Sir David Attenborough has a long list of shows throughout his career, starting from the 1950s and stretching to present day. Below is a list of shows where he was a writer, presenter, narrator or producer, sometimes even a few of these roles.
1950s
Year | Title |
1954 | Zoo Quest |
1955 | Zoo Quest to Guiana |
1956 | Zoo Quest for a Dragon |
1957 | Quest for the Paradise Birds |
1959 | Zoo Quest in Paraguay |
1960s | |
Year | Title |
1960 | The People of Paradise |
1961 | Zoo Quest to Madagascar |
1963 | Attenborough and Animals |
1963 | Quest Under Capricorn |
1965 | Zambezi |
1969 | The Miracle of Bali |
1970s | |
Year | Title |
1973 | Eastwards with Attenborough |
1973 | The Life Game |
1973 | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures |
1975 | The Explorers |
1975 | Fabulous Animals |
1975 | The Tribal Eye |
1976 | The Discoverers |
1977 | Wildlife on One |
1979 | Life on Earth |
1980s | |
Year | Title |
1980 | The Spirit of Asia |
1981 | The Ark in South Kensington |
1984 | The Living Planet |
1985 | The Million Pound Bird Book |
1987 | The First Eden |
1989 | Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives |
1990s | |
Year | Title |
1990 | The Trials of Life |
1993 | Life in the Freezer |
1994 | Heart of a Nomad |
1995 | The Private Life of Plants |
1996 | Winners and Losers |
1996 | Attenborough in Paradise and Other Personal Voyages |
1998 | The Life of Birds |
1998 | The Origin of Species: An Illustrated Guide |
1999 | Sharks – The Truth |
1999 | They Said It Couldn’t Be Done |
2000s | |
Year | Title |
2000 | State of the Planet |
2000 | Living with Dinosaurs |
2000 | The Greatest Wildlife Show on Earth |
2001 | The Blue Planet |
2002 | The Life of Mammals |
2002 | Great Natural Wonders of the World |
2004 | Satoyama: Japan’s Secret Water Garden |
2005 | Animal Crime Scene |
2005 | Life in the Undergrowth |
2006 | Planet Earth |
2006 | The Truth about Climate Change |
2006 | Gorillas Revisited |
2007 | Climate Change: Britain Under Threat |
2007 | Tom Harrisson: The Barefoot Anthropologist |
2007 | Attenborough Explores… Our Fragile World |
2008 | Life in Cold Blood |
2008 | Humpbacks: From Fire to Ice |
2009 | Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life |
2009 | Nature’s Great Events |
2009 | Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The Link |
2009 | Life |
2010s | |
Year | Title |
2010 | David Attenborough’s First Life |
2010 | Flying Monsters 3D |
2011 | Madagascar |
2011 | Attenborough and the Giant Egg |
2011 | Desert Seas |
2011 | Frozen Planet |
2011 | The Bachelor King 3D |
2012 | Secrets of Wild India |
2012 | Superfish: Bluefin Tuna |
2012 | Kingdom of Plants 3D |
2012 | Attenborough’s Ark: A Natural World Special |
2012 | Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild |
2012 | Hummingbirds: Jewelled Messengers |
2013 | Plants Behaving Badly |
2013 | Galapagos 3D |
2013 | David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities |
2013 | Africa |
2013 | Micro Monsters 3D |
2013 | David Attenborough’s Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates |
2014 | David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive |
2014 | Life Story |