100 Years of Sir David Attenborough

As Controller of BBC Two, he oversaw the first ever colour broadcasts in Europe, rushing to beat Germany. He then commissioned the critically-acclaimed series Civilisation, written and presented by art historian Kenneth Clark. The Ascent of Man, presented by humanist scientist Jacob Bronowski, soon followed. These landmark series helped inaugurate a new kind of television documentary, putting history, culture and science on screen in ways never seen before.

In my opinion, these are two of the four most educational documentary series in the English language, though he is better known for inspiring in billions a deeper appreciation for the natural world through his acclaimed nature documentaries.