Sir David Attenborough, one of the BBC’s longest serving presenters, castigated the corporation last night for “clogging-up” its schedules with programs about gardening and celebrity chefs.

The Daily Telegraph of London reports that, “the wildlife documentary maker, whose career has spanned more than 50 years, said it was a ‘scandal’ that there appeared to be no longer a space in the schedules for extended series about history, science, music and the arts.”

Sir Attenborough, 81, gave a speech about public service broadcasting; he said the BBC was established as a public service broadcaster, which in the past measured its success by the range of its schedule not just by its audience size.

The Telegraph quotes Sir Attenborough as saying, “do we really require so many gardening programs, make-over programs or celebrity chefs? Is it not a scandal in this day and age, that there seems to be no place for continuing series of programs about science or serious music or thoughtful in-depth interviews with people other than politicians.”

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