Force Of Nature

摘要

Britain's best-loved broadcaster chuckles, as if he can't quite believe his luck. "Having fun is not difficult! It's one of the few talents I have - enjoying myself. So it's obvious why you do this you're having a ball. People say: 'But you're soold. Why are you going on working?' Because I'd pay to go on doing what I'm doing!"Still bright-eyed and floppy-fringed, David Attenborough is as magnetic a presence in the flesh as he is on screen. Ever the storyteller, he peppers his anecdotes with "Crikey!", "Unbelievable!", "Amazing!", "Wonderful!", constantly shifting in his chair, arms whirring, his boyish enthusiasm and sheer zest for life undimmed. Several times during our two-hour conversation he is so ebullient he's practically shouting.