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

00:00:02 (As Attenborough) Tonight on Life On Earth

00:02:18 Shifts And Expedients Of Camp Life, Travel And Exploration.

00:04:29 I don't think my childhood was particularly different from other boys'.

00:06:58 (Palin) BBC Television was then based at Alexandra Palace, or Ally Pally

00:09:11 and he said (Cockney) "Now, I am a rat-catcher

00:11:49 I always played the music back and let the singers listen to themselves

00:14:27 That means they're cannibals down there.

00:16:58 We had got him

00:19:09 That was a thrilling opportunity

00:21:45 jewels in the crown of BBC television

00:24:08 (Sniffs)... makes... (Coughs)

00:26:29 We'd sent a message by radio to say that David Attenborough was coming

00:28:53 Can we make a start, please?

00:31:18 (Parsons) What it did do for the first time

00:33:58 Their sight, their hearing, their sense of smell

00:37:26 I said, "Now, look, lad. How will we get up on ropes?" He said, "Easy."

00:39:40 (Man) I shared a tent with David

00:41:45 it seems to me that if you change your costume

00:43:57 but I had the best reason for not being in love with rats only a few weeks ago.

00:46:27 We made a film about chimps hunting monkeys

00:48:45 I know that whenever I go and see David

00:51:01 Talking to the Americans, in this case Ted Turner

00:53:48 (Palin) David has seen great changes to the natural world over his career

00:56:45 Not much, I have to say. I mean...