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Television of course actually started in Britain in 1936, and it was a monopoly, and there was only one broadcaster and it operated on a license which is not the same as a government grant.
David Attenborough
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David Attenborough
Age: 98
Born: 1926
Born: May 8
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To suggest that God specifically created a worm to torture small African children is blasphemy as far as I can see. The Archbishop of Canterbury doesn't believe that.
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If I can make programmes when I'm 95, that would be fine. But I would think I'll have had enough by then.
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