producer, inadvertently ended up in front of the camera presenting natural history programs.

Wednesday September 24 at 9:30 pm BBC Knowledge.