Hi everybody, welcome to Dan Snow's History Hit. A few years ago I was lucky enough to meet David Attenborough,

Sir David Attenborough in the Canadian High Commission in London, we did an event and I released this podcast afterwards.

I thought I'd re-release this podcast, those of you who haven't heard of it, because he's a total legend and we need to listen to what he's got to say.

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In the meantime, everyone, here is Sir David Attenborough.

You have more honorary fellowships than anyone else in Britain.

You're voting for most trusted celebrity in Britain.

You have a shelf, a shelf groaning with medals and distinctly, you've won BAFTAs for Black and White television, color television, HD television.

And 3D television, I think that's another record.

There's one question that I want to ask you, and it's important, how have you been involved in anything that's been a total and utter disaster?

I'm a dear chap.

1954, 50% of things that we did were total disaster.

I won't list them in awe because they'd be here all night.

But just to give you an idea of what television was like in 1953 as well.

I was called by the organisation, I should call it, of our little department.

All our programmes came from life, all of them alive.

They came from Alexander Palace in two small studios, neither of which was as big as this room.

And we put out a service that lasted two or three hours every night.

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