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16 unusual facts about David Attenborough


Alexander Marshal

A selection of Marshal’s works was shown at the "Amazing Rare Things" exhibition hosted by David Attenborough.

Brandon, Warwickshire

The reserve's visitor centre was opened in 1998 by Sir David Attenborough.

Česká televize

ČT2 broadcasts documentaries and nature-oriented shows such as documentary films by David Attenborough.

Crossgar

Sir David Attenborough opened the Wildlife Centre in 1992 and the Trust is a charity to promote conservation in its natural habitat in Northern Ireland.

Ctenocheloides

It was described in 2010, and named in honour of the British natural history broadcaster David Attenborough.

The genus name reflects the close relationship of the genus to Ctenocheles, while the specific epithet "attenboroughi" commemorates the British natural history broadcaster David Attenborough.

Homme

The forests around Homme have their own segment in David Attenborough's documentary, Planet Earth, in episode 11, Seasonal Forest.

Hussein Adan Isack

In 1991, he took part in the making of a documentary, The Trials of Life with sir David Attenborough, produced by the BBC and the Australian Broadcasting Service.

Jim Frazier

He is well known for filming documentaries for David Attenborough together with his long-time collaborator Australian naturalist, photographer and writer Densey Clyne.

Materpiscis

The species was named Materpiscis attenboroughi in honour of David Attenborough who first drew attention to the significance of the Gogo fish sites in his 1979 series Life on Earth.

Pench National Park

The Pench national park provided the location used by the BBC for the innovative wildlife series Tiger: Spy in the Jungle, a three part documentary narrated by Sir David Attenborough which used concealed cameras, placed by elephants, in order to capture intimate tiger behavior.

Portrait of a Large Dog

Sir David Attenborough, who had led a campaign to keep both portraits in Britain remarked that it was "exciting news that these two pictures, so important in the history of zoological discovery, are to remain where they were commissioned and painted".

Prethopalpus attenboroughi

Prethopalpus attenboroughi (or Attenborough's goblin spider) is a tiny arachnid named after Sir David Attenborough, that is found only on Horn Island off northern Queensland in Australia.

Richard Brock

He was a member of the production team on the highly successful Life on Earth, and served as executive producer on The Living Planet, collaborating with David Attenborough.

The Kongouro from New Holland

Sir David Attenborough, who had led a campaign to keep both portraits in Britain, remarked that it was "exciting news that these two pictures, so important in the history of zoological discovery, are to remain where they were commissioned and painted".

The Penguin King

The Penguin King is the second collaboration between Sky, Atlantic Productions and David Attenborough, who wrote and narrated the film.


Digit Fund

Busy with her research in Africa, Fossey enlisted the help of her friends, primatologist Richard Wrangham and TV presenter David Attenborough, who approached conservation organizations located in the UK including the Fauna Preservation Society (FPS) and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, which declined Fossey's request in favor of supporting an approach emphasizing tourism to Rwanda.

Hatchards

Over the years many famous authors have signed at Hatchards including J.K Rowling, Alexander McCall Smith, Peter Ackroyd, Margaret Thatcher, Lauren Bacall, Stephen Fry, Jeremy Paxman, Joanne Harris, the late Alec Guinness, David Attenborough, Michael Palin, Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire, Peter Mandelson, Hilary Mantel, Sebastian Faulks, and Howard Jacobson.

John Sauven

Sauven has collaborated on several award winning films with film director Julian Temple and film producer Eski Thomas, commissioning The Ancient Forests to which Sir David Attenborough, Ewan McGregor and Andy Serkis lent their talents.

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They include: Tom Stoppard, Peter Cook, Peter Ustinov, Judi Dench, Alan Bennett, Denis Healey, David Attenborough, Kingsley Amis, Kenneth Williams, Douglas Adams, John Mortimer, Neil Kinnock, Katharine Whitehorn, Malcolm Muggeridge and Lord George-Brown.

Steve Nallon

Although Nallon became most famous for providing the voice of Margaret Thatcher on the show, he also voiced many of the show's other characters, including Roy Hattersley, The Queen Mother, Alan Bennett and David Attenborough.

Wilson's Bird-of-paradise

The first footage of the Wilson's Bird-of-paradise ever to be filmed was recorded in 1996 by David Attenborough for the BBC documentary Attenborough in Paradise.