David Attenborough filmography

The following is a chronological list of television series and individual programmes where David Attenborough is credited as writer, presenter, narrator or producer. In a career spanning seven decades, Attenborough's name has become synonymous with the natural history programmes produced by the BBC Natural History Unit.

1950s

Year	Title	Duration	Subject	Credit(s)	DVD Release
1952	"Coleacanth"	10 min	Sir David Attenborough's first programme for the BBC, which discussed the rediscovery of the prehistoric coelacanth. The programme was presented by Julian Huxley.	Producer	No
1952	Animal, Vegetable, Mineral	Unknown	A quiz show based on the game Twenty Questions, which ran until 1959, in which eminent scientists would try to guess the origin of specimens from museum and university collections	Producer	No
1953	Song Hunter	6x20 min	Series on folk music, presented by and featuring performances by Alan Lomax	Producer	No
1953	The Pattern of Animals	3 episodes	Sir David Attenborough's first natural history series, on animal camouflage, warning signals and courtship displays, was studio-based and presented by Julian Huxley	Producer	No
1954	Zoo Quest	6x30 min	Zoo Quest is a series of multi-part nature documentaries broadcast on BBC Television between 1954 and 1963. It was the first major programme to feature David Attenborough.	Writer, presenter, sound-recordist and producer	No
1955	Zoo Quest to Guiana	6x30 min	For the second Zoo Quest expedition, David Attenborough and Lagus introduced British television viewers to the natural history of South America	Writer, presenter, sound-recordist and producer	No
1956	Zoo Quest for a Dragon	6x30min	This Zoo Quest series features the first known footage of the Komodo dragon	Writer, presenter, sound-recordist and producer	No
1957	Quest for the Paradise Birds	6x30min	Attenborough's first trip to the island of New Guinea in an attempt to film the courtship displays of the native birds of paradise	Writer, presenter, sound-recordist and producer	No
1959	Zoo Quest in Paraguay	6x30min	For the fifth Zoo Quest, David Attenborough returned to South America and visited the grasslands and wetlands of Paraguay The episodes: Return from the Chaco; Cactus Island in the Desert ; The Gran Chaco; Argentine Excursion; Oven Birds and Capybaras; Butterfly Birds and Armadillos.	Writer, presenter, sound-recordist and producer	No

1960s

Year	Title	Duration	Subject	Credit(s)	DVD Release
1960	The People of Paradise	6x30min	A series on the anthropology and natural history of the South Pacific. Episode list: “The Land Divers of Pentecost”, “Cargo Cult", “The Fire Walkers of Fiji”, “Outer Islands of Fiji”	Writer, presenter, sound-recordist and producer	No
1960	Elsa the Lioness	30 min	BBC documentary produced, hosted and narrated by David Attenborough. Follows Joy and George Adamson as they search for Elsa and her three cubs. Shows footage of Meru National Park and its wildlife	Producer and presenter	No
1960	Travellers' Tales	Unknown	A long-running series made by Attenborough's BBC Travel and Exploration Unit, which also featured Armand and Michaela Denis's On Safari programmes. Episodes associated with Sir David Attenborough: Savage New Guinea; Festival in Kano; Hill Tribes of the Deccan; White Elephant; Men of the Dream Time; Caribbean Expedition; Hunters of Spitzbergen; The Opium People; The Leg Rowers of Burma; Chop! Music and Zulu Dancing; Adriatic Journey; Antarctic Adventure; Dancing Dervishes; In Search of Stanley; Overland to Singapore; The Hidden Valley of Apa Tanis; Pygmies of the Congo; The Choco Indians of Colombia; Head Hunters and Giraffe Women; The Fur-trappers of Greenland; Lapland Summer; The Bird Cliffs of Lofoten; The Strange Creatures of Galapagos; Unknown India; Chinese Journey; The Ascent of Annapuma IV; 'Sherpa'; Land of the Lost; The Land of the Gurkhas.	Producer and narrator	No
1961	Zoo Quest to Madagascar	6x30 min	An expedition to film and collect animals in Madagascar, including lemurs, at the time little-known in Europe	Writer, presenter, sound-recordist and producer	No
1961	Japan		A series presented by Hugh Gibb on the history and culture of the Japanese people	Producer	No
1962	Destruction of the Indian	3 episodes	This short series looked at how contact with the modern world has affected remote Indian tribes of the South American rainforest.	Producer	No
1963	Attenborough and Animals	10x25min	Sir David Attenborough's first series for children, in which different species were compared	Presenter	No
1963	Quest Under Capricorn	6x30 min	The final Zoo Quest series, filmed in the Northern Territory of Australia, was also David Attenborough's final natural history series before moving into BBC management. Episode list: “The Desert Gods”, “Hermits of Borolloola”, “The Artists of Arnhem Land”, “Bush Walkabout”, “The First Australians"; Buffalo, Geese and Men”.	Writer, presenter, sound-recordist and producer	No
1965	Zambezi	3x50 min	During a break from studying for an anthropology degree, David Attenborough filmed a journey down the Zambezi. Episode list: “Lord of the Land”, “The Ancient Highway”, “Livingstone's River”	Writer and presenter	No
1967	Life- East Africa	3 episodes	A series of interviews with African conservationists, filmed during a sabbatical from management duties, for Desmond Morris's Life series on BBC Two	Writer and presenter	No
1967	The World About Us	Unknown	Commissioned during his tenure as Controller of BBC Two, Attenborough narrated around 20 episodes of this long-running series between 1969 and 1982	Occasional narrator	No
1969	The Miracle of Bali	3x50min	Attenborough visited the Indonesian island of Bali to film the traditional music and culture. Episode list: “Midday Sun”, “Night”, “Recital of Music”	Narrator and producer	Yes

1970s

Year	Title	Duration	Subject	Credit(s)	DVD Release
1971	A Blank on the Map	60 min	Attenborough joins a team in search of an uncontacted people known as the Bikaru in the New Guinea forest. Included in the Attenborough in Paradise and Other Personal Voyages DVD collection	Writer and presenter	Yes
1973	Eastwards with Attenborough	6x30min	Sir David Attenborough's first natural history series after resigning as BBC Controller took him to South East Asia. Episode list: The Strange Caves Of Borneo; Fire Giants Of Sumatra; Mudbuilders Of Borneo; Green Ceilings Of Borneo; Borneo's Cathedral Of Trees; Life And Death In Paradise.	Writer and presenter	No
1973	The Life Game	1x90min	A "Science Special" on genetics and evolution, written by Nigel Calder and produced by Adrian Malone.	Presenter	No
1973	Natural Break	15x10min	A series of short programmes based on archive footage, produced by John Sparks	Presenter	No
1973	Flying Prince of Wildlife	unknown	The story of the conservation efforts of Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (1911 - 2004)	Presenter	No
1973	Royal Institution Christmas Lectures	6x60min	Science lectures on the language of animals	Writer and presenter	No
1975	The Explorers	10x50min	A series of drama-documentaries recreating the voyages of famous explorers, at the time the most expensive series ever commissioned by the BBC. Episode titles: The Story of Roald Amundsen, The Story of Charles Montague Doughty, The Story of Henry Morton Stanley, The Story of Burke And Wills, The Story of Mary Kingsley, The Story of Jedediah Strong Smith, The Story of Alexander von Humboldt, The Story of Captain James Cook, The Story of Francisco Pizarro, The Story of Christopher Columbus.	Introducer and narrator	No
1975	Fabulous Animals	Unknown	A series for children's television which featured David Attenborough reading from books on mythological creatures. Episode 1: Here Be Monsters Episode 2: Marvels of the Deep Episode 3: Dragons and Serpents Episode 4: Winged Creatures Episode 5: Horns of Magic Episode 6: Man or Beast	Presenter	No
1975	The Tribal Eye	7x50min	A series on tribal art, of which Attenborough is a keen collector. Episode list: "Behind the Mask" "The Crooked Beak of Heaven" "The Sweat of the Sun" "The Kingdom of Bronze" "Woven Gardens" "The Man Blong Custom" "Across The Frontiers"	Writer and presenter	Yes
1976	The Discoverers	6x30min	A series on pioneering explorers, discoverers and scientists in the field of natural history. Episode list: The Bone Hunters”, “The Bug Collectors”, “The Wanderer and the Woodsman”, “The Unknown Ocean”, “The Rare and the Curious”.	Narrator	No
1977	Wildlife on One	253x30min	This series of half-hour natural history programmes for BBC One ran annually until 2005	Narrator	No
1979	Life on Earth	13x55min	Covering the history of life on Earth, this acclaimed series was three years in the making and notable for its groundbreaking footage. Episode list: “The Infinite Variety”, “Building Bodies”, “The First Forests”, “The Swarming Hordes”, “Conquest of the Waters”, “Invasion of the Land”, “Victors of the Dry Land”, “Lords of the Air"”, “The Rise of the Mammals”, “Theme and Variations”, “The Hunters and Hunted”, “Life in the Trees”.	Writer and presenter	Yes

1980s

Year	Title	Duration	Subject	Credit(s)	DVD Release
1980	The Spirit of Asia	8x60min	BBC series on the cultures and religions of the people of Asia. Episodes: 1: The World of Shadows Episode 2:The Morning of the World Episode 3: Land of the Cosmic Mountain Episode 4: The Story of Rama Episode 5: The Haunted Land Episode 6: Artists in Exile Episode 7: God-Kings of Angkor Episode 8: Land of a Million Buddhas	Narrator	No
1981	The Ark in South Kensington	1 episode	Story of the Natural History Museum at South Kensington	Presenter	No
1984	The Living Planet	12x55min	Episode list: “The Building of the World”, “The Frozen World”, “The Northern Forests”, “Jungles";Seas of Grass”, “The Baking Deserts”, “The Sky Above”, “Sweet Fresh Water”, “The Margins of Land”, “Worlds Apart”, “The Open Ocean”, “New Worlds”.	Writer and presenter	Yes
1985	The Million Pound Bird Book	1x60min	Biography of American naturalist John James Audubon	Writer and presenter	No
1986	World Safari	90 min	A live television event featuring broadcasts from across the world, with contributors including The Duke of Edinburgh and Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi	Co-presenter	No
1987	The First Eden	4x60 min	A series on the Mediterranean, examining the natural history of the region and the impact that successive human civilisations have had on the environment. Episode list: “The Making of the Garden”, “Gods Enslaved”, “The Wastes of War”, “Strangers in the Garden”.	Writer and presenter	Yes
1989	Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives	4x40 min	A series on fossils, a passion that Attenborough has had since childhood. Episode list: “Rare Glimpses”, “Dinosaur”, “Putting Flesh on Bone”, “Magic in the Rock”.	Writer and presenter	Yes

1990s

Year	Title	Duration	Subject	Credit(s)	DVD Release
1990	The Trials of Life	12x50 min	The final part of the Trilogy of Life. Episode list: “Arriving”, “Growing Up”, “Finding Food”, “Hunting and Escaping”, “Finding the Way”, “Home Making”, “Living Together”, “Fighting”, “Friends and Rivals”, “Talking to Strangers”, “Courting”, “Continue the Line”.	Writer and presenter	Yes
1993	Q.E.D. "Gallop to Freedom"	1x45min	Prezewalski horses	Narrator	No
1993	Life in the Freezer	6x30min	Antarctica Episode list: “The Bountiful Sea”, “The Ice Retreats”, “The Race to Breed”, “The Door Closes”, “The Big Freeze”, “Footsteps in the Snow”.	Writer and presenter	Yes
1994	Heart of a Nomad	1x60min	Explorer and writer Wilfred Thesiger	Presenter	No
1995	The Private Life of Plants	6x50 min	Episode list: “Travelling”, “Growing”, “Flowering”, “The Social Struggle”, “Living Together”, “Surviving”.	Writer and presenter	Yes
1996	Winners and Losers	2x45 min	Follows life forms examined in Eugene Schumacher's 1960s documentary The Rare Ones	Narrator	No
1996	IMAX - "Survival Island"	42 min	South Georgia island	Writer and Narrator	Yes
1998	The Life of Birds	10x50 min	Episode list: “To Fly or Not to Fly”, “Mastery of Flight”, “Insatiable Appetite”, “Meat Eaters”, “Fishing for a Living”, “Signals and Songs”, “Finding Partners”, “Demands of the Egg”, “Problems of Parenthood”, “Limits of Endurance”.	Writer and presenter	Yes
1998	The Origin of Species: An Illustrated Guide	30 min	Charles Darwin's theory of evolution	Narrator	No
1999	Sharks - The Truth	50 min	Part of BBC One's Shark Summer season	Narrator	No
1999	They Said It Couldn't Be Done	7x60 min	Attenborough interviews wildlife film-makers at the Royal Geographical Society	Presenter	No

2000s

Year	Title	Duration	Subject	Credit(s)	DVD Release
2000	State of the Planet	3x50 min	Episode list: “Is there a Crisis?”, “Why is there a Crisis?”, “The Future of Life”.	Writer and presenter	Yes
2000	The Lost Gods of Easter Island	50 min	Easter Island. Sir David Attenborough in 2016 listed this documentary as one of his four "Passion Projects". It is also included in the Attenborough in Paradise and Other Personal Voyages DVD collection	Writer and presenter	Yes
2000	Living with Dinosaurs	50 min		Narrator	No
2000	The Greatest Wildlife Show on Earth	50 min	Christmas special	Presenter	No
2000	The Song of the Earth	50 min	A Natural History of Music. Included in the Attenborough in Paradise and Other Personal Voyages DVD collection	Presenter	Yes
2001	Dingoes: Outlaws of the Outback	30 min		Narrator	Yes
2001	The Blue Planet	8x50 min	Natural history of the world's oceans. The series won multiple BAFTA TV and Emmy awards for its music and cinematography. Episode list: "The Blue Planet / Ocean World"; "The Deep"; "Open Ocean"; "Frozen Seas"; "Seasonal Seas"; "Coral Seas"; "Tidal Seas"; "Coasts"	Narrator	Yes
2002	The Life of Mammals	10x50 min	Follow up to The Life of Birds. Episode list: “A Winning Design”, “Insect Hunters”, “Plant Predators”, “Chisellers”, “Meat Eaters”, “Opportunists”, “Return to the Water”, “Life in the Tree”, “Social Climbers”, “Food for Thought”.	Writer and presenter	Yes
2002	Great Natural Wonders of the World	60 min	Sequel to The Greatest Wildlife Show on Earth	Presenter	No
2002	Life on Air	60 min	David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television. Included in the Attenborough in Paradise and Other Personal Voyages DVD collection	Guest Interviewee	Yes
2004	Satoyama: Japan's Secret Water Garden	2x52min	Documentary about how the residents of a village in Satoyama live in harmony with nature.	Narrator	No
2005	Animal Crime Scene	5x60min	Episode list: Outback Assassin Ocean Assassin Arctic Assassin African Assassin Amazon Assassin	Narrator	No
2005	Life in the Undergrowth	5x50min	Insects and invertebrates. Episode list: “Invasion of the Land”, “Taking to the Air”, “The Silk Spinners”, “Intimate Relations”, “Supersocieties”.	Writer and Presenter	Yes
2006	Planet Earth	11x50min	Episode list: “From Pole to Pole”, “Mountains”, “Fresh Water”, “Caves”, “Deserts”, “Ice Worlds”, “Great Plains”, “Jungles”, “Shallow Seas”, “Seasonal Forests”, “Deep Oceans".	Narrator	Yes
2006	The Truth about Climate Change	2x60min	Global warming. Episodes: "Are We Changing Planet Earth";"Can We Save Planet Earth".	Writer and presenter	Yes
2006	Gorillas Revisited	1x60min	Rwanda's mountain gorillas	Presenter	No
2007	Climate Change: Britain Under Threat	1x60min		Presenter	No
2007	Tom Harrisson: The Barefoot Anthropologist	1x60min	Biography of Tom Harrisson	Presenter	No
2007	Attenborough Explores... Our Fragile World	60 min		Writer and presenter	No
2008	Life in Cold Blood	5x50 min	Reptiles and amphibians. Episode list: “The Cold Blooded Truth”, “Land Invaders”, “Dragons of the Dry”, “Sophisticated Serpents”, “Armoured Giants”.	Writer and Presenter	Yes
2008	Humpbacks: From Fire to Ice	50 min	A documentary made for Australian television on the humpback whale	Narrator	No
2008	Tiger: Spy in the Jungle	3x60min		Writer and presenter	Yes
2009	Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life	1x60min		Writer and presenter	Yes
2009	Nature's Great Events	6x50min	The film techniques of Planet Earth are deployed to dramatise some of the greatest annual wildlife events on the planet. Episode list: “The Great Melt”, “The Great Salmon Run”, “The Great Migration”, “The Great Tide”, “The Great Flood”, “The Great Feast”.	Narrator	Yes
2009	Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The Link	1x60min	A special documentary to coincide with the announcement of a 47-million-year-old primate fossil	Writer and narrator	Yes
2009	Life	10x50min	Episode list: “Challenges of Life”, “Reptiles and Amphibians”, “Mammals”, “Fish” ,“Birds”, “Insects”, “Hunters and Hunted”, “Creatures of the Deep”, “Plants”, “Primates”.	Writer and narrator	Yes

2010s

Year	Title	Duration	Subject	Credit(s)	DVD Release
2010	David Attenborough's First Life	2x60 min	Episode list: “Arrival”, “Conquest”.	Writer and presenter	Yes
2010	The Death of the Oceans?	60 min		Writer and presenter	Yes
2010	Flying Monsters 3D	70 min	3D film about pterosaurs	Writer and presenter	Yes
2011	Madagascar	3x60 min	Episode list: Island of Marvels; Lost Worlds; Land of Heat and Dust.	Narrator	Yes
2011	Attenborough and the Giant Egg	60min	The elephant bird.	Writer and presenter	Yes
2011	Desert Seas	60min	Wildlife off the coast of Saudi Arabia	Narrator	No
2011	Frozen Planet	7x60min	The natural history of the polar regions. Episode list: “To the Ends of Earth”, “Spring”, “Summer”, “Autumn”, “Winter”, “The Last Frontier”, “On Thin Ice”, “The Epic Journey”.	Narrator/presenter	Yes
2011	The Penguin King 3D	1x75min	Sky 3D film charting the lives of king penguins on South Georgia	Writer and narrator	Yes
2012	Secrets of Wild India	3x60min	Indian wildlife series, broadcast on Nat Geo Wild. Episode list: “Desert Lion”, “Elephant Kingdom”, “Tiger Jungles”.	Narrator	Yes
2012	Superfish: Bluefin Tuna	1x60min		Narrator	No
2012	Kingdom of Plants 3D	3x60 min	3D series filmed at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. Episode list: “Life in the Wet Zone”, “Solving the Secrets”, “Survival”.	Writer and presenter	Yes
2012	Attenborough's Ark: A Natural World Special	1x60min	David Attenborough discusses ten endangered animals.	Writer and presenter	No
2012	Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild	3x60min	Episode list: “Life on Camera”, “Understanding the Natural World”, “Our Fragile Planet”.	Writer and presenter	Yes
2012	Hummingbirds: Jewelled Messengers	45min		Presenter	No
2013	Plants Behaving Badly	2x45 min	2-part special on plants. Episode list: “Murder and Mayhem”, “Sex and Lies”.	Presenter	Yes
2013	Galapagos 3D	3x45 min	Sky 3D series on the Galapagos Islands. Episode list: “Origin”, “Adaptation”, “Evolution”.	Presenter	Yes
2013	David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities: Series 1	5x30 min	Episode list: “Stretched To The Limit”, “A Curious Hoax?”, “Young Wrinklies”, “A Curious Twist”, “Seeing the Pattern”.	Writer and presenter	Yes
2013	Africa	6x60 min	Episode list: “Kalahari"; Savannah"; Congo”, “Cape”, “Sahara”, “The Future”, “The Greatest Show on Earth”.	Narrator/presenter	Yes
2013	Sky 3D Micro Monsters 3D	6x22 min	Episode list: “Conflict”, “Predator”, “Courtship”, “Reproduction”, “Family”, “Colony”.	Narrator/presenter	Yes
2013	Wild Cameramen at Work	4x30min	Series looking at work of leading wildlife cameramen. Episode list: “Sky”, “Ice”, “Sea”, “Land”.	Narrator/presenter	No
2013	Sir David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates	2x60min	Episode list: “From the Seas to the Skies”, “Dawn of the Mammals”.	Writer and presenter	Yes
2014	David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities: Series 2	10x30min	Episode list: 1) Virgin Births – Naturalist David Attenborough shines the spotlight on some of nature's evolutionary anomalies and how these curious animals continue to baffle and fascinate. In this edition, he examines the unusual ways in which Komodo dragons and aphids reproduce. 2) Armoured Animals 3) Life in the Dark 4) Curious Imposters 5) Bad Reputations 6) Shocking Senses 7) Life on Ice 8) Spinners and Weavers 9) Strange Parents 10) Magical Appearances	Writer and presenter	Yes
2014	David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive	64 min	Natural History Museum in London	Writer and presenter	Yes
2014	Life Story	6x60 min	Episode list: “Steps”, “Growing Up”, “Home”, “Power”, “Courtship”, “Parenthood".	Narrator/presenter	Yes
2015	David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies 3D	3x60min	Episode list: “The First to Fly”, “Rivals”, “Triumph”.	Writer and presenter	Yes
2015	Attenborough's Paradise Birds	60 min		Writer and presenter	No
2015	David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities: Series 3	6x22min	Episode list:"Impossible Feats"; "Curious Minds"; "Expandable Bodies"; "Curious Feeders"; "Curious Cures"; "Remarkable Regeneration"	Writer and presenter	Yes
2015	Wild City (Singapore)	3x46min		Narrator	No
2015	The Hunt	7x60 min	Episode list:"The Hardest Challenge"; "In the Grip of the Seasons (Arctic)"; "Hide and Seek (Forests)"; "Hunger at Sea (Oceans)"; "Nowhere to Hide (Plains)"; "Race Against Time (Coasts)"; "Living with Predators (Conservation)"	Presenter	Yes
2016	Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough	3x60 min	Episode List: "Builders", "Visitors", "Survival".	Writer and presenter	Yes
2016	Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur	1x60min		Writer and presenter	Yes
2016	Attenborough's Life That Glows	1x60min	There are many amazing creatures out there which dazzle and enchant our minds. To anyone who has seen a fire-fly you would know that it is hard not fall under it’s spell. From fascinating creatures in the ocean to magical light shows in the air this documentary explores the life that glows. To begin, why would any animal actually produce their own light? Until recently this has largely been unknown but through technological breakthroughs the truth about living light can now be revealed in this stunning documentary film. One significant breakthrough is camera technology which has allowed scientists and film makers alike to document these amazing creatures in great detail revealing just some of their secrets. Another is a new bread of submersibles that can get up close to alien creatures lurking in some of the worlds deepest oceans. In the Life That Glows documentary Sir David Attenborough uses technology to explore these largely unseen worlds from a brand new perspective.	Writer and presenter	Yes
2016	Attenborough's Passion Projects	4x59min	"A Blank On The Map" "The Lost Gods of Easter Island“ "Lost World, Vanished Lives“ "Darwin's Tree of Life“	Guest Interviewee & Presenter	Yes
2016	Planet Earth II	6x60min	"Islands" "Mountains" "Jungles" "Deserts" "Grasslands" "Cities"	Narrator & Presenter	Yes

Other programmes

In addition to writing, presenting, narrating and producing his own documentaries, David Attenborough has made regular appearances as an on-screen and off-screen participant in other film-makers' documentaries and on other numerous television programmes. The following list includes some of his more notable appearances plus long-running shows:

Year	Title	Duration	Subject	Credit(s)	DVD Release
1955	"The Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-58"	6x30min	An occasional series following the progress of Vivian Fuchs and his Commonwealth expedition's successful overland crossing of Antarctica	Presenter and producer	No
1955	"BBC Panorama: Programme 12"	Unknown		Guest Interviewee	No
1956	"The Berbers of the Atlas Mountains"	Unknown		Producer	No
1957	"Bororo: The Unknown Nomads"	Unknown		Presenter	No
1957	"Omnibus: The Savage Image"	Unknown		Presenter	No
1957	"The Strange Creatures of Galapagos"	Unknown		Producer	No
1957	"The Cliff Birds of Lofoten"	Unknown		Producer	No
1957	Laplanders and Reindeer	Unknown		Producer	No
1958	"The Volcanos of Sahara"	Unknown		Producer	No
1959	"Sails off Singapore"	Unknown		Narrator	No
1959	"Science is News"	Unknown		Narrator	No
1960	"Lapland Summer"	Unknown		Producer	No
1961	"The Fur Trappers of Greenland"	Unknown		Producer	No
1961	"Adventure"	Over 150 episodes	Attenborough is credited as narrator or producer of following episodes: The Shrines of China; Crusaders Path; The Land of the Queen of Sheba; Voodo Island; Dyak; Turkoman; The Tombs of Petra; Lhasa, Forbidden City; The Peaks of Peru; Dalai Lama; Magicians of the Black Hills; Sixty-five Survivors; North through Afghanistan; The Wandering Herdsmen of the Sahara; Wings in the Malayan Forest; The Hidden Sanctuaries of Prester John; The Tunnel of Samos; The Lost men of Malaya; The Unknown Mountains of Nepal; Search for the Hobolos; The Caviar Fishermen of the Caspian; Ballon from Lake Manyara; Voyage Under the Earth; Ballon from Zanzibar; Trail to Dawson City; The Cave f the Assassins; Ballon to Serengeti; The Dragon Story; The Cocaine-Eaters of Colombia; Bushmen of the Kalahari; The Men without a Bow; Kon-Tiki; Snakes Alive; The Riddle of Easter Island	Narrator and producer	No
1963	"Lets Imagine - The Perfect Horse"	Unknown		Narrator	No
1964	"Dancing Dervishes"	Unknown		Narrator	No
1965	"Men Alone"	Unknown		Narrator	No
1966	"Faraway Places - The Quests of David Attenborough"	Unknown		Narrator	No
1967	"The Time of my Life"	Unknown		Narrator	No
1972	"Around the World in 80 Minutes"	Unknown		Narrator and presenter	No
1974	"Spectacular Britain"	Unknown		Narrator	No
1975	Children of The Way	Unknown		Narrator	No
1976	"In Search of Strange Animals"	Unknown		Narrator	No
1978	Sunday Special: The Gold of El Dorado	1 episode		Presenter	No
1978	"Hugo van Lawicks Africa"	3 episodes	Series of documentaries by Jane Godall and Hugo van Lawick narrated by David Attenborough. "The Baboons of Gombe“ "The Wild Dogs of Africa“ "Lions of the Serengeti“	Narrator	No
1980	"Gilbert White Lived Here"	1 episode		Presenter	No
1981	"An Everday Miracle"	unknown		Narrator	No
1982	Omnibus	1 episode	Series 16, Episode 6. Attenborough interviews Lucie Rie about her studio pottery	Presenter	No
1983	"Rainbow Safari"	Unknown		Narrator	No
1983	Natural World	Unknown	BBC Two series still on air, for which Attenborough has narrated or presented in following episodes: 1983: The Kiwai, Dugong hunters of Daru 1988: Twilight of the Dreamtime 1992: Mpingo: The Tree That Makes Music 1993: Echo of the Elephants 1994: Killer Whales: Wolves of the Sea; Mysteries of the Ocean Wanderers 1996: Echo of the Elephants: The next Generation; Incredible Suckers; Lions: Pride in Peril; Attenborough In Paradise; Sperm Whales: Back from the Abyss 1997: Echo of the Elephants: Africa's Forgotten Elephants 1998: Dragons of Galapagos; South Georgia: An Island All Alone 1999: Islands of the Vampire Birds 2000: Bowerbirds the Art of Seduction 2001: The Lost Elephants of Timbuktu 2003: Highgrove: A Prince's Legacy 2004: Five Big Cats and a Camera; Shark Coast; The Amber Time Machine 2005: Echo of the Elephants - The Final Chapter 2006: Satoyama Japans Secret Water Garden 2007: Battle to Save the Tiger; Desert Lions 2008: Badgers Secrets of the Sett; Clever Monkeys; Cuckoo; Lobo: The Wolve that Changed America; Snow Leopard, Beyond The Myth; Superfish 2009: Cassowaries; Bringing Up Baby 2010: Birds of Paradise; Echo an Unforgettable Elephant; Elsa, The Lioness That Changed The World; Panda Makers; The Himalayas 2011: Animal House; Komodo Secrets of the Dragon 2012: Madagascar, Lemurs and Spies; Jungle Gremlins of Java; The Real Jungle Book Bear; Attenboroughs Ark; Living with Baboons 2013: Giant Squid Filming the Impossible; Meerkats Secrets of an Animal Superstar; The Mating Game 2014: Attenboroughs Fabulous Frogs; The Bat Man of Mexico 2015: Africa's Fishing Leopards; Attenboroughs Big Birds; Galapagos, Islands Of Change; Mountain Lions Big Cats in High Places	Occasional narrator, writer or presenter	No
1987	BBC's "Glass Kingdoms at Kew"	Unknown		Narrator and presenter	No
1987	"Politics of the Jungle"	Unknown		Narrator	No
1988	"Waorani - The Last People"	Unknown		Narrator	No
1989	"The Pitt Rivers Museum is Shut"	37 min		Guest presenter	No
1993	"Wildlife 100"	Unknown	To mark the 100th episode of Wildlife on One, Attenborough selected his favourite episodes from past series for this special	Narrator	No
1993	BBC's "Flying with Dinosaurs"	Unknown		Narrator	No
1993	BBC's "K: Kenneth Clark 1903 - 1983"	Unknown	Kenneth Clark, the former director of the National Gallery in London	Guest Interviewee	No
1995-2007	BBC Wildlife Specials	22x50min	The BBC Wildlife Specials are a series of nature documentary programmes commissioned by BBC Television. The series premiered in 1995, and 22 specials have been produced to date, with most of the more recent ones consisting of multiple episodes. The earlier programmes were produced in-house by the BBC's Natural History Unit, but the more recent Spy in the ... titles were made by the independent John Downer Productions. The first 18 specials, through 2008, were narrated by David Attenborough. List of specials narrated by Sir David Attenborough:Great White Shark: The True Story of Jaws; Polar Bear: The Arctic Warrior; Crocodile: The Smiling Predator; Leopard: The Agent of Darkness; Eagle: The Master of the Skies;Humpback Whale: The Giant of the Oceans; Wolf: The Legendary Outlaw; Tiger: The Elusive Princess; Lions: Spy in the Den; Grizzly: Face to Face;Gorillas: On the Trail of King Kong; Serpent: Through the Eyes of the Snake; Killer Whale; Elephants: Spy in the Herd; Smart Sharks: Swimming With Roboshark; Bears: Spy in the Woods; Trek: Spy on the Wildebeest;Tiger: Spy in the Jungle.	Narrator	Yes
1996	Q.E.D. "The Secret Life of Seahorses"	45min		Narrator	No
1997	BBC's "Auntie -the Inside Story of the BBC"	Unknown	Attenborough is interviewed in episode "Growing Pains: 1945-1960".	Guest interviewee	No
1999	Animal People - Octopus Hunter	Unknown		Narrator	No
2000	BBC's "Wilderness Men"	3x45 min	A three part series about Alexander von Humboldt, Lewis and Clark, and Ernest Shackleton.	Narrator	No
2001	BBC's "The Human Face"	4x60min	Episodes:"Face to Face"; "Here's Looking at You";"Beauty"; "Fame".	Guest interviewee	No
2001	BBC's "The Ultimate Wild Paradises - The Top Ten Destinations"	Unknown		Guest interviewee	No
2002	BBC's "The Indispensables"	Unknown		Guest interviewee	No
2002	BBC's Timeshift - "Attenborough the Controller"	45 min		Archive footage and interviewee	No
2002	Attenborough in Conversation with Mark Lawson	30 min		Interviewee	No
2003	BBC's "Great Wildlife Moments"	Unknown		Archive footage	Yes
2003	Greenpeace Film's "The Ancient Forests"	3 min		Narrator	No
2003	Rainforest Information Center, "On The Brink"	34 min		Presenter & narrator	No
2004	BBC's "William Hodges:The Art of Exploration"	35 min
2004	BBC's "The Way We Went Wild"	3x60 min		Guest Interviewee	No
2005	"Selfish Green"	60 min		Interviewee	No
2005	BBC's "The Wild Life of Gerald Durrell"	60 min		Interviewee	No
2005	BBC's How Art Made the World	5x60 min	Attenborough is in the episode "Once Upon a Time"	Guest presenter	No
2005	BBC's Timeshift - The Lost Road - Overland to Singapore	39 min		Guest interviewee	No
2005	The 50 Great Documentaries	Unknown		Guest presenter	No
2006	BBC's "Masterpieces of the British Museum"	6x30 min	Attenborough is in "The Durer Rhinoceros“ and "Head of an Ife King from Nigeria“.	Guest interviewee	Yes
2006	BBC's Gilbert White- The Nature Man	60 min		Guest presenter	Yes
2006	BBC's "Nation on Film: Kearton's Wildlife"	Unknown		Guest interviewee	No
2006	BBC's "Suez a very British Crisis"	3x58 min	Attenborough contributes in episodes "Betreyal" and "War"	Guest interviewee	Yes
2006	BBC's "Folk Britannia"	3x58 min	Attenborough is interviewed in the first episode, "Ballads & Blues".	Guest interviewee	No
2006	BBC's Horizon: "War On Science"	49 min		Archive footage	No
2006	Planet Earth: The Future	3x60min	Attenbourough is interviewed in all three episodes	Interviewee	Yes
2007	Sharing Planet Earth	Unknown		Presenter	No
2007	100 Years of Wildlife Films	120 min	Bill Oddie highlights the passionate, eccentric and pioneering individuals who have often risked life and limb to break new boundaries in wildlife films. He charts the extraordinary changes in technology that have driven the industry forward, and reveals how the last hundred years of wildlife films has as much to do with our social attitudes as it has to do with the animals themselves	Guest presenter	No
2007	BBC's "Peter Scott: a Passion for Nature"	Unknown		Narrator and presenter	No
2007	BBC's "Watching Desmond Morris"	60 min		Narrator and Guest interviewee	No
2007	BBC's "Silbury:The Heart of the Hill"	60 min		Guest interviewee	No
2007	BBC's "Favourite Attenborough Moments"	67 min		Guest interviewee	No
2008	BBC's "Fossil Detectives"	8x29 min	Episode 1 - "Central England" Episode 2 - "London"	Interviewee	No
2008	BBC's "1968:Sex, Telly and Britain"	Unknown		Guest Interviewee	No
2008	BBC2 - The Great British Parakeet Invasion	9 min	A short BBC documentary about the introduced parakeet population in southeastern England	Guest interviewee	No
2008	BBC's "Art of Arts TV"	3x60 min		Guest Interviewee	No
2009	BBC Horizon, "How Many People Can live on Planet Earth"	59 min		Presenter	No
2009	Carnyx Wild, "The Great Bustard"	8 min	Short documentary about the reintroduction of the Great Bustard into Great Britain.	Narrator	No
2009	"Personal Histories in Archaeological Theory & Methods"	10 min	2009 Panel - "Archaeology and TV".	Co-presenter	No
2009	BBC's Timeshift – „Archaeology: Digging the Past	59min		Guest Interviewee	No
2009	BBC's "The Story of the Open University"	49min		Guest Interviewee	No
2010	BBC Horizon "Death of Oceans"	59 min		Presenter	No
2010	"The Symphony of Science"	20x4 min		Participant	No
2010	BBC's "Genius of Britain"	5x60min	Episodes: "The First Five"; "A Roomful of Brilliant Minds"; "The Lights Come On";"Out of the Darkeness" and "Asking Big Questions". Attenborough contributed pieces on Christopher Wren and Joseph Banks in Episodes 1 and 2 and conclusions in Episode 5.	Guest presenter	Yes
2010	BBC's "Attenborough's Journey"	60min		Presenter	Yes
2010	BBC's "The Born Free Legacy"	60min		Guest Interviewee	No
2010	BBC's "Mad and Bad:60 Years of Science on TV"	90min		Guest Interviewee	No
2010	BBC's Museum of Life	5x60min	Attenborough is in episodes "A Museum in a Modern World" and "A collection for the Future".	Guest interviewee	No
2010	BBC's Timeshift – „When Britain Went Wild"	1x59min		Guest interviewee	No
2010	BBC's "Birds Britannia"	4x60min	Attenborough is in all 4 episodes	Interviewee	No
2010	BBC's "Jane Goodall: Beauty and the Beast"	60 min		Guest interviewee	No
2010	Beyond the Brink	20 min		Guest interviewee	Yes
2011	PBS Nature, "Elsa's Legacy - The Born Free Story"	53 min		Guest interviewee	No
2011	BBC's "Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words"	3x59 min	Attenborough is in the episodes "The Culture Wars" and "Human All Too Human".	Guest comentator	No
2011	"Ocean Drifters - A Secret World beneath the Waves"	16.30 min		Narrator	No
2011	BBC's "Brave New World"	5x49 min	Episodes: Machines; Health; Technology; Environment; Biology. Episode "Environment: At Longleat Sir David Attenborough helps collect the DNA of an elephant for the Frozen Ark - a project to save all the world's species from extinction. Sir David Attenborough also introduces the work of the Millennium Seed Bank.	Guest interviewee and presenter	No
2011	BBC's "Ceramics: A Fragile History"	3X60 min	Attenborough is in the episodes "The Art of the Potter" and "The Story of Clay".	Guest interviewee	No
2011	Animal Planet's "A City of Wild Cats"	11 min		Narrator	No
2011	BBC's "The Secrets of Scott's Hut"	90 min		Guest interviewee	No
2011	Atlantic Productions "The Bachelor King"	75 min		Writer and presenter	No
2011	"Break the Science Barrier"	Unknown		Guest Interviewee	Yes
2012	BBC's "Tales of Television Centre"	90 min		Guest interviewee	No
2013	When Björk Met Attenborough	1x30min		Co-presenter	Yes
2013	BBC's "Goodbye Television Centre"	130 min		Guest	No
2013	BBC's "The Early Years"	29 min		Guest interviewee	No
2013	BBC's "Bill Bailey's Jungle Hero"	2x60min		Guest Interviewee	No
2013	"The Forgotten Story of Alfred Russel Wallace"	5 min		Writer & narrator	No
2013	BBC's "Edwardian Insects on Film"	60min		Guest Interviewee	No
2014	The Folio Society’s "For the Love of Books"	15min		Presenter	No
2014	"Hope"	15 min	Documentary about the work of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International to protect mountain gorillas	Narrator	No
2014	Sir Joseph Banks Society’s "Sir Joseph Banks - Endeavour"	12min		Presenter	No
2014	A Culture Show Special "Sir Kenneth Clark: Portrait of a Civilised Man"	Unknown		Guest Interviewee	No
2014	"Windows on a Lost World"	6.30 min		Narrator	No
2014	Lincoln School of Media "Sir Joseph Banks - Endeavour"	1x12min		Guest Presenter	Yes
2015	Society of Biology "Biology - Changing the World"	1x14min		Interviewee	No
2015	BBC's "When President Barack Obama met Sir David Attenborough"	35 min		Guest Interviewee	No
2015	Eden TV's "Wild Canada"	4x42min	Episodes: "The Wild West"; "Ice Edge"; "The Heartland"; "The Eternal Frontier"	Narrator	No
2015	BBC's "VE Day: Remembering Victory"	100 min		Guest Interviewee	No
2016	Sky's "Attenborough at 90: Behind the Lens"	45 min		Guest Interviewee	No
2016	BBC's "Attenborough at 90"	58 min		Guest Interviewee	Yes
2016	BBC's "Zoo Quest in Colour"	89 min		Guest Interviewee	Yes

Sources

• David Attenborough, Life on Air, BBC Books, 2002
• David Attenborough filmography at the BFI Film and TV Database
• David Attenborough filmography at IMDb.com

External links

• David Attenborough at the Internet Movie Database
• List of David Attenborough's programmes on Eden Channel website