Sir David Attenborough on retirement: I dread not working
The veteran broadcaster has said he can do many other things without the stairs, though.
Sir David Attenborough has said he may stop working when he “can’t walk up and down steps any more”, but that he is fine at the moment.
The 91-year-old broadcaster and naturalist has also said the thought of not working fills him with “dread”.
Sir David revealed that, in his new documentary, he was asked to walk up a spiral staircase several times in order to get the right shot.
“If I can’t walk up and down steps any more, that will stop me.
“Yes, I do dread not working, although there are things I can do without running up steps six times – books to be written, things I’ve never got round to.”
The Blue Planet II creator added: “But at the moment it seems to be all right.”
Sir David, whose career has spanned more than six decades, said while he does not like to think about retiring just yet, he “would like to think I would be able to detect when I couldn’t find the right words any more”.
He said: “If I think I’m not producing commentary with any freshness, or which is apposite or to the point, I hope I would be able to recognise it before someone else told me.
He added: “If I thought I was turning in substandard work, that would stop me.”
Sir David’s new documentary, Attenborough And The Sea Dragon, airs on Sunday at 8pm on BBC One.
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