David Attenborough

May 08, 1926 (98 years old) in London, England, UK

Sir David Attenborough (8th May 1926) is a broadcaster and naturalist. His career as the respected face and voice of natural history programmes has endured for more than 50 years. He is best known for writing and presenting the nine "Life" series, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit, which collectively form a comprehensive survey of all life on the planet. He is also a former senior manager at the BBC, having served as controller of BBC Two and director of programming for BBC Television in the 1960s and 1970s.

He is the younger brother of director, producer and actor Richard Attenborough.

Known For

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NOVA

Narrator

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Horizon

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Natural World

Presenter

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The Terry and Gaby Show

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Nature

Narrator (voice)

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Prehistoric Planet

Self - Presenter

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Going Live!

Self

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The Blue Planet

Self - Narrator (voice)

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Planet Earth II

Self - Narrator

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Planet Earth

Self - Narrator

Credits

Horizon: Death of the Oceans Future

Himself

★ NR
Saving the Storks with Sir David Attenborough Future

Narrator

★ NR
Blue Planet III Future

Self - Presenter

★ NR
Ocean with David Attenborough 2025

Self

★ NR
Parenthood 2025

Self - Narrator (voice)

★ NR
Simon Schama's Story of Us 2025

Self - Reader

★ NR
Attenborough's Life Journey 2024

Self

★ NR
Asia 2024

Self - Presenter

★ 9.2
Secret Lives of Orangutans 2024

Self - Narrator (voice)

★ 7.7
Mammals 2024

Self - Narrator

★ 8.5
Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster 2024

Self - Presenter

★ 8.5
Secret World of Sound 2024

Self - Narrator (voice)

★ 8.7
Attenborough and the Jurassic Sea Monster 2024

Self

★ 7
David Attenborough: A Life on Earth 2023

Self

★ NR
Planet Earth III 2023

Self - Presenter

★ 9.4
Wild Isles 2023

Self - Presenter

★ 8.3
The Deepest Breath 2023

Self (archive footage)

★ 7.6
How the BBC Began 2022

Self

★ NR
Frozen Planet II 2022

Self - Presenter

★ 8.3
Prehistoric Planet 2022

Self - Presenter

★ 8.3
Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough 2022

Self - Presenter

★ 7.2
Great Mammoth Mystery 2022

Self - Host

★ NR
David Attenborough's Global Adventures 2022

★ NR
The Green Planet 2022

Self - Narrator (voice)

★ 8.7
Attenborough's Wonder of Song 2022

Self - Presenter

★ 8.4
Attenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard 2021

Self - Narrator

★ 7.4
The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet 2021

Self - Narrator (voice)

★ 9
David Attenborough's Global Adventure 2021

Self

★ 8
Parkinson at 50 2021

Self (archive footage)

★ 10
Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet 2021

Self

★ 7.4
Attenborough’s Journey 2021

Self

★ 8
The Year Earth Changed 2021

Self - Narrator (voice)

★ 7.9
Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World 2021

Self

★ 4.3
Attenborough's Life in Colour 2021

Self - Presenter

★ 7.7
A Perfect Planet 2021

Self - Narrator (voice)

★ 8.6
Prince William: A Planet For Us All 2020

Self

★ 6
Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime 2020

Self

★ 7.3
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 2020

Self

★ 8.4
Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in Conversation 2020

Self

★ 5.7
Extinction: The Facts 2020

Self - Presenter

★ 7.5
The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama 2020

Self

★ 10
Planet Earth: A Celebration 2020

Self - Narrator (voice)

★ 8.6
Chris Packham: 7.7 Billion People and Counting 2020

Self

★ NR
Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy 2020

Self

★ 7
The Forum 2019

Self

★ 7
Seven Worlds, One Planet 2019

Self - Narrator (voice)

★ 8.4
The Kiwi, The Knight and the Qashqai 2019

Self

★ NR
Climate Change: The Facts 2019

Self - Presenter

★ 7.1
Our Planet: Behind the Scenes 2019

Self - Narrator

★ 7.6
Our Planet 2019

Self - Narrator (voice)

★ 8.5
Blue Planet UK 2019

Self

★ NR
Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time 2019

Self - Narrator (archive sound)

★ 8.7
Dragons and Damsels 2019

Self - Narrator

★ 8
Wild Karnataka 2019

Self - Narrator

★ 8.4
Whale Wisdom 2018

Self - Narrator

★ 7.3
Dynasties 2018

Self - Narrator

★ 8.3
Into the Jungle 2018

Self - Narrator

★ 7.6
Deep Ocean: Descent into the Mariana Trench 2018

Self - Narrator

★ 9.3
David Attenborough's Tasmania 2018

Self - Narrator (voice)

★ 7.2
Pangolins: The World's Most Wanted Animal 2018

Self - Narrator (voice)

★ 6.5
The Queen's Green Planet 2018

Self

★ 7
Attenborough's Wonder of Eggs 2018

Self - Presenter

★ 6
Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 2018

Presenter

★ 6.7
Deep Ocean: Giants of the Antarctic Deep 2018

Narrator

★ NR
The Making of David Attenborough's Ant Mountain 2018

Self

★ 7.5
David Attenborough's Ant Mountain 2017

Self - Presenter

★ 8.8
Attenborough and the Empire of the Ants 2017

Self – Presenter

★ 7
Attenborough and the Giant Elephant 2017

Self - Presenter

★ 7.2
And the Winner Isn't 2017

Self

★ 5.7
Blue Planet II 2017

Self - Presenter

★ 8.6
Plants Behaving Badly 2017

Self

★ NR
Richmond Park National Nature Reserve 2017

Self

★ NR
Hotel Armadillo 2017

Self - Narrator

★ NR
Puerto Rico: Island of Enchantment 2017

Self - Narrator

★ NR
Cheetahs: Growing Up Fast 2017

Self - Narrator (voice)

★ NR
Richard Batterham, Master Potter 2017

Self

★ NR
Planet Earth II: A World of Wonder 2017

Self - Presenter

★ 7.5
Planet Earth II 2016

Self - Narrator

★ 8.6
Jaguars: Brazil's Super Cats 2016

Self

★ NR
Zoo Quest in Colour 2016

Self - Presenter

★ 8.3
Attenborough's Life That Glows 2016

Self - Presenter

★ 8.1
Attenborough at 90 2016

Self

★ 8
Attenborough's Passion Projects 2016

Self - Presenter

★ 8
Attenborough at 90: Behind the Lens 2016

Self

★ 8.4
Wild City 2016

Self - Narrator (voice)

★ 4
Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur 2016

Self - Presenter

★ 7.6
Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough 2015

Self - Presenter

★ 7
Cue the Queen: Celebrating the Christmas Speech 2015

Self

★ 6
Cougars Undercover 2015

Self

★ NR
The Hunt 2015

Self - Narrator (voice)

★ 8.1
David Attenborough Meets President Obama 2015

Self

★ 7.8
Attenborough's Big Birds 2015

Narrator

★ 8.5
Legends of the Deep: Deep Sea Sharks 2015

Self - Narrator

★ 7
Africa's Fishing Leopards 2015

Narrator (voice)

★ NR
Attenborough's Paradise Birds 2015

Presenter - Narrator

★ 7.9
David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies 2015

Self - Presenter

★ 8.2
Deep Ocean: The Lost World of the Pacific 2015

Self – Narrator

★ 7.8
Deep Ocean 2015

Self - Narrator

★ 9.2
Life Story 2014

Self - Presenter

★ 8.3
Björk: Biophilia Live 2014

Self - Opening Sequence (voice)

★ 7.6
Mountain Lions: Big Cats in High Places 2014

Narrator

★ NR
Fabulous Frogs 2014

Self - Narrator

★ 8
The Bat Man of Mexico 2014

Self

★ 9.1
David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive 2014

Presenter

★ 6.6
Autopsy on a Dream 2013

Self

★ 7.5
David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates 2013

Self - Presenter

★ 8
When Björk Met Attenborough 2013

Self

★ 7.8
The Mating Game 2013

Narrator

★ NR
Micro Monsters with David Attenborough 2013

Presenter

★ 7
Galapagos with David Attenborough 2013

Self - Presenter

★ 7.2
Edwardian Insects on Film 2013

Self

★ 9
Legends of the Deep: The Giant Squid 2013

Self - Narrator

★ 8
David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities 2013

Self - Presenter

★ 7.2
David Attenborough: The Early Years 2013

Self

★ 10
Winterwatch 2013

Self

★ 9.5
Africa 2013

Self - Narrator (voice)

★ 8.3
Galapagos 3D with David Attenborough 2013

Self - Presenter

★ 7.6
Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild 2012

Self - Presenter

★ 6.6
Attenborough's Ark 2012

Narrator

★ 9
The Penguin King 2012

Self - Narrator

★ 7
Hummingbirds: Jewelled Messengers 2012

Self - Narrator (voice)

★ 8
Kingdom of Plants 2012

Self - Narrator

★ 7.2
Tales of Television Centre 2012

Self

★ 8
Hot Tuna 2012

Narrator

★ NR
Superfish: Bluefin Tuna 2012

★ 8.3
Secrets of Wild India 2012

Narrator

★ 7.3
Frozen Planet 2011

Self - Narrator

★ 8.3
Brave New World with Stephen Hawking 2011

Self

★ 9.3
Animal House 2011

Self

★ NR
Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words 2011

Self

★ NR
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace 2011

Self

★ 8.3
Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough 2011

Self - Presenter / Narrator

★ 7
Desert Seas 2011

Self - Narrator (voice)

★ 9
The Secrets of Scott's Hut 2011

Self

★ NR
Attenborough and the Giant Egg 2011

Self - Presenter

★ 8.6
Madagascar 2011

Self - Presenter

★ 8.3
Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV 2010

Self

★ 4
First Life 2010

Self - Presenter

★ 7
Attenborough's Journey 2010

Self

★ 7.3
Genius of Britain 2010

Self

★ 7
Birds of Paradise 2010

Self

★ 7.7
Life 2009

Self - Narrator (voice)

★ 8.3
Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The Link 2009

Self - Presenter / Narrator

★ 7.1
Nature's Great Events 2009

Self - Presenter

★ 8.4
Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life 2009

Presenter

★ 7.7
Clever Monkeys 2008

Narrator

★ NR
Superfish 2008

Self - Narrator

★ 6
Tiger: Spy In The Jungle 2008

★ 8.3
Life in Cold Blood 2008

Self - Narrator (voice)

★ 8.3
Snow Leopard: Beyond the Myth 2008

Narrator

★ 7
Attenborough Explores... Our Fragile World 2007

Himself - Presenter

★ NR
Trek - Spy on the Wildebeest 2007

★ 7
Planet Earth: The Future 2006

Narrator

★ 8.6
Can We Save Planet Earth? 2006

★ 6
Are We Changing Planet Earth? 2006

★ 10
Gorillas Revisited with Sir David Attenborough 2006

Presenter

★ 7.8
Desert Lions 2006

himself

★ 6
Planet Earth 2006

Self - Narrator

★ 8.6
Folk Britannia 2006

Self

★ NR
A War on Science 2006

Self

★ 9
Life in the Undergrowth 2005

Self

★ 8.2
Kea: The Smartest Parrot 2005

Presenter

★ 5.5
Bears: Spy in the Woods 2004

★ 8
Satoyama II: Japan's Secret Watergarden 2004

Narrator

★ 7.8
The Amber Time Machine 2004

Narrator

★ 7.5
The Minsmere Year 2004

★ NR
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough 2003

★ NR
Smart Sharks: Swimming With Roboshark 2003

Self

★ NR
The Terry and Gaby Show 2003

★ 5
Deep Blue 2003

Self

★ 6.8
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe 2002

Self (voice)

★ 5.3
Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television 2002

Himself

★ 8.8
The Life of Mammals 2002

Self - Presenter

★ 8.3
Attenborough the Controller 2002

Self

★ NR
Great Natural Wonders of the World 2002

Presenter

★ 5.2
The Blue Planet 2001

Self - Narrator (voice)

★ 8.3
Bowerbirds: The Art of Seduction 2000

Narrator

★ NR
Lions: Spy in the Den 2000

Narrator

★ 8
State of the Planet 2000

Self - Presenter

★ 7.8
Living with Dinosaurs 2000

Presenter

★ NR
The Lost Gods of Easter Island 2000

Himself - Presenter

★ 6.5
The Song of the Earth 2000

Narrator

★ 7
The Greatest Wildlife Show on Earth 1999

Presenter - Narrator

★ 8.5
Tiger: The Elusive Princess 1999

Narrator (voice)

★ NR
Islands of the Vampire Birds 1999

Narrator

★ NR
Satoyama I: Japan's Secret Watergarden 1999

Narrator

★ 7
The Life of Birds 1998

Self - Narrator (voice)

★ 8
The Dragons of Galapagos 1998

Narrator

★ 6.5
Leopard: The Agent of Darkness 1997

Self

★ NR
Humpback Whale: The Giant of the Oceans 1997

Self

★ NR
Sperm Whales: Back from the Abyss 1996

Narrator

★ NR
Attenborough in Paradise 1996

Self - Narrator

★ 8
Survival Island 1996

Narrator

★ 6
World of Wildlife: African Big Cats 1995

Self - Narrator

★ NR
Wildlife Specials 1995

★ 8.3
The Private Life of Plants 1995

himself

★ 8.4
Life in the Freezer 1993

Self - Presenter

★ 8.3
Killer Whales: Wolves of the Sea 1993

Narrator

★ NR
Barn Owl: Bird of Darkness 1991

★ NR
The Making Of The Trials Of Life - Once More Into The Termite Mound 1990

Self

★ NR
Trials of Life 1990

Self - Narrator (voice)

★ 8.4
The Trials of Life 1990

Self - Presenter

★ 9
A TV Dante 1990

Himself

★ 6.4
Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives 1989

Presenter - Narrator

★ 8.4
Going Live! 1987

Self

★ 6
The First Eden 1987

Presenter - Narrator

★ 8.4
A Zed & Two Noughts 1985

Himself - Documentary Narrator (voice)

★ 7
The Living Planet 1984

Self

★ 8.4
Aliens From Inner Space 1983

Narrator

★ NR
Natural World 1983

Presenter

★ 7.1
Nature 1982

Narrator (voice)

★ 8.1
An Everyday Miracle 1981

Narrator

★ NR
Squirrel On My Shoulder 1979

Narrator

★ NR
Life on Earth 1979

Self - Presenter

★ 9.1
At Home with Badgers 1978

Narrator

★ NR
Wildlife on One 1977

Narrator

★ 8.5
Fabulous Animals 1975

Self - Presenter

★ NR
The Tribal Eye 1975

★ 8.8
NOVA 1974

Narrator

★ 7
Eastward With Attenborough 1973

★ NR
A Blank on the Map 1971

Himself - Presenter

★ 8.2
The Miracle of Bali 1969

★ 7.5
Horizon 1964

★ 7.3
Adventure 1963

★ NR
Elsa the Lioness 1961

Self

★ NR
The People of Paradise 1960

★ NR
Science Is News 1959

Self - Presenter

★ NR
Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-1958 1955

★ NR
Zoo Quest to West Africa 1955

Self

★ NR
Zoo Quest 1954

★ 8.5

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