Sir David Frederick Attenborough (born 8 May 1926 in London, England) 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.
Series | Wild Isles | Self - Presenter | 2023-03-12 |
Movie | The Deepest Breath | Self (archive footage) | 2023-01-21 |
Series | Frozen Planet II | Self - Presenter | 2022-09-11 |
Movie | Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet | Self | 2021-06-04 |
Series | The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2021-10-03 |
Movie | Parkinson at 50 | Self (archive footage) | 2021-08-28 |
Movie | Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy | Self | 2020-01-10 |
Series | Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime | Self | 2020-10-04 |
Movie | Prince William: A Planet For Us All | Self | 2020-10-05 |
Movie | Climate Change: The Facts | Self - Presenter | 2019-04-18 |
Movie | Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time | Narrator (archive sound) | 2019-03-20 |
Movie | The Forum | Self | 2019-11-06 |
Movie | The Queen's Green Planet | Self | 2018-04-16 |
Movie | Into the Jungle | Self - Narrator | 2018-08-31 |
Movie | And the Winner Isn't | Self | 2017-12-08 |
Movie | Attenborough at 90 | Self | 2016-05-08 |
Series | Planet Earth II | Self - Narrator | 2016-11-06 |
Movie | David Attenborough Meets President Obama | Self | 2015-06-28 |
Movie | Björk: Biophilia Live | Self - Opening Sequence (voice) | 2014-10-10 |
Movie | Edwardian Insects on Film | Self | 2013-03-19 |
Movie | When Björk Met Attenborough | Self | 2013-07-26 |
Movie | Tales of Television Centre | 2012-05-17 | |
Movie | The Penguin King | Self - Narrator | 2012-10-23 |
Series | All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace | Self | 2011-05-23 |
Series | Brave New World with Stephen Hawking | Self | 2011-10-17 |
Movie | Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV | Himself | 2010-12-15 |
Movie | A War on Science | Self | 2006-01-26 |
Series | Planet Earth | Self - Narrator | 2006-03-05 |
Movie | Deep Blue | Self | 2003-05-18 |
Movie | Attenborough the Controller | Self | 2002-01-01 |
Series | The Blue Planet | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2001-09-12 |
Movie | A TV Dante | Himself | 1990-06-13 |
Movie | A Zed & Two Noughts | Himself - Documentary Narrator (voice) | 1985-10-04 |
Series | Natural World | Host | 1983-10-30 |