David Attenborough Net Worth
David Attenborough Net Worth is
$35 Million
David Attenborough Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Sir David Frederick Attenborough OM CH CVO CBE FRS FZS FSA is an English broadcaster and naturalist. 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... | Full Name | David Attenborough |
| Net Worth | $35 Million |
| Date Of Birth | May 8, 1926 |
| Place Of Birth | Isleworth, United Kingdom |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Naturalist, Television producer, Writer, Presenter, Environmentalist, Screenwriter, Broadcaster |
| Education | University College London, University of Cambridge, London School of Economics and Political Science, Clare College, Cambridge, Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Spouse | Jane Elizabeth Ebsworth Oriel (m. 1950–1997) |
| Children | Susan Attenborough, Robert Attenborough |
| Parents | Mary Attenborough, Frederick Attenborough |
| Siblings | Richard Attenborough, John Attenborough, Helga Bejach, Irene Bejach |
| Nicknames | David Frederick Attenborough , Sir David Attenborough , Sir David Attenborough CBE , Sir David Frederick Attenborough |
| Awards | British Academy Television Award for Best Specialist Factual, Peabody Award, BAFTA Fellowship, National Television Award for Special Recognition, Founder's Gold Medal, International Emmy Founders Award, News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing, British Academy Television Special Award, ... |
| Nominations | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator, British Academy Television Richard Dimbleby Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Informational Programming - Writing |
| Movies | David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive |
| TV Shows | Planet Earth, Life, The Blue Planet, Life on Earth, Life Story, The Life of Mammals, David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities, First Life, The Life of Birds, Natural World, Africa, The Private Life of Plants, Nature's Great Events, Life in the Undergrowth, Life in Cold Blood, The Living Planet, King... |
| Star Sign | Taurus |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | The BBC is hard-pressed for money and it has to make strategic decisions as to what it's going to invest in. |
| 2 | I am a BBC man. |
| 3 | I've always enjoyed Doctor Who (1963) from a technical point of view. I sat in on a lot of the early discussions, during which we cooked up the programme under the aegis of Sydney Newman, who was the BBC head of drama. I remember he specified he didn't want monsters in it but the first producer, Verity Lambert, went against that and introduced the Daleks. Sydney was livid with her to start with but Verity, of course, was right. |
| 4 | [on serving as director of programmes across BBC TV between 1969 to 1973] It was very nice for me running a network for a few years, in the sense that it was very flattering for one's ego. But it's not much fun. |
| 5 | When I started in 1952, people had television sets and thought it was a miracle. You sat in front of it and waited for it to start and watched all the way through to the end and it was an event. But within a decade, you ate and talked and knitted while it was on. Then colour came about and once again it was an event, people would come round and said, 'Wow, look at the colour'. Then we got accustomed to colour and television became like wallpaper. I don't think 3D can be used as wallpaper, particularly because you need the glasses and when you put them on it's very isolating. You become very unaware of the person next to you. |
| 6 | I think 3D TV is going to be event TV. It can be an international football match or it can also be an important programme. But I don't think 3D is going to be much good on trivia. It's for programmes that really mean something. It does require your attention. |
| 7 | My shoes are very unfashionable shoes. I'm the last in a particular style that was established 30 years ago. People make different kinds of programmes now. I don't think anyone's trying to fill my shoes. |
| 8 | I've always found fossils very interesting. I also had newts and grass snakes and frogs which I kept in various aquaria when I was a boy. I spent a lot of time in the garden exploring. |
| 9 | People believe what they wish to believe. There are some people who think the written word is more likely to be an avenue to the truth than the material world that we can examine. I might not share that belief. People tell me that they believe God created the world in seven days, and I say: 'On what evidence?' They say: 'Well, because it says so in the Book of Genesis.' There's nothing I can do to disprove that because that's what they believe is the incontrovertible truth. |
| 10 | We don't seem to be acting very quickly. I'm sure things are going to get worse before they get better, if they get better. They won't get better in my lifetime. I don't think they'll get better for 50 to 100 years. I hope they won't get too much worse, but I fear they certainly will. (On climate change) |
| 11 | I think it's in great trouble. The whole system on which it was built - a limited number of networks, with adequate funding - is under threat. That funding is no longer there. As stations proliferate, so audiences are reduced. The struggle for audiences becomes ever greater, while money diminishes. I think that's a fair recipe for trouble. (On television in 2009) |
| 12 | There is more meaning and mutual understanding in exchanging a glance with a gorilla than any other animal I know. |
| 13 | They always mean beautiful things like hummingbirds. I always reply by saying that I think of a little child in East Africa with a worm burrowing through his eyeball. The worm cannot live in any other way, except by burrowing through eyeballs. I find that hard to reconcile with the notion of a divine and benevolent creator. (Responding to religious viewers who criticise him for not crediting God in his nature programmes) |
| 14 | It's like saying that two and two equals four but, if you wish it, it could also be five. This is one of the errors. Evolution is not a theory. It is a fact, every bit as much as the historical fact that William the Conqueror landed in 1066. Indeed, more so, because all we have to tell us about William are a few bits of paper here or there - not very much at all. For evolution we have much more evidence: palaeontology, embryology, biology, geology. Darwin revolutionised the way we see the world fundamentally, but his basic proposition is still not taken on board by a lot of people. (On the teaching of creationism in British schools) |
| 15 | It never really occurred to me to believe in God - and I had nothing to rebel against, my parents told me nothing whatsoever. But I do remember looking at my headmaster delivering a sermon, a classicist, extremely clever... and thinking, he can't really believe all that, can he? How incredible! |
| 16 | There have always been politicians or business people who have wanted to cut the BBC back or stop it saying the sort of things it says. There's always been trouble about the licence and if you dropped your guard you could bet our bottom dollar there'd be plenty of people who'd want to take it away. The licence fee is the basis on which the BBC is based and if you destroy it, broadcasting becomes a wasteland. |
| 17 | Jonathan Ross speaks to a certain element who think he's very funny, and I guess he is. He's on the edge of a very dangerous line and it's not an easy job. He has to keep close to the boundary, but not step over it. What you need, in order to do that, is to have a producer in whom you have confidence, who will pull you back if it's pre-recorded and then cut it out. |
| 18 | Whatever you do, it's difficult if you are on the edge of taste - you'll always offend someone. You'll also offend some people if you retreat to being so careful with everything that you say that you become Mrs Goody-two-shoes. People in their twenties today talk like Jonathan Ross and the question is how much do they do that in front of other sections of society. Jonathan Ross has a very difficult problem. |
| 19 | The statutory requirement that a certain percentage of programmes must come from independent producers has reduced in-house production and the Units necessarily shrank proportionately in size. As they dwindled, so the critical mass of their production expertise has diminished. The continuity of their archives has been broken, they have lost the close touch they once had worldwide with their subjects and they are no longer regarded internationally as the centres of innovation and expertise that they once were. (On the BBC's in-house departments) |
| 20 | If you could demonstrate that the BBC was grossly extravagant there might be a case for saying OK take it away. But in fact the BBC per minute in almost every category is as cheap as you can find anywhere in the world and produces the best quality. If you take the money away, which part of the BBC will you remove? The BBC has gone through swingeing staff cuts. It has been cut to the bone, if you divert licence fee money elsewhere, you cut quality and services. There is always that threat from politicians who will say your licence fee is up for grabs. We will take it. There is a lot of people who want to see the BBC weakened. They talk of this terrible tax of the licence fee. Yet it is the best bargain that is going. Four radio channels and god knows how many TV channels. It is piffling. |
| 21 | Public service broadcasting is one of the things that distinguishes this country and makes me want to live here. I have spent all my life in it. I would be very distressed if public service broadcasting was weakened. I have been at the BBC since 1952 and know the BBC is constantly being battered. It is today. |
| 22 | There are times when BBC1 and BBC2, intoxicated by the sudden popularity of a programme genre, have allowed that genre to proliferate and run rampant through the schedules, with the result that other kinds of programmes are not placed - simply because of lack of space. Do we really require so many gardening programmes, makeover programmes, or celebrity chefs? Is it not a scandal, in this day and age, that that there seems to be no place for continuing series of programmes about science or serious music or thoughtful in-depth interviews with people other than politicians? (Speaking in 2008) |
| 23 | Public service broadcasting, watched by a healthy number of viewers, with programmes financed in proportion to their intrinsic needs and not the size of the audience, can only effectively operate as a network. A network whose aim is to cater for the broadest possible range of interests, popular as well as less popular, a network that measures success not only by its audience size but by the range of its schedule. |
| 24 | Unless there are regulations to stop it, public service broadcasting programmes will inevitably be pushed out of peak hours and into out-of-the-way corners of the schedule when fewer people will want to watch them. So the odds are stacked against them increasing their audience. They become the station's pariah, retained under sufferance, tucked away, unloved, where they do least harm to the network's income. |
| 25 | There are moments when I wonder - moments when its (the BBC's) two senior networks, first set up as a partnership, schedule simultaneously programmes of identical character, thereby contradicting the very reason that the BBC was given a second network. |
| 26 | It is vital that there is a narrator figure whom people believe. That's why I never do commercials. If I started saying that margarine was the same as motherhood, people would think I was a liar. |
| 27 | I had a huge advantage when I started 50 years ago - my job was secure. I didn't have to promote myself. These days there's far more pressure to make a mark, so the temptation is to make adventure television or personality shows. I hope the more didactic approach won't be lost. |
| 28 | Steve Irwin did wonderful conservation work but I was uncomfortable about some of his stunts. Even if animals aren't aware that you are not treating them with respect, the viewers are. |
| 29 | [speaking in 2007] Some scientists suggest that up to a quarter of animal species could be extinct by 2050. But it's not too late - you can be involved in saving planet Earth. If you are a child, this is your future. If you're a parent, it's your legacy. The time to act is now. |
| 30 | As far as I'm concerned, if there is a supreme being then He chose organic evolution as a way of bringing into existence the natural world . . . which doesn't seem to me to be necessarily blasphemous at all. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | After the massive positive reception his documentaries received, he got involved with a Master's course (MA Wildlife Documentary Production). |
| 2 | He is the great-uncle of Tom Attenborough. |
| 3 | Although he commissioned the famous music series The Old Grey Whistle Test (1971) during his period as a BBC executive, he has admitted that he never actually watched it, as he doesn't like rock music. |
| 4 | In 2011, his home became the key to solving a murder from 132 years earlier. In 1879, a widow was killed by her housekeeper and decapitated. She chopped up the body and fed pieces of it to nearby children. The housekeeper was arrested when a severed foot was found, and ultimately convicted and executed for the murders, but her victim's head was never found, until it was discovered buried under the ground of Attenborough's house. Workmen found its remains while excavating for an extension on his home. It turns out his home was located near where Attenborough's house near stands, and the house itself used to be a pub frequented by the murderer. |
| 5 | For his birthday, one of his sisters gave him a fossilized animal trapped in amber, which later grew into an entire collection of animals in amber. In Jurassic Park (1993), his brother Richard Attenborough grows dinosaurs from mosquitoes trapped in amber. |
| 6 | A patron of the Optimum Population Trust, a group seeking to cut the growth in human population. |
| 7 | Merited a place in Time magazine's Special Issue "Heroes of the Environment" (Leaders & Visionaries section) with a tribute penned by Jeremy Paxman (Issue October 29, 2007). |
| 8 | Presented Pentangle with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in 2007. |
| 9 | Won the title of Greatest Living British Icon, voted for by viewers of BBC Two's The Culture Show, beating singers Sir Paul McCartney and Morrissey (Morrissey). [December 2006] |
| 10 | Is a fan of Emmylou Harris. |
| 11 | He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1974 Queen's Birthday Honours List, made a Knight Bachelor in the 1985 Queen's Birthday Honours List, a CVO (Commander of the Royal Victorian Order) in the 1991 Queen's Birthday Honours List and a CH (Companion of Honour) in the 1996 Queen's New Year Honours List. |
| 12 | Has a daughter, a son, and several grandchildren. |
| 13 | He was awarded the Order of Merit (OM) by Queen Elizabeth II in June 2005. |
| 14 | As head of BBC-2 he introduced British audiences to colour TV, and gave the go-ahead to Monty Python's Flying Circus. |
| 15 | 50 years of natural history programme making series has made him the most travelled person in human history, except for astronauts. |
| 16 | Filming "The Living Planet" saw his balloon crash land in southern Scotland. When he finally found a farmhouse, the farmer recognised him from the TV, and said he could he use the phone if he wished his wee daughter a happy birthday. When he returned with his young girl he said to her: "This is David. He's come by balloon to wish you a happy birthday." Attenborough said "Happy birthday." The dour farmer replied: "The telephone's over there." |
| 17 | Uncle of director Michael Attenborough and actress Charlotte Attenborough |
| 18 | Brother-in-law of Sheila Sim |
| 19 | Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1983. |
| 20 | Brother of actor/director Lord Richard Attenborough and John Attenborough. Also, during World War Two, his parents adopted two German Jewish girls, who had been brought to Britain as part of the Kindertransport. |
| 21 | In the mid-sixties became the Controller of BBC2. Later, he became the BBC's Director of Programmes. The British Academy awarded David Attenborough the Desmond Davis Award in 1970, and a Fellowship in 1979. |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attenborough's Passion Projects | 2016 | TV Mini-Series documentary writer | |
| Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough | 2015-2016 | TV Mini-Series documentary 3 episodes | |
| David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive | 2014 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates | 2013 | TV Series documentary | |
| Micro Monsters 3D | 2013 | TV Series documentary | |
| Africa | 2013 | TV Mini-Series documentary 6 episodes | |
| Galapagos 3D | 2013 | TV Series documentary | |
| Kingdom of Plants 3D | 2012 | TV Series documentary 3 episodes | |
| Frozen Planet | 2011 | TV Mini-Series documentary 1 episode | |
| Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough | 2011 | Documentary | |
| Madagascar | 2011 | TV Mini-Series documentary 4 episodes | |
| First Life | 2010 | TV Mini-Series documentary written by - 2 episodes | |
| Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The Link | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life | 2009 | TV Movie documentary written by | |
| Life in Cold Blood | 2008 | TV Series documentary writer - 5 episodes | |
| Natural World | 2000-2007 | TV Series documentary writer - 3 episodes | |
| Are We Changing Planet Earth? | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Planet Earth | 2006 | TV Mini-Series documentary writer - 5 episodes | |
| Life in the Undergrowth | 2005 | TV Mini-Series documentary writer - 5 episodes | |
| Deep Blue | 2003 | Documentary writer | |
| The Life of Mammals | 2002-2003 | TV Series documentary writer - 10 episodes | |
| Nova | TV Series documentary written by - 1 episode, 2001 writer - 1 episode, 2000 | ||
| The Blue Planet | TV Mini-Series documentary 1 episode, 2001 writer - 7 episodes, 2001 | ||
| The Song of the Earth | 2000 | TV Movie documentary | |
| State of the Planet | 2000 | TV Series documentary | |
| The Lost Gods of Easter Island | 2000 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Island of the Vampire Birds | 1999 | Documentary writer | |
| The Dragons of Galapagos | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | |
| The Life of Birds | 1998 | TV Series documentary writer - 10 episodes | |
| Cities of the Wild | 1996 | Documentary | |
| Survival Island | 1996 | Short documentary | |
| Attenborough in Paradise | 1996 | TV Movie documentary | |
| The Private Life of Plants | 1995 | TV Series documentary writer - 6 episodes | |
| Life in the Freezer | 1993 | TV Series documentary writer - 6 episodes | |
| The Trials of Life | 1990 | TV Series documentary writer - 12 episodes | |
| Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives | 1989 | TV Series documentary writer - 4 episodes | |
| The First Eden | 1987 | TV Mini-Series documentary writer - 4 episodes | |
| The Living Planet | 1984 | TV Series documentary writer - 12 episodes | |
| Life on Earth | 1979 | TV Mini-Series documentary writer - 13 episodes | |
| Wildlife on One | 1977 | TV Series documentary 3 episodes | |
| The Tribal Eye | 1975 | TV Series documentary written by | |
| A Blank on the Map | 1971 | TV Movie documentary |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attenborough's Passion Projects | 2016 | TV Mini-Series documentary executive producer - documentary segments | |
| Nova | 1997 | TV Series documentary executive producer - 1 episode | |
| Cities of the Wild | 1996 | Documentary consulting producer | |
| A Blank on the Map | 1971 | TV Movie documentary producer | |
| Zoo Quest | 1954-1961 | TV Series documentary producer - 3 episodes | |
| The People of Paradise | 1960 | TV Mini-Series documentary producer - 6 episodes | |
| Animal, Vegetable, Mineral? | 1953 | TV Series producer - 2 episodes |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attenborough's Passion Projects | 2016 | TV Mini-Series documentary series director | |
| Animal, Vegetable, Mineral? | 1953 | TV Series 3 episodes |
Editor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventure | 1961-1962 | TV Series documentary series editor - 3 episodes |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Colonial Effect | 2017 | Documentary special thanks announced | |
| Urban Nature | 2015 | TV Series documentary special thanks - 1 episode | |
| How Art Made the World | 2005 | TV Series documentary special thanks - 1 episode |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tales of Television Centre | 2012 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Director of Programmes |
| Hot Tuna | 2012 | Documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| Secrets of Wild India | 2012 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Narrator |
| The Richard Dimbleby Lecture | 1972-2012 | TV Series documentary | Himself / Himself - Host |
| Hummingbirds Jewelled Messengers | 2012 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Narrator (voice) |
| In Confidence | 2012 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Guest |
| Frozen Planet | 2011 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| Brave New World with Stephen Hawking | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| The One Show | 2008-2011 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Ceramics: A Fragile History | 2011 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words | 2011 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Breakfast | 2006-2011 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Ask Attenborough Live | 2011 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough | 2011 | Documentary | Himself |
| Desert Seas | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| The Secrets of Scott's Hut | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| 60 Minutes | 2002-2011 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Naturalist (segment "Spy on Ice") / Himself - Filmmaker (segment "Sir David Attenborough") |
| Madagascar | 2011 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself - Narrator / Himself - Presenter |
| Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV | 2010 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (as Sir David Attenborough CBE) |
| First Life | 2010 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| Attenborough's Journey | 2010 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Timeshift | 2005-2010 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Wildlife Broadcaster / Himself / Himself - Former TV Producer |
| Horizon | 2009-2010 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| Wild Night In | 2010 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Genius of Britain: The Scientists Who Changed the World | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Guest Presenter / Himself |
| Museum of Life | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Zonde van de zendtijd | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| The South Bank Show | 1992-2010 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Birds of Paradise | 2010 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| The Big Fat Quiz of the Year | 2010 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Life | 2009 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| Infrarouge | 2009 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | 2002-2009 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| BBC Proms | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| Happy Birthday OU | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Controller, BBC2 1965-1969 (as Sir David Attenborough) |
| Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The Link | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Chris Moyles Quiz Night | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| Nature's Most Amazing Events | 2009 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| Darwin's Struggle: The Evolution of the Origin of Species | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| The Great Bustard | 2009 | Video documentary short | Himself - Narrator |
| The Alan Titchmarsh Show | 2009 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Story of the Open University | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Loose Women | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| Fossil Detectives | 2008 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Tiger: Spy in the Jungle | 2008 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| Life in Cold Blood | 2008 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| Sunday AM | 2006-2008 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Parkinson | 1998-2007 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Climate Change: Britain Under Threat | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Presenter (as Sir David Attenborough) |
| Trek: Spy on the Wildebeest | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Gorilla Revisited with David Attenborough | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| Lobo: The Wolf That Changed America | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Narrator (UK version) |
| Planet Earth | 2006 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| Planet Earth: The Future | 2006 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Nation on Film | 2006 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The National Television Awards | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Masterpieces of the British Museum | 2006 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Can We Save Planet Earth? | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| Are We Changing Planet Earth? | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| Nova | 1997-2006 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Narrator / Himself - Presenter |
| Folk Britannia | 2006 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Life in the Undergrowth | 2005 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| The Wild Life of Gerald Durrell | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The 50 Greatest Documentaries | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (as Sir David Attenborough) |
| Play It Again: The Panel Game | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (as Sir David Attenborough) |
| How Art Made the World | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Himself (as Sir David Attenborough) |
| Mark Lawson Talks to... | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| Wildlife on One | 1977-2005 | TV Series documentary | Narrator / Himself - Narrator / Himself - Presenter / ... |
| Sir David Attenborough Remembers 'The Ascent of Man' | 2005 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Sir David Attenborough Remembers the Making of 'Civilisation' | 2004 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Bears: Spy in the Woods | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Narrator (voice) |
| The Way We Went Wild | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Happy Birthday BBC Two | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Satoyama: Japan's Secret Water Garden | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| The Truth About 60s TV | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| On the Brink | 2003 | Short | Himself - Narrator |
| The Ancient Forests | 2003 | Short | Himself - Narrator |
| The Terry and Gaby Show | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| Enough Rope with Andrew Denton | 2003 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Deep Blue | 2003 | Documentary | Himself |
| Arena | 1993-2003 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Elephants: Spy in the Herd | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| The Life of Mammals | 2002-2003 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| Robbie the Reindeer in Legend of the Lost Tribe | 2002 | TV Short | Himself (voice) |
| Life on Air | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Great Natural Wonders of the World | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Presenter / Narrator |
| Wildlife Specials | 1997-2002 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Narrator / Himself |
| Ultimate Wild Paradises: The Top Ten Destinations | 2001 | TV Special | Himself |
| The Human Face | 2001 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| BBC: A Window on the World | 2001 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Blue Planet | 2001 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| The Song of the Earth | 2000 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| State of the Planet | 2000 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| Night of a Thousand Shows | 2000 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Wilderness Men | 2000 | TV Mini-Series | Himself |
| The Lost Gods of Easter Island | 2000 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| The Greatest Wildlife Show on Earth | 2000 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Presenter / Narrator |
| Island of the Vampire Birds | 1999 | Documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| They Said It Couldn't Be Done | 1999 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| The Dragons of Galapagos | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| The Life of Birds | 1998 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| Clive Anderson All Talk | 1998 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Auntie: The Inside Story of the BBC | 1997 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Cities of the Wild | 1996 | Documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| Survival Island | 1996 | Short documentary | Himself - Narrator (voice) |
| Auntie's All-Time Greats | 1996 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Q.E.D. | 1993-1996 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| Attenborough in Paradise | 1996 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| Reputations | 1996 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Heroes of Comedy | 1995 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Frost Programme | 1995 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Private Life of Plants | 1995 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| For Love or Money | 1994 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Clive James | 1994 | TV Series | Himself |
| Life in the Freezer | 1993 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| K: Kenneth Clark 1903 - 1983 | 1993 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Aspel & Company | 1991 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Trials of Life | 1990 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Media Show | 1990 | TV Series | Himself |
| A TV Dante | 1989 | TV Mini-Series | Himself - Talking-head |
| Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives | 1989 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| The First Eden | 1987 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| World Safari | 1986 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| Omnibus | 1976-1986 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| A Zed & Two Noughts | 1985 | Himself - Documentary Narrator (voice) | |
| The Living Planet | 1984 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Saturday Superstore | 1984 | TV Series | Himself |
| Face the Music | 1975-1983 | TV Series | Himself - Panelist |
| Look Here | 1980 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Mysterious Bee | 1980 | Himself - Narrator (voice) | |
| Life on Earth | 1979 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| The Val Doonican Music Show | 1979 | TV Series | Himself |
| The World About Us | 1973-1976 | TV Series documentary | Himself / Himself (narrator) |
| The Tribal Eye | 1975 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures | 1973-1974 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| Late Night Line-Up | 1967-1972 | TV Series | Himself - Contributor / Himself |
| A Blank on the Map | 1971 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| This Is Your Life | 1962 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Adventure | 1962 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| Zoo Quest | 1956-1961 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Presenter / Himself |
| The People of Paradise | 1960 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself - Host |
| Science Is News | 1959 | TV Series | Himself - Presenter |
| Animal, Vegetable, Mineral? | 1956 | TV Series Himself - Christmas Edition 1956 ... Himself | |
| Pantomania, or Dick Whittington | 1956 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Look | 1955 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Reporter |
| Planet Earth II | 2016 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Narrator |
| The Graham Norton Show | 2012-2016 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| North West Today | 2016 | TV Series short | Himself - Naturalist |
| North West Tonight | 2016 | TV Series | Himself - Naturalist |
| Natural World | 1992-2016 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Narrator / Himself - Presenter / Narrator |
| Zoo Quest in Colour | 2016 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Attenborough's Life That Glows | 2016 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| Attenborough at 90: Behind the Lens | 2016 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Terra Mater | 2016 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Nature | 2002-2016 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Narrator / Himself - Presenter / Himself / ... |
| Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur | 2016 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough | 2015-2016 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| Attenborough's Passion Projects | 2016 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself - Host |
| The Hunt | 2015 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| Cougars Undercover | 2015 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
| 5 News | 2015 | TV Series | Himself |
| David Attenborough Meets President Obama | 2015 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| VE Day: Remembering Victory | 2015 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Aged 19 on VE Day |
| Natural Curiosities | 2013-2015 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| RTS Huw Wheldon Memorial Lecture: Public Service Broadcasting - A House of Cards? | 2015 | TV Movie | Himself - Broadcaster (as Sir David Attenborough) |
| Attenborough's Paradise Birds | 2015 | Documentary | Himself |
| Cue the Queen: Celebrating the Christmas Speech | 2015 | TV Movie | Himself |
| David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies 3D | 2015 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Life Story | 2014 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| The Culture Show | 2014 | TV Series documentary | Himself - BBC2 Controller, 1965-1969 |
| Björk: Biophilia Live | 2014 | Documentary | Himself - Opening sequence voice (voice) |
| All About TWO | 2014 | TV Movie | Himself (as Sir David Attenborough) |
| Galapagos: Nature's Wonderland | 2014 | Short | Himself - Narrator - UK Version |
| Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates | 2013 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Wild Cameramen at Work | 2013 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| When Björk Met Attenborough | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Micro Monsters 3D | 2013 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| National Geographic: Amazing Animals | 2013 | TV Series | Himself - Narrator |
| Bill Bailey's Jungle Hero | 2013 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Goodbye Television Centre | 2013 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| Edwardian Insects on Film | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| This Morning | 2005-2013 | TV Series | Himself - Guest / Himself |
| Africa | 2013 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself - Presenter / Himself - Narrator |
| The Jonathan Ross Show | 2012-2013 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| David Attenborough: The Early Years | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| National Television Awards | 2013 | TV Special | Himself (as Sir David Attenborough) |
| Galapagos 3D | 2013 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Alien Monster Sharks: Legends of the Deep - Deep-Sea Sharks | 2013 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild | 2012 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| Penguins | 2012 | Video | Himself (voice) |
| Kingdom of Plants 3D | 2012 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| North West Tonight | 2016 | TV Series | Himself - Naturalist |
| Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell | 2015 | TV Series | Himself |
| Wogan: The Best Of | 2015 | TV Series | Himself |
| Richard Attenborough: A Life | 2014 | TV Movie | Himself |
| 60 Minutes | 2003-2013 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Naturalist (segment "Spy on Ice") / Himself - Filmmaker (segment "Sir David Attenborough") |
| The Graham Norton Show | 2012 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Big Fat Quiz of the Year | 2011/II | TV Movie | Himself (uncredited) |
| The Wright Stuff | 2011 | TV Series | Himself - Broadcaster and Naturalist |
| Rude Tube | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace | 2011 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Breakfast | 2010-2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Funny Side of... | 2009 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Silbury: The Heart of the Hill | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The 11th Hour | 2007/I | Documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Michael Parkinson's Greatest Entertainers | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Personal Award | Peabody Awards | ||
| 2014 | Panda | Wildscreen Film Festival | Best Presenter | Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough (2011) |
| 2014 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Specialist Factual | David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive (2014) |
| 2013 | Prix Europa | Prix Europa | Lifetime Achievement Award | |
| 2012 | Panda | Wildscreen Film Festival | 3D Award | Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough (2011) |
| 2011 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Nature Programming | First Life (2010) |
| 2011 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Writing | First Life (2010) |
| 2011 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Specialist Factual | Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough (2011) |
| 2011 | Festival Prize | Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival | Best 3D Program | Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough (2011) |
| 2006 | Lifetime Achievement Award | National Television Awards, UK | ||
| 2003 | Special Lifetime Achievement Award | Banff Television Festival | ||
| 2003 | Career Achievement Award | International Documentary Association | ||
| 1999 | RTS Television Award | Royal Television Society, UK | Best Presenter | The Life of Birds (1998) |
| 1993 | Golden Camera | Golden Camera, Germany | Best Documentary | The Trials of Life (1990) |
| 1980 | Academy Fellowship | BAFTA Awards |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Narrator | Life Story (2014) |
| 2012 | Magnolia Award | Shanghai International TV Festival | Best Documentary, Features | Frozen Planet (2011) |
| 2012 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Specialist Factual | Frozen Planet (2011) |
| 2001 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Richard Dimbleby Award for the Best Presenter (Factual, Features and News) | State of the Planet (2000) |
| 2000 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Richard Dimbleby Award for the Best Presenter (Factual, Features and News) | Wildlife Specials (1995) |
| 1996 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Informational Series | The Private Life of Plants (1995) |
| 1985 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming - Writing | The Living Planet (1984) |
Known for movies
Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life (2009)
as Writer
Natural World (1992-2016)
as Writer
State of the Planet (2000)
as Writer
Planet Earth (2006)
as Writer