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Archive includes invite to Sir David
Leicester Mercury
|January 01, 2026
BBC RELEASES DOCUMENTS - INCLUDING LETTER FROM 1952
LETTERS addressed to a young Sir David Attenborough are among archive material being released to shine a light on the corporation's role in cultural and social history.
The first release contains about 50,000 files, including internal memos and letters.
A letter shows the BBC asking a 26-year-old Sir David, now 99, to apply for the television training course following his unsuccessful application for a role in 1952.
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