David Attenborough
British broadcaster and naturalist · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Born 1926 · age 100
Sir David Frederick Attenborough is an English broadcaster, naturalist and writer.
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A Gorilla Story: Told by David AttenboroughFilm2024
Attenborough and the Giant Sea MonsterFilm2022Champions of the EarthAward
Prehistoric PlanetSeries, 2022
Attenborough's Wonder of SongFilm, 20222020
David Attenborough: A Life on Our PlanetFilm2019Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding NarratorAward
Climate Change: The FactsFilm, 20192018
DynastiesSeries2017Honorary Fellow of the Royal Entomological SocietyAward
Planet Earth II: A World of WonderFilm, 20172016
Planet Earth IISeries
Attenborough and the Giant DinosaurFilm, 20162014
Björk: Biophilia LiveFilm2013
Galapagos with David AttenboroughFilm, Writer2011
The Jonathan Ross ShowSeries
Flying Monsters 3D with David AttenboroughFilm, 2011Writer2010Fonseca PrizeAward2009
Charles Darwin and the Tree of LifeFilm, Writer2007Linnean Tercentenary MedalAwardThe Alan Titchmarsh ShowSeries2006CIEEM MedalAward2004Caird MedalAward2003The Terry and Gaby ShowSeries2002
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost TribeFilm2000International Cosmos PrizeAward1998Edinburgh MedalAwardNatural World Book PrizeAward
ParkinsonSeries, 19981995
The Private Life of PlantsFilm, himself1991Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesAward1990Benjamin Franklin MedalAward1985
A Zed & Two NoughtsFilm, Himself - Documentary Narrator (voice)1983
Natural WorldSeries, Writer1980Honorary DoctorateAward1974
NOVASeries, Writer1972Cherry Kearton Medal and AwardAward1964
HorizonSeries1926Born8 May 1926People around David
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David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 2020
Ocean with David Attenborough 2025
A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough 2026
The Year Earth Changed 2021
Our Planet: Behind the Scenes 2019
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Attenborough (right) interviewing Vivian Fuchs (left) and Edmund Hillary (centre), 1956
Attenborough filming commentary for a documentary at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United States, with Space Shuttle Columbia in the background
Attenborough at a screening of Great Barrier Reef, 2015
Attenborough in 2003 at the launch of ARKive - a global initiative with the mission of "promoting the conservation of the world's threatened species, through the power of wildlife imagery"
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Attenborough in 2018 receiving The Perfect World Foundation Award
Attenborough receiving the Landscape Institute Medal for Lifetime Achievement and becoming an Honorary Fellow of the Landscape Institute in 2019Awards
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His presenting career began as host of Zoo Quest in 1954, and has spanned seven decades; it includes the nine documentary series forming The Life Collection, Natural World, Wildlife on One, the Planet Earth franchise, The Blue Planet and Frozen Planet. He is the only person to have won BAFTA Awards in black-and-white, colour, high-definition, 3D and 4K resolution. Over his life, he has collected dozens of honorary degrees and awards, including three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Narrator and one Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Daytime Personality - Non-Daily.
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