The naturalist, now 99, described the moment he realised something was wrong while wearing a faulty open-circuit diving ...

The veteran broadcaster related an incident early in his career when he was given faulty scuba-diving equipment.

Sir David Attenborough has revealed he almost drowned during a scuba diving expedition in the 1950s, after water began ...

I thought, ‘This can’t be right’. And by the time [the water rose to my nose], I thought, ‘I’m sure this is not right’ ...

David Attenborough told Prince William how he nearly drowned during his first dive down to the Great Barrier Reef in 1957 ...

Sir David Attenborough has detailed an unsettling incident in which he nearly drowned when scuba diving. The natural ...

Sir David Attenborough has revealed he almost drowned during a scuba diving expedition in the 1950s, after water began flooding into his helmet while filming on the Great Barrier Reef. The ...

when he put his first ever scuba-diving helmet on his head. Attenborough said: “I suddenly felt water coming around [my chin and up over my mouth]” he said. “I thought, ‘This can’t be ...

Sir David Attenborough has revealed that he almost drowned when testing a scuba-diving outfit in the Great Barrier Reef in 1957. Nostalgically, he tried on the helmet over his head. “Don’t do ...

Sir David was presented with an open-circuit helmet. Picking it up and putting it on his head, he spoke about testing a scuba diving outfit while filming on the Great Barrier Reef in 1957.

Nostalgically, he tried on the helmet over his head. “Don’t do that, David. You won’t get it off,” laughed the Prince of Wales. “It’s certainly a strange thing to do,” remarked ...