Inside Sir David Attenborough’s first-ever BBC TV show on 70th anniversary This week marks 70 years since Sir David Attenborough made his first-ever TV appearance for the BBC on a show he could call his own.
Sir David Attenborough - (C) Sir David Attenborough - Photographer: -] Zoo Quest was different.
WARNING: Embargoed for publication until 00:00:01 on 05/12/2015 - Programme Name: Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough - TX: n/a - Episode: Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough (No.
Generics) - Picture Shows: Archive footage of Zoo Quest for the Paradise Birds (Dec 1957) - (C) BBC - Photographer: -] Instead of going to see animals in their natural habitats, animals would be brought into a TV studio for presenters and guests to meet and observe them.
Sir David had hosted a BBC TV show before, called Animal Disguises, but this was only in a presenting role and was part of a larger programme on children’s TV.
