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The 9pm David Attenborough from 1984

Photograph of an audio cassette in its plastic case. A handwritten insert reads “Science journal 29.8.84 84/35” and then a list of the program items. (See later on the web page.) On the right-hand side is a the scan of a scratched-up black and white photo, with 35mm film sprocket holes. It’s a hotel room. A middle-aged white man in a grey suit sits on the couch with his elbows on the coffee table. He looks very tired. In the foreground, out of focus, the hands of someone off-camera load a reel of quarter-inch tape onto a Nagra recorder. Conversation is imminent.
An audio cassette recording of Science Journal 84/35 from 1984. (Photo: Stilgherrian) Inset: David Attenborough, seen in 1984. (Photo: Robin Goodfellow.)

Something different to kick off the mid-2026 series. Just two days ago, on the 8th of May, Sir David Attenborough celebrated his 100th birthday. As it happens, way back in 1984, I interviewed him when he was just Mr Attenborough, and here is that interview.

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