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In the 1990s, Attenborough continued to use the "Life" title for a succession of authored documentaries. In 1993, he presented Life in the Freezer, the first television series to survey the natural history of Antarctica. Although past normal retirement age, he then embarked on a number of more specialised surveys of the natural world, beginning with plants. They proved a difficult subject for his producers, who had to deliver hours of television featuring what are essentially immobile objects. The result was The Private Life of Plants (1995), which showed plants as dynamic organisms by using time-lapse photography to speed up their growth, and went on to earn a Peabody Award. [53] Gough, Myles (25 August 2016). "Kitten-sized extinct 'lion' named after David Attenborough". BBC News. Archived from the original on 29 August 2016 . Retrieved 29 August 2016. Sir David Attenborough named Champion of the Earth by UN". BBC News. 20 April 2022. Archived from the original on 20 April 2022 . Retrieved 21 April 2022. Attenborough's Life in Colour Season 1". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021 . Retrieved 15 November 2021.Jones, Julia P. G. (14 September 2020). " 'Extinction: The Facts': Attenborough's new documentary is surprisingly radical". The Conversation. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021 . Retrieved 27 August 2021. Attenborough is new OPT patron". populationmatters.org. Population Matters, UK Charity. Archived from the original on 2 January 2016.

Meerkats United". WildFilmistory.org. Archived from the original on 4 February 2010 . Retrieved 20 January 2010. In 1969, Attenborough was promoted to director of programmes, making him responsible for the output of both BBC channels. [42] His tasks, which included agreeing budgets, attending board meetings and firing staff, were now far removed from the business of filming programmes. When Attenborough's name was being suggested as a candidate for the position of Director-General of the BBC in 1972, he phoned his brother Richard to confess that he had no appetite for the job. Early the following year, he left his post to return to full-time programme-making, leaving him free to write and present the planned natural history epic. [12] Males, Jennifer; Van Aelst, Peter (2 January 2021). "Did the Blue Planet set the Agenda for Plastic Pollution? An Explorative Study on the Influence of a Documentary on the Public, Media and Political Agendas". Environmental Communication. 15 (1): 40–54. doi: 10.1080/17524032.2020.1780458. hdl: 10067/1703940151162165141. ISSN 1752-4032. S2CID 221492454. Archived from the original on 31 August 2023 . Retrieved 28 April 2022.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. [25] 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. [26] Attenborough, like most Britons at that time, did not own a television, and he had seen only one programme in his life. [27]