Título: David Attenborough
Seção: First years at the BBC
Background: Sir David Frederick Attenborough  (UK: ; born 8 May 1926) is an English broadcaster and naturalist. He is best known for writing and presenting, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit, the nine natural history documentary series that form the Life collection, which form a comprehensive survey of animal and plant life on Earth. He is a former senior manager at the BBC, having served as controller of BBC Two and director of programming for BBC Television in the 1960s and 1970s. He is the only person to have won BAFTAs for programmes in each of black and white, colour, HD, 3D and 4K.

Conteúdo: After leaving the Navy, Attenborough took a position editing children's science textbooks for a publishing company. He soon became disillusioned with the work and in 1950 applied for a job as a radio talk producer with the BBC. Although he was rejected for this job, his CV later attracted the interest of Mary Adams, head of the Talks (factual broadcasting) department of the BBC's fledgling television service.  Attenborough, like most Britons at that time, did not own a television, and he had seen only one programme in his life. However, he accepted Adams' offer of a three-month training course, and in 1952 he joined the BBC full-time. Initially discouraged from appearing on camera because Adams thought his teeth were too big, he became a producer for the Talks department, which handled all non-fiction broadcasts. His early projects included the quiz show Animal, Vegetable, Mineral? and Song Hunter, a series about folk music presented by Alan Lomax.  Attenborough's association with natural history programmes began when he produced and presented the three-part series Animal Patterns. The studio-bound programme featured animals from London Zoo, with the naturalist Julian Huxley discussing their use of camouflage, aposematism and courtship displays. Through this programme, Attenborough met Jack Lester, the curator of the zoo's reptile house, and they decided to make a series about an animal-collecting expedition. The result was Zoo Quest, first broadcast in 1954, where Attenborou

user: What kind of work did he do before working at BBC?

assistant: After leaving the Navy, Attenborough took a position editing children's science textbooks for a publishing company.

user: Did he like this type of work?

assistant: He soon became disillusioned with the work and in 1950 applied for a job as a radio talk producer with the BBC.

user: What did he do at the BBC?

assistant: he accepted Adams' offer of a three-month training course, and in 1952 he joined the BBC full-time.

user: Did he like being filmed?

assistant: discouraged from appearing on camera because Adams thought his teeth were too big,

user: What kind of work did he first do at BBC?

assistant: he became a producer for the Talks department,

user: What kind of things did he produce for the department?

assistant: His early projects included the quiz show Animal, Vegetable, Mineral? and Song Hunter,

user: Did he like dealing with animals at work?

assistant: The studio-bound programme featured animals from London Zoo,

user: What type of work did they do with London Zoo?

assistant: Attenborough met Jack Lester, the curator of the zoo's reptile house, and they decided to make a series about an animal-collecting expedition.

user: Was David the host of the show?

assistant: The result was Zoo Quest, first broadcast in 1954, where Attenborough became the presenter

user: Did David take other jobs with the BBC?

assistant: In the early 1960s, Attenborough resigned from the permanent staff of the BBC to study for a postgraduate degree in social anthropology

user: Did he ever work with the BBC again?

assistant: he accepted an invitation to return to the BBC as controller of BBC Two before he could finish the degree.