Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television

2002 · 59 MIN · IMDB 8.3 · 119 VOTES · DIR. Andrew Findlay

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Overview

Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television is a BBC documentary film that recounts David Attenborough's television career. It is presented by Michael Palin 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 collection of 7 documentaries. It includes interviews with Attenborough and several of his former colleagues, along with archival footage.

Dialogue Timeline — 827 lines

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00:00:02 (As Attenborough) Tonight on Life On Earth
00:02:18 Shifts And Expedients Of Camp Life, Travel And Exploration.
00:04:35 I think children are excited by what they see
00:07:08 to produce a public television system
00:09:21 Then he produced the other one and he said
00:12:06 That's remarkable.
00:14:45 I suddenly looked down the slope
00:17:23 It looks like it's come from some almost extinct animal.
00:19:33 The two successes have been The Likely Lads
00:22:20 and what more do you want?
00:24:41 "And they don't fly into your hair because they are so clever
00:27:12 # God save the Queen #
00:29:27 but I couldn't do it while I was controller of BBC2
00:32:15 He'd come out in front of the camera and do it.
00:35:27 All living creatures on the earth and all material objects on it
00:38:18 It suddenly dawned on me that if I couldn't actually remember
00:40:25 It's ancient, battered, held together with camera tape, Araldite
00:42:39 But that's a completely different sound. That's an aeroplane.
00:45:12 how they like the programmes a lot
00:47:40 And there's the reward for that long chase.
00:49:53 and was thinking on the same lines.
00:52:33 (Attenborough) The programmes I've been involved in
00:55:25 not saying every time, "You've got to do something about it."
07:00:08 suddenly jumped out of hiding

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed827
Dialogue density14.0 lines / min
First line00:00:02
Final line07:00:08

Production Record

DirectorAndrew Findlay
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes119