1972: DAVID ATTENBOROUGH on BBC Two's purpose | Late Night Line-Up | BBC Archive

[@MartinAhlman]

He's a legend! A proper legend. Imagine the world without him. He made flowers interesting for people, and who does that? This human did! Brilliant man, I hope he lives forever.

[@GorilieVR]

Wow! Had no idea he was so involved in business direction of BBC 1&2 behind the scenes. What an incredible human

[@farzadjahanfard]

I saw him young talking. This video is fantastic. He is a national treasure he showed me so many things with his work that I would never know before I die. I am in his debt forever. What a legend❤

[@cashawX10]

I could listen to him for hours, his answer regarding society's acceptance based on cultural values in the 1930's versus the 1960's/70's is just as relevant today as it was then.

[@CristianoRonaldo-mk7dd]

Amazing how this man in his 90s still have the same stamina as 50 years ago

[@atmakali9599]

He’s a toxic BBC globalists WEF shill

[@YogsenForfoth]

He really is a spectacular human being.

[@BoBoNomad]

One of a kind. There is no one like him.

[@andreakohlhaussen7556]

He will forever be such an amazing man. There are single people who make a difference for the world, for mankind, for generations. They become legends, visionaries role models. His legend will live on forever.

[@andydixon2980]

Attenborough. Extraordinary man.

[@davedogge2280]

If someone said "I'm a time traveller and I like it for The Young Ones' I will drop my bacon sandwich. On a more serious note in the 80s and 90s the competition between BBC2 and Channel 4 was fierce and produced the best television I have seen or will ever see.

[@andreakohlhaussen7556]

... and in to addition to his incredible wisdom and knowledge... having manners and style, and the way he talks is just beautiful.

[@johnking5174]

1:14 - Even in 1972 many people still couldn't get BBC 2. You needed a 625 line TV set and a new aerial to pick it up. Even in 1972, there were still millions of homes using the 405 line VHF service which aired just BBC 1 and ITV.

[@gazriley624]

Loved the Vox pops at the beginning how people have changed! different world back then i was 10 years old in 1972

[@simonmcglary]

Even then, very astute, very aware and very much pushing for inclusive even then. Way ahead of his time with a much greater understanding of broadcasting than most. But when given the option of career progress he chooses job satisfaction.

[@LeighRichards27]

Hard to believe now but in those days the amount of tv that could be broadcast by channels was legally restricted by the govt because it was genuinely believed that 'too much tv' was 'bad for people' 😂

[@VenusEvan_1885]

Look at the interviewees, God how I miss this white Britain.

[@taylor.london]

David was ahead of his time back then. And still is in 2022!

[@davidshurville3658]

Oh, for a lost and more intelligent Britain. I wish we could go back to the future!!

[@TheValeyard92]

And now BBC Two is basically just BBC One-point-oh, and BBC Four has been relegated to archive. All the same, Attenborough gets it. A brilliant man.

[@grahampearce2405]

BBC 2 was and is a great channel for documentaries, but funnily enough the best single documentary series ever was World at War, made by ITV.

[@christopherwilliams2093]

Which of course later Channel 4 then BBC2 aired.

[@johnking5174]

World at War was made to be sold internationally. It was produced so well because Thames Television knew it would be sold around the world. A whopping £900,000 was it's budget (£12 million in 2023 value) so Thames wouldn't have spent that money over four years, unless they knew they could reap in a fortune in international sales, which they did.

[@strech5412]

A bravura performance from Attenborough - the nicest/smartest person alive at the time. Comparing Reith’s video to Attenborough’s here is a discourse analysis for the ages!

[@Sheffield_Steve]

People seem to forget that Richard brought Rugby League to the nation too.

[@kiskaloo6843]

Three channels in those days and some people could only get two of them and yet, I bet they just turned the TV off if they found nothing to watch. Sir David was always someone worth listening to. I did watch The Old Grey Whistle Test and I do remember 'Alias Smith And Jones' which I would love to see again. In fact many of the programmes Sir David mentions are classics, I have Civilisation on DVD (got it for a quid in a charity shop) and I shall watch it again. The Six Wives of Henry the Eighth was outstanding as was Elizabeth R with Glenda Jackson. Much better than the tripe today.

[@johnking5174]

Radio was always the big alternative back then. BBC Radio 1, 2, 3 and 4 offered a lot of choice to television.

[@tachikomakusanagi3744]

This is back from when there were only 3 channels in the UK, and no video recorders, and you could still put an intelligent discussion programme like this on the (very valuable and limited) airtime. Can you imagine the lead director of programming for a national major network aswering questions like this live on air today?

[@johnking5174]

Actually limited air time was freed up in 1972 a bit, when the government finally abolished the stupid restrictions of TV hours.

[@Sheffield_Steve]

It's a bit insulting to see some of the interviewers on the panel think that only middle/upper class people would be watching. My Dad was a Steelworker and loved watching BBC2 especially when it featured many of its fine documentaries and drama serials. I wasn't born until 1977 but I could imagine that my Dad would've been fascinated by Civilisation and The Ascent of Man!

[@1nePercentJuice]

Such an eloquent man. Had no idea he was so handsome as well.

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[@robertwilson214]

One of the few intellectual voices in the declining west.

[@mohamedelmicheli7301]

Man where looking strongly nan so women now every thing is difrent .if the world carry on like this there will be breads between animals and humans(David Attenborough is a legend his programs where the best on TV)

[@johnking5174]

1:18 - This prat didn't know what he was talking about. Adverts on ITV in 1972 were limited to just 7 minutes per hour, hardly "too many adverts" in my opinion. He would be shocked if he lived in the US, where in 1972 a one hour show could have 16 minutes of adverts.

[@whatamalike]

Id rather have a tv channel thats considered an "intellectual ghetto" than whatever the hell ITV2 is...i do like american dad and family guy in small doses though

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