In 1963, David Attenborough left the BBC for two years to study for a master’s degree in s #Shorts

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[00:00:00]In 1963, David Attenborough left the BBC for 2 years to study for a master's degree in social anthropology at the London School of Economics, but he never finished. Instead, the BBC offered him controller of BBC 2. Attenborough accepted, canceled his studies, and returned. He introduced color television to Britain and commissioned Monty Python's Flying Circus. We nearly lost David Attenborough to academia.