David Attenborough
Sir David Attenborough (born May 8, 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.
270 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 270
The Graham Norton Show
2007
NOVA
1974
Horizon
1964
The One Show
2006
Nature
1982
Wogan
1982
Voice
2012
Natural World
1983
Omnibus
1967
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011
Goldene Kamera
1984
Planet Earth
2006
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
Going Live!
1987
Parkinson
1998
Skavlan
2009
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
Prehistoric Planet
2022
Planet Earth II
2016
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
2020
Our Planet
2019
Planet Earth III
2023
The Terry and Gaby Show
2003
A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough
2026
Blue Planet II
2017
The Blue Planet
2001
Dynasties
2018
The Life of Birds
1998
RTL Tonight
2025
Life
2009
Ocean with David Attenborough
2025
Seven Worlds, One Planet
2019
The Hunt
2015
Africa
2013
The Life of Mammals
2002
Frozen Planet
2011
Frozen Planet II
2022
Mammals
2024
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
2011
David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities
2013
Wild Isles
2023
Asia
2024
A Perfect Planet
2021
Trials of Life
1990
The Green Planet
2022
This Morning
1988
Winterwatch
2013
Parenthood
2025
Life on Earth
1979
Attenborough's Life in Colour
2021
Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough
2015
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
2026
Wild London
2026
Life Story
2014
Secret World of Sound
2024
Nature's Great Events
2009
And the Winner Isn't
2017
Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime
2020
David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies
2015
Deep Blue
2003
Life in the Undergrowth
2005
The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet
2021
David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates
2013
Life in Cold Blood
2008
Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet
2021
The Living Planet
1984
In Confidence
2010
Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words
2011
The Year Earth Changed
2021
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
2002
Zoo Quest
1954
Secret Garden
2026
Kingdom
2025
Wildlife Specials
1995
Wildlife on One
1977
Life in the Freezer
1993
Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
2013
Galapagos 3D with David Attenborough
2013
First Life
2010
The Mating Game
2021
Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World
2021
Madagascar
2011
Genius of Britain
2010
Folk Britannia
2006
The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama
2020
Wild City
2016
Kingdom of Plants
2012
The Private Life of Plants
1995
Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives
1989
Tiger: Spy In The Jungle
2008
Simon Schama's Story of Us
2025
The First Eden
1987
Tomorrow's World: People of Science
2018
David Attenborough's Global Adventure
2022
Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild
2012
Secrets of Wild India
2012
How the BBC Began
2022
Brave New World with Stephen Hawking
2011
Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough
2022
Adventure
1963
Blue Planet III
—
Tales of Television Centre
2012
Deep Ocean: Descent into the Mariana Trench
2018
Attenborough and the Sea Dragon
2018
Secret Lives of Orangutans
2024
David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive
2014
The World About Us
1967
Deep Ocean
2015
Attenborough's Passion Projects
2016
Planet Earth: A Celebration
2020
State of the Planet
2000
The Private Life of Plants
1995
Fabulous Animals
1975
Attenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard
2021
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
2003
Echo and Other Elephants
2005
Climate Change: The Facts
2019
Attenborough's Paradise Birds
2015
A Zed & Two Noughts
1985
Attenborough at 90
2016
A TV Dante
1990
Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time
2019
Our Planet: Behind the Scenes
2019
Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough
2011
Eastward With Attenborough
1973
Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster
2024
Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life
2009
Plants Behaving Badly
2017
Science Is News
1959
Pangolins: The World's Most Wanted Animal
2018
Parkinson at 50
2021
The Miracle of Bali
1969
Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy
2020
Zoo Quest in Colour
2016
Blue Planet UK
2019
Attenborough in Paradise
1996
The Tribal Eye
1975
Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur
2016
The Queen's Green Planet
2018
A Blank on the Map
1971
Attenborough and the Giant Elephant
2017
Extinction: The Facts
2020
The People of Paradise
1960
Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments
2020
Legends of the Deep: The Giant Squid
2013
Bears: Spy in the Woods
2004
Making Life on Earth: Attenborough’s Greatest Adventure
2026
Fabulous Frogs
2014
Dynasties II
—
Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in Conversation
2020
David Attenborough Meets President Obama
2015
When Björk Met Attenborough
2013
Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV
2010
Björk: Biophilia Live
2014
David Attenborough's Wild City
2016
Satoyama I: Japan's Secret Watergarden
1999
The Forum
2019
David Attenborough's Tasmania
2018
The Trials of Life
1990
Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The Link
2009
Attenborough and the Giant Egg
2011
Superfish: Bluefin Tuna
2012
Killer Whales: Wolves of the Sea
1993
Galapagos with David Attenborough
2013
Attenborough's Wonder of Song
2022
Desert Seas
2011
Whale Wisdom
2018
Great Natural Wonders of the World
2002
Planet Earth II: A World of Wonder
2017
Gorillas Revisited with Sir David Attenborough
2006
Legends of the Deep: Deep Sea Sharks
2015
Are We Changing Planet Earth?
2006
Survival Island
1996
Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television
2002
Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild
2012
Attenborough's Life That Glows
2016
Autopsy on a Dream
2013
Zoo Quest to West Africa
1955
A Deeper Dive with David Attenborough
2025
Snow Leopard: Beyond the Myth
2008
Desert Lions
2006
Puerto Rico: Island of Enchantment
2017
Deep Ocean: Lights in the Abyss
2016
Wild Karnataka
2019
Attenborough's Ark
2012
Mountain Lions: Big Cats in High Places
2014
Edwardian Insects on Film
2013
The Amber Time Machine
2004
The Bat Man of Mexico
2014
Queen Elizabeth II: Her Story, Our Century
2026
Cheetahs: Growing Up Fast
2017
The Lost Gods of Easter Island
2000
Africa's Fishing Leopards
2015
Attenborough in Paradise
1996
Tiger: The Elusive Princess
1999
Attenborough at 90: Behind the Lens
2016
Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-1958
1955
Humpback Whale: The Giant of the Oceans
1997
Attenborough's Journey
2010
Attenborough's Wonder of Eggs
2018
Attenborough’s Journey
2021
Great White Shark - The Silent Stalker
1995
Aliens From Inner Space
1983
Deep Ocean: Kingdom of the Coelacanth
2026
Prince William: A Planet For Us All
2020
Into the Jungle
2018
The Song of the Earth
2000
Elsa the Lioness
1961
Conquest of The Skies 3D
2014
Bowerbirds: The Art of Seduction
2000
General Studies: An Everyday Miracle
1981
David Attenborough: A Life on Earth
2023
A War on Science
2006
Superfish
2008
The Making Of The Trials Of Life - Once More Into The Termite Mound
1990
Attenborough's Big Birds
2015
Barn Owl: Bird of Darkness
1991
Trek - Spy on the Wildebeest
2007
The Penguin King
2012
Fateful Planet
2024
The Dragons of Galapagos
1998
Satoyama II: Japan's Secret Watergarden
2004
Can We Save Planet Earth?
2006
Richmond Park National Nature Reserve
2017
Attenborough and the Empire of the Ants
2017
Deep Ocean: Giants of the Antarctic Deep
2018
Attenborough the Controller
2002
Saving the Storks with Sir David Attenborough
2024
Islands of the Vampire Birds
1999
Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth
2014
Hummingbirds: Jewelled Messengers
2012
Deep Ocean: The Lost World of the Pacific
2015
Clever Monkeys
2008
Sperm Whales: Back from the Abyss
1996
Attenborough Explores... Our Fragile World
2007
Birds of Paradise
2010
NHKスペシャル 映像詩 里山II 命めぐる水辺
2008
Water Life A World of Water
2009
The Greatest Wildlife Show on Earth
1999
My Favourite Attenborough Moment
2006
Kea: The Smartest Parrot
2005
Baobab: Portrait of a Tree
1971
Cougars Undercover
2015
Birds of the Sun God
1987
Hot Tuna
2012
Jaguars: Brazil's Super Cats
2016
Living with Dinosaurs
2000
The Mating Game
2013
Lions: Spy in the Den
2000
Jane Goodall - Beauty and the Beasts
2010
Leopard: The Agent of Darkness
1997
At Home with Badgers
1978
Smart Sharks: Swimming With Roboshark
2003
Squirrel on My Shoulder
1979
The Living Thames
2019
Cue the Queen: Celebrating the Christmas Speech
2015
Richard Batterham, Master Potter
2017
David Attenborough: The Early Years
2013
World of Wildlife: African Big Cats
1995
Attenborough's Life Journey
2024
Dragons and Damsels
2019
The Kiwi, The Knight and the Qashqai
2019
Hotel Armadillo
2017
Animal House
2011
Your Favourite Attenborough Moment
2006
The Making of David Attenborough's Ant Mountain
2018
The Secrets of Scott's Hut
2011
The Million Pound Bird Book
1985
The Minsmere Year
2004
The Spirit of Asia
1980