A life in pictures: Sir David Attenborough celebrates his 100th birthday
Across decades of groundbreaking documentaries, Sir David Attenborough has brought the beauty and fragility of life on Earth into homes around the world. Today he turns 100.
Broadcaster, natural historian, conservationist, and quite possibly Britain’s greatest living national treasure, Sir David Attenborough is celebrating his 100th birthday today.
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His career in television began in 1952, when he joined the BBC as a trainee producer. From those early days in black-and-white broadcasting, he went on to help shape the future of natural history storytelling - even overseeing the first-ever colour broadcasts in Europe.
Over the decades, he has travelled to some of the most remote and breathtaking corners of the planet - from dense rainforests to the deep ocean - quietly observing rare species and capturing moments of life that most of us would never otherwise see.
His voice - calm and endlessly curious - has become as iconic as the images he describes. Generations have grown up listening to him, and many credit him with sparking their love of the natural world.
Even at 100, Attenborough's message continues to resonate, as he urging audiences not only to admire planet Earth, but to protect it.
Take a look back through his extraordinary life with these images.
Happy birthday, Sir David!
