to consider David Attenborough our greatest national asset ?

[Marilynsbigsister]

Happy to be proved otherwise but he is 90 this year and STILL making Sunday night docs that make our jaws drop.. Any other nominees welcome.

[FireCrotch]

He is my ds' inspiration. He's 11. I agree with you. All my 3 are downstairs glued to the documentary about titanosaur.

[Chorltonswheelies422]

I so admire him - a true legend. He has a real talent and I love the gentle humour he puts into the narration. Admire to that he was a wonderful success as the controller of BBC2 and commissioned the likely lads and snooker (among others) before deciding to go with his true passion which was natural history.

[NeedACleverNN]

I admire him aswell

An animal documentary won't be the same without his narration

[PirateSmile]

He's brilliant. Dp and I have just been discussing him and DP described him, amongst other things as, completely without ego.

[Birdsgottafly]

In his field he is. He's always at the top of the Poles.

That's recognised in his awards which led to him now being a 'Sir'.

[DioneTheDiabolist]

He's a brilliant man OP.

[FadedRed]

Definitely agree, amazing man.

[Gruntfuttock]

I used to think of him as a national treasure, but recently saw him described as a world treasure and agree that's what he is. A truly amzing man.

[Gruntfuttock]

Amazing I mean.

[HarveySchlumpfenburger]

YANBU at all.

[NameRanger]

I think he's great. If I had to be stuck on a desert island with people, he would be one of my top choices.

[londonrach]

Hes lovely. Agree op. Think my dad meet him once for 5 mins when he gave a talk at some conferdence (david attenbourgh was giving the talk) and sir attenbourgh didnt mind signing his autograph twice for both my sister and myself. We were in our teens at the time (so a few years ago..) and very impressed when dad gave us the autograph. Dad said he was a nice man. :-)

[Gileswithachainsaw]

Yanbu

[Goingtobeawesome]

I'm pretty sure he'll live forever. He's awesome.

I missed the dinosaur name though. The paper said it was going to be announced at the end of the programme and might be Attenboroughsaurus .

[CraftyMissus]

Yanbu one bit :) a friend of my DH works with David Attenborough on a regular basis and always tells us he is wonderful to work with. He is still amazingly energetic and passionate about explaining the wonders around us.

During filming for his latest doc, the team all laid down to compare their height to a dinosaur femur. Seeing them, Attenborough insisted on joining in and dropped onto the dusty floor to stretch out.

[MiddleAgeMiddleEngland]

I had the great pleasure of meeting him at a literary event about 25 years ago. He was the most lovely man, really easy to deal with (he was there as a 'star') and was so unassuming.

I'm looking forward to watching the dinosaur programme on the iPlayer.

[VertigoNun]

Yanbu, he seems amazing in many ways.

[Upthenoonoo]

Yanbu. Dh and I were saying the same just now. It's his voice as well isn't it? He's fab

[londonrach]

His voice....(faints)

[bibbitybobbityyhat]

Yabu. He is fabulous though.

[ASmallHenInItsLateForties]

Yes agree. Was just saying the same whilst watching him. He's just lovely! .

[Leelu6]

World treasure, indeed, Grunt.

Be was also very fit in those early docs from the 70s!

[EponasWildDaughter]

Love him.

I remember when he was asked recently, having just completed a new series, what his goal was - baring in mind how much he has already done. He thought for a moment and pleasantly said something like:

''At this point, my goal is just to wake up in the morning ... and it's a bonus when i can get out of bed as well!'.

So down to earth.

[dementedma]

Another huge fan here! Seems to be an utterly delightful man.

[frikadela01]

I think it helps that he always comes across as incredibly genuine... I really couldn't imagine him being a diva or anything behind the scenes. Just seems like a truly kind and generous man that's given a large part of his life to educating us about the world around us. Blue planet will always be one of my favourite series of all time.