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Sir David Attenborough is probably one of the most remarkable human beings ever. Not only has the British broadcaster and biologist done more for the planet than a thousand Gretha Thurnbergs, but he even helped convince tennis to adopt yellow tennis balls - for a good reason. Lawn tennis originated in mediaeval French monasteries and courts, where monks and royals began playing "royal tennis" with leather balls packed with wool or rags.
The engineers didn’t want to buy a complete set of studio cameras that would be significantly outdated within a year. So I had to predict when we would start – and, in a childish sort of way, I wanted to be first.” Sir David adds that he also wanted to beat West Germany in introducing some colour to television broadcasts, after the US and Japan had already done so. "It suddenly dawned on me that the one thing we did have was outside broadcast units,” he said.
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