Sir David Attenborough: ‘Internal BBC politics’ took my career abroad

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Sir David Attenborough has said “internal BBC politics” resulted in him spending much of his career documenting wildlife abroad rather than in the British Isles. Tell you what, we’ll do British natural history, and you can do all this stuff in Africa.’ “And I said, ‘That suits me down to the ground’ so this is a great ambition fulfilled.” The natural history series will have an introductory episode explaining why Britain and Ireland are globally important for nature. “We just have to keep the pressure on, whether we’re winning or losing, we should be doing all we possibly can Sir David Attenborough The remaining four hour-long episodes will celebrate the Isles’ four key habitats – woodlands, grasslands, freshwater and marine. Lots of people are, all over, all kinds of organisations.” He also said he “personally won’t have a long-lasting legacy” despite his work to improve awareness of the issues affecting the natural world globally.