The legendary BBC presenter turned the humble natural history programme into the most gripping telly, thanks to his much-aped style - a get-up close approach to the animals, combined with an intimate, breathy style of delivery. Groomed for a life of admin, Attenborough took to gallivanting around the globe in front of a camera instead, and narrates the story of his life on air (rather than his life at home) in the same dry style he uses to tell us, say, about the defecating habits of the sloth. A god among men. He'll be signing copies of Life On Air, which is just out in paperback (BBC, £ 7.99).
