Before The Bbc, I Joined The Navy

I've Been Bitten By A Python. Not A Very Big One. I Was Being Silly, Saying: 'oh, It's Not Poisonous' Then, Wallop! But You Have Fear Around Animals.

Getting To Places Like Bangkok Or Singapore Was A Hell Of A Sweat. But When You Got There It Was The Back Of Beyond. It Was Just A Series Of Small Tin Sheds.

It Is Curiosity, Quite Right-a Divine Curiosity. A Characteristic Of The Gods Is Curiosity.

Birds Are The Most Accomplished Aeronauts The World Has Ever Seen. They Fly High And Low, At Great Speed, And Very Slowly. And Always With Extraordinary Precision And Control.

Life Is Not All High Emotion. Some Of The Most Interesting Things Are When Its Not Highly Emotional: Little Details Of Relationships And Body Language.