Sir David Attenborough has blamed 'BBC politics' for doing so many wildlife programmes outside of the UK.
has said ‘internal BBC politics’ resulted in him spending much of his career documenting wildlife abroad rather than in the British Isles.broadcaster in 1952, going on to become the controller of BBC Two.
‘I joined [the BBC] in 1952, and television was restricted to London only. Bristol had a Natural History Unit on the radio but it didn’t have television. The natural history series will have an introductory episode explaining why Britain and Ireland are globally important for nature.
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