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David Attenborough voted Britain’s all time favourite TV presenter
Naturally, it had to be Sir David Attenborough
Sir David Attenborough has been voted Britain’s favourite TV presenter of all time, according to a poll.
The 96-year-old veteran broadcaster, biologist and natural historian has been gracing our screens with his dulcet tones since the 1950s.
It’s no wild discovery the documentary narrator won 28% of the vote with 30 household names making up the list on the Perspectus Global Poll in all. He made it to the top above all including the likes of the late Sir Terry Wogan and Sir Bruce Forsyth — as they took the second and third spots.
In fourth and fifth place in Perspectus’ survey were Eurovision host Graham Norton and Channel 4 news anchor Jon Snow, with the late Cilla Black in sixth and Strictly Come Dancing and The Traitors host Claudia Winkleman in seventh.
Rounding off the list in eighth, ninth and tenth respectively were Ant and Dec, Les Dawson and Jimmy Carr.
When asked what makes a great TV host, 47% of Britons felt it was someone who seemed genuine. But half of us think the calibre of hosts has declined in recent years, with 51% going as far as to say it is a dying art.
Attenborough is the voice behind several high-profile BBC wildlife documentaries including The Blue Planet, Planet Earth and most recently, Wild Isles.
His stunning career has spanned eight decades and he is the only person to win BAFTA awards for programmes in black and white, colour, high-definition, 3D, and 4K.
After making wildlife documentaries around the globe, Attenborough wanted to film his latest series much closer to home as he said: “In my long lifetime, I have travelled to almost every corner of our planet.
“I can assure you that in the British Isles, as well as astonishing scenery there are extraordinary animal dramas and wildlife spectacles to match anything I have seen on my global travels.”