8 Times Sir David Attenborough Was A Total Badass
2. When He Revolutionised British Programming
When Attenborough took control of the newly launched and slightly failing BBC2 in 1965, he certainly had some big plans.
Sir Dave decided that he was going to give the channel a whole identity of its own, putting together an eclectic mix of arts, music, history, comedy, drama and travel programming and commissioning some of the greatest programmes to come out of Britain, including the legendary Monty Python's Flying Circus and the landmark series Civilisation.
When the channel went over to colour, he took advantage of this at once by being the first to televise snooker (which, for obvious reasons, would not have worked on black and white television) as well as Rugby League.
But, despite being poised to become the next Director General of the BBC, Attenborough gave it all up to go back to doing what he loves best, making nature programmes (and aren't we glad he did?). Even so, in his short tenure at the helm of the BBC, he did more to change the face of British television than anybody else and you can still see the effects tot his day.
Talk about a legacy.