The following is a chronological list of television series and individual programmes in which Sir David Attenborough is credited as a writer, presenter, narrator, producer, interviewee, etc. In a career spanning eight decades, Attenborough's name has become synonymous with the natural history programmes produced by the BBC Natural History Unit.
Major projects
1950s
Year
Title
Duration
Subject
Credit(s)
1952
Coelacanth
1x10 min
The rediscovery of the prehistoric coelacanth. Attenborough's first programme for the BBC (as producer). Presented by Julian Huxley.
Quiz show based on the game Twenty Questions, which ran until 1959. Scientists would try to guess the origin of specimens from museum and university collections. Episode list: "Belfast Museum and Art Gallery"; "Bankfield Museum"; "The Royal Scottish Museum"; "Royal Albert Memorial" (all 1953).
1953
Song Hunter
6x20 min
Folk music, presented by and featuring performances by Alan Lomax.[1]
The Pattern of Animals
3 episodes
Animal camouflage, warning signals and courtship displays. Presented by Julian Huxley. Attenborough's first natural history series.
1954
It's A Small World
4 episodes
It's A Small World was listed as a BBC series "giving a close-up view of tiny things".
A series of multi-part nature documentaries broadcast on BBC Television between 1954 and 1963. It was the first major programme to feature Attenborough.
Attenborough's first trip to the island of New Guinea in an attempt to film the courtship displays of the native birds of paradise. Episodes: "Base Camp in New Guinea"; "Into the Stone Age"; "People of the Wahgi Valley"; "Pygmies and Paradise Birds".
Fifth Zoo Quest. Attenborough returned to South America and visited the grasslands and wetlands of Paraguay. Episode list: "Return from the Chaco"; "Cactus Island in the Desert"; "The Gran Chaco"; "Argentine Excursion"; "Oven Birds and Capybaras"; "Butterfly Birds" and "Armadillos".
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”, “Royal Tonga”.
Writer, presenter, sound-recordist and producer
Elsa the Tamworth Lioness
1x30 min
Following Joy and George Adamson as they search for Elsa the Lioness and her three cubs.
Producer and presenter
Travellers' Tales
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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 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 Annapurna IV"; "'Sherpa'; Land of the Lost"; "The Land of the Gurkhas".
How contact with the modern world has affected remote Indian tribes of South America.
1963
Attenborough and Animals
10x25 min
First series for children. Comparing different species. Episodes: "Apes, Lemurs and Orang-utangs"; "Armadilloes, Sloths and Anteaters"; "Bird Architects – From the Argentine to Australia"; "Bird Mysteries and Problems, Including the Rhea and the Birds of Paradise"; "Lizards from Australia, South America and Malaya"; "Crocodiles and Turtles – And How to Catch Them"; "Ants from America, Australia and Africa"; "Moths, Mud Wasps and Praying Mantises"; "Clams and Crabs from the Pacific and Indian Oceans".
Final Zoo Quest series, filmed in the Northern Territory of Australia, was also Attenborough's final natural history series before moving into BBC management. Episode list: “The Desert Gods”, “Hermits of Borroloola”, "Buffalo, Geese and Men”, “The Artists of Arnhem Land”, “Bush Walkabout”, “The First Australians".
Writer, presenter, sound-recordist and producer
1965
Zambezi
3x50 min
A journey down the Zambezi. Episode list: “Lord of the Land”, “The Ancient Highway”, “Livingstone's River”.
Writer and presenter
1967
Life - East Africa
3 episodes
Series of interviews conducted by Attenborough with African conservationists.
Commissioned during his tenure as Controller of BBC Two, Attenborough narrated around 20 episodes of this long-running series between 1969 and 1982. Episode list: "Koko the Gorilla"; "Unnatural History"; "Asmat – Cannibal craftsmen of New Guinea"; "The Predators"; "Courtship"; "Lions of Serengeti"; "Extinction?"; "Goblins of the Forest"; "The Field – the Great Bustard"; "Elephant Kingdom"; "The Hyena Story"; "Baboons of Gombe"; "Baobab"; "Geese are only Human"; "Danger! Venomous Animals"; "El Condor"; "Yanomama – Sons of the Blood"; "A Sheltered Existence"; "The Discoverers: The 400th Edition of the World around Us"; "Wild Dogs of Africa"; "Woodpecker"; "Voices in the Forest"; "A Noble Savage"; "Ascension Island"; "The Underground Movement"; "Lemurs - Ghosts at the End of the World"; "Greenpeace Voyages to Save the Whale".
Also presented at least one episode : The Mick Burke Award 1978
Encounters with the Bikaru people in the New Guinea forest.
Writer and presenter
1973
Eastwards with Attenborough
6x30 min
First natural history series after resigning as BBC Controller. Visit 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".
Science lectures on the language of animals. Episodes: "The Languages of Animals: Beware", "The Languages of Animals: Be Mine", "The Language of Animals: Parents and Children", "The Language of Animals:Foreign Languages", "The Languages of Animals: Animal Language, Human Language".
Wrote and presented one episode (Season 7, Episode 2, "The Savage Image"). Film about the ceremonies, paintings and sculptures of the people along the Sepik River in New Guinea.
Children's television series which featured Attenborough reading books about mythological creatures. Episode list: "Here be Monsters", "Marvels of the Deep", "Dragons and Serpents", "Winged Creatures", "Horns of Magic", "Man or Beast".
BBC documentary series on tribal art, of which Attenborough is a keen collector. Episode list:"Behind the Mask", "Crooked Beak of Heaven", "The Sweat of the Sun", "Kingdom of Bronze", "Woven Gardens", "Man Blong Custom", "Across the Frontiers".
Writer and presenter
1976
The Discoverers
6x30 min
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”.
The history of life on Earth. Took three years to make and was notable for its ground-breaking footage.
Writer and presenter
1980s
Year
Title
Duration
Subject
Credit(s)
1980
The Spirit of Asia
8x60 min
The cultures and religions of the people of Asia. Episodes list: "The World of Shadows", "The Morning of the World", "Land of the Cosmic Mountain", "The Story of Rama", "The Haunted Land", "Artists in Exile", "God-Kings of Angkor", "Land of a Million Buddhas".
Narrator
Benjamin Britten – A Time There Was
1x103 min
About composer Benjamin Britten. Aired as part of 'The South Bank Show'.
David Attenborough and scientist Johan Rockström examine Earth's biodiversity collapse and how this crisis can still be averted.[11]
Presenter
The Mating Game
5x60 min
David Attenborough explores the extraordinary intricacies of animal mating habits.[12]
Narrator
The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet
5x60 min
David Attenborough and Prince William explore simple, ambitious ideas to repair our planet - solutions offering hope for nature and humanity.[13]
Narrator & Presenter
2022
Attenborough's Wonder of Song
1x60 min
David Attenborough chooses seven of the most remarkable animal songs found in nature and explores the significance of these songs in the lives of their species.[14]
The second season of Dynasties follows four families of wild animals – the elephant, cheetah, puma and hyena – as they try to survive with the odds stacked against them.
Presented by David Attenborough, this documentary series follows a series of animal stories built around diverse dinosaur species who lived around the globe in various climates 66 million years ago. Uses the latest paleontological research and computer-generated imagery to vividly reimagine the lives of dinosaurs and other life of that period.
This three-part nature series uses world-class technology to listen in on the natural world like never before, and explores sound's crucial role in the lives of animals across the globe.[20]
Narrator & Presenter
Mammals
6x60 min
Six-part series exploring the diverse lives and habitats of mammals.[21]
Presenter
TBC
Asia
7x60 min
Made by BBC Studios Natural History Unit, co-produced with BBC America, France Télévisions and ZDF
Presenter
Blue Planet III
TBA
A Sequel to The Blue Planet and Blue Planet II.
Narrator
Other programmes
In addition to writing, presenting, narrating, and producing his own documentaries, Attenborough has made regular appearances as an on-screen and off-screen participant in other filmmakers' documentaries and on other numerous television programmes. The following list includes some of his more notable appearances, as well as his involvement with long-running shows:
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 of 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".
Series of short documentaries in which Sir David Attenborough visits London, the Scotland Highlands, Fair Isle, New Forest, and other places in the UK. Episode list: "Mountains and Moorland"; "Island Home";[22] "Concrete Desert"; "The Fens"; "The Highway"; "Granite Cliffs"; "Green Forests"; "The Open Fields". BBC series.
1965
Two Quest - Attenborough Discovers Manchester
1x6 min
Short parody on Sir David Attenborough's work on various documentaries based on exploring Manchester.
1966
Faraway Places – The Quests of David Attenborough
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Twelve short documentaries based on material filmed during the Zoo Quest expeditions.
1970s
Year
Title
Duration
Subject
Credit(s)
1972
Around the World in 80 Minutes – A Guided Tour of Our Spectacular Planet
-
Narrator and presenter
Late Night Line Up
1x8 min
The last episode of the show, featuring an interview with Sir David Attenborough.
Guest Interviewee
Chronicle S7.E4
50 min
Episode: The Other Contest
Award Presenter
1974
Spectacular Britain
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BBC series.
Narrator
1975
Children of The Way
-
The life of the various Muslim communities in Great Britain. BBC series.
1976
In Search of Strange Animals
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The Zoo
-
The history of the London Zoo.
1978
At Home with Badgers
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One episode.
Narrator
1978 - 1985
Wildtrack
88x30mins
David Attenborough reported 7 episodes between 1979 and 1984
Series of programmes in which the personalities of the output of the BBC Natural History Unit talk about their work and experiences working on the various series produced by the Unit.
Guest Interviewee
The Private Life of the Robin: Robin Scott - The BBC Remembers
Lesley Judd's show in which Sir David Attenborough answers questions from an audience of 50 children.
Guest
An Everyday Miracle
1x30min
Follows the development of an unborn child, recording the baby's first few months of life inside the womb, culminating in the birth.
Narrator
1981
The Primates: Upright Man
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Sir David Attenborough gives an insight into the conditions of man's emergence through the evolution of the African apes and the evolution of man, tracing the emergence of Homo sapiens back five to ten million years ago to our origins in the African plains.
The development of BBC's Natural History Unit in Bristol.
Interviewee
Videobook of British Garden Birds
1x70 min
Species of birds found in British town and country gardens.
Presenter and Narrator
1983
Rainbow Safari
-
Narrator
Voices in the Forest
-
Documentary about the use of Paradise bird feathers in the life of New Guinea people.
Narrator
1984
HMS PANDORA : In Pursuit of the Bounty
56 min
The story of the Royal Navy frigate, HMS Pandora, sent to the Pacific in 1790 to capture Fletcher Christian and his band of HMS Bounty mutineers. Sir David Attenborough narrates the discovery of the largely intact wreck on the outer Barrier Reef and its recovery by the Queensland Museum . Produced by Living Pictures directed by David Flatman
BBC Two series still on air, for which Attenborough has narrated or presented in following episodes:
1984: 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.
2006: Satoyama Japan's Secret Water Garden - This episode was made by combining NHK - Satoyama I: Japan's Secret Watergarden (1999) and NHK - Satoyama II Japan's Secret Water Garden (2004).[24]
2007: Battle to Save the Tiger; Desert Lions.
2008: Badgers: Secrets of the Sett; Clever Monkeys; Cuckoo; Lobo: The Wolf 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; 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.
2016: Jaguars: Brazil's Super Cats; Giraffes: Africa's Gentle Giants.
2017: Attenborough and the Empire of the Ants; Hotel Armadillo; Puerto Rico: Island of Enchantment.
2018: Attenborough's Wonder of Eggs.
2018: Pangolins - The World's Most Wanted Animal.
2019: Tasmania: Weird and Wonderful.
2019: Hippos: Africa's River Giants.
Occasional narrator, writer or presenter
1985
The National Science Test II
Episode of NOVA, the science series on Channel 13.[25]
Panelist
The Oral History of the BBC
59:57
Part of BBC - Oral History Collection initiated by Frank Gillard in 1972, Interview date: 08/05/1985
Sole interviewee
1986
Television and Natural History
-
Desmond Morris gives an overview of natural history programmes on BBC.
Guest interviewee
Interest the Boy in Nature
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Viewpoint '86 (TV series) - Season 1, Episode 9.
Huw Wheldon by His Friends
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BBC's omnibus.
1987
Glass Kingdoms at Kew
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Conservatories at Kew. BBC series.
Narrator and presenter
Politics of the Jungle
-
The destruction of Borneo jungles in order to plant oil palms.
Narrator
Unnatural History
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The Royal Television Society Huw Wheldon Memorial Lecture 1987
David Attenborough's Animals of the British Country Side
1x60min
David Attenborough focuses on Britain's land mammals in this unique video guide.
Narrator
Ocean World - Environmental musical
1x90 min
Story of a female humpback whale as she journeys to her northern feeding grounds. Work of chorus, soloists, narrator, and stage and transmitted as part of Channel 4's Fragile Earth series.
Natural History New Zealand's: "Wild South. Grandma: the oldest albatross"
1x50 min
Documentary about "Grandma" who was the matriarch of the Northern Royal Albatross colony at Taiaroa Head. She was the oldest banded bird at that time with an estimated age of sixty years.
List of specials narrated by 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.
Spirits of the Forest and Year of the Gagadju[26][27]
2x27 min
'Spirits of the forest' looks at the Birds of Paradise in Papua New Guinea and the unique relationship they have with the highlanders. The people believe they gain the special qualities of the birds by wearing their feathers in ceremonies. This episode was written by David Attenborough. “Year of the Gagadju” looks at Kakadu as the traditional homeland of the Gagadju tribe. This is an account of how they divide the year into six seasons, reading the changes around them. The Gagadju are determined that their traditional culture will not be lost for future generations. Both programmes are narrated by Sandy Gore.
Writer
Himself and Other Animals - Tribute to Gerald Durrell
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Documentary about the life of British naturalist Gerald Durrell.
Interviewee
1995-1996
World of Wildlife (VHS compilations)
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Not original programming. VHS compilation of various Natural World episodes. More than 10 VHS releases including Fox and Wildcat, Great Apes, Great White Shark, Sea Otters and Elephant Seals, Meerkats United, Peacocks and Budgerigars, African Big Cats, African Elephants, Underwater Wonderlands, Incredible Suckers, Raccoons and Kangaroos, etc.
The life of Joy Adamson is re-examined. Attenborough is interviewed in the episode: "Born Wild".
Interviewee
Auntie's All-Time Greats
1x120 min
BBC series.
Natural History Night
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BBC show.
Introduction & host
Lost Wilderness
-
Traces the history of the modern wilderness conservation movement and visits the species that survive today as a result of its efforts.
Narrator
Break the Science Barrier
1x52 min
Richard Dawkins talks about the value of scientific endeavour.
Guest Interviewee
1997
Auntie – the Inside Story of the BBC
-
Three part documentary series on the development of BBC.
Guest interviewee
Natural History Night
-
Show on filming nature documentaries.
Guest interviewee
Salmon Against the Tides
1x60 min
by John Macnish for BBC/Discovery.
Presenter
The Oral History of the BBC
58:02 (part 1 00:28:50.04 part 2 - 00:29:12.03)
Part of BBC - Oral History Collection initiated by Frank Gillard in 1972, Interview date: 09/01/1997
Sole interviewee
1998
The Greats - Champions of Nature
2x55 min
The first episode is dedicated to the work of Sir David Attenborough and the second episode also has Attenborough-related content. The series is narrated by Simon King.
Three-part series first shown on BBC Two about British wildlifepresenters, narrated by Josette Simon. Attenborough is featured in the first two episodes.
First broadcast on BBC Two on 20 April 2004 to commemorate the channel's 40th birthday. The film was broadcast again from 16 to 24 April 2014 for the channel's 50th birthday in 2014.
Guest Interviewee
The Michael Faraday Lecture
68 min
Lecture titled 'Perception, Deception & Reality' , given after Royal Society of London awarded Sir David Attenborough the Michael Faraday Prize
Lecturer
2005
Selfish Green
1x60 min
Sir David Attenborough participates in a discussion of environmental issues.
Coiba National Park, off the Pacific coast of Panama, is spotlighted with an emphasis on Coiba Island, the largest part of the park and its fragile ecosystem that remains intact due to a penal colony established in 1910.
Narrator
2006
Masterpieces of the British Museum
6x30 min
Sir David Attenborough contributes in "The Durer Rhinoceros" and "Head of an Ife King from Nigeria".
Guest interviewee
Nation on Film - "Kearton's Wildlife"
1x30 min
Episode on the life of British naturalist and animal photographer Cherry Kearton.
Interviewee
Gilbert White:The Nature Man
1x60 min
The life and work of 18th-century English naturalist Gilbert White.
On-Screen Participant
Suez: A Very British Crisis
3x58 min
Sir David Attenborough describes his contacts with Anthony Eden during Suez Canal crisis. He contributes to episodes "Betrayal" and "War".
Guest interviewee
Folk Britannia
3x58 min
Sir David Attenborough is interviewed in the first episode, "Ballads & Blues".
The format consisted of two programmes 1) My Favourite Attenborough Moment. Celebrity admirers of Attenborough's work introduced a shortlist of 20 highlights from Attenborough's nature documentaries and advocated their particular favourites. 2) Your Favourite Attenborough Moment, counted down the same 20 clips in the order of votes received from the viewers. Featured interviews with Attenborough in which he described the experiences of filming them.
A biography of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth II.
2009
BBC Horizon, "How Many People Can Live On Planet Earth?"
1x59 min
In a Horizon special, naturalist Sir David Attenborough investigates whether the world is heading for a population crisis. Sir David examines whether it is the duty of individuals to commit not only to smaller families but to change the way they live for the sake of humanity and planet Earth.
Presenter
Carnyx Wild, "The Great Bustard"
1x8 min
The reintroduction of the Great Bustard into Great Britain.
Narrator
"The Funny Side of Animals"
1x60 min
BBC series by Clive Anderson.
Guest Interviewee
"An Oral History of Media and Archaeology"
1x90 min
2009 Panel – "Archaeology and TV". Filmed by The Personal Histories Project, University of Cambridge, Babbage Lecture Theatre.
Attenborough is track 4 called 'The Unbroken Thread'. He also appears in: 'Children of Africa' (2011), 'The Greatest Show on Earth' (2012) and 'Our Biggest Challenge' (2012).
Participant
BBC's "Genius of Britain"
5x60 min
Documentary series about famous British scientists. Episodes: "The First Five"; "A Roomful of Brilliant Minds"; "The Lights Come On"; "Out of the Darkness" and "Asking Big Questions". Sir David Attenborough contributed pieces on Christopher Wren and Joseph Banks in Episodes 1 and 2 and conclusions in Episode 5.
Guest presenter
BBC's "Attenborough's Journey"
1x60 min
Sir David Attenborough presents anecdotes from his work on various documentaries.
Presenter
BBC's "Delia through the Decades"
5x30 min
Documentary series on cooking. Sir David Attenborough contributes in the second episode.
A short documentary made by Ross Harrison based on his investigations on climate change.[33]
BBC's Culture Show Special – "A History of the World"
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The story of human development through a list of 100 objects held at the British Museum. Sir David Attenborough presents a small segment.
Presenter
The Attenborough - Fortey talk What's in a name
83 mins
Sir David Attenborough and Prof. Richard Fortey presented a lecture celebrating the work of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) at Ondaatje Theatre of the Royal Geographical Society
On-Screen Participant
2011
PBS Nature, "Elsa's Legacy – The Born Free Story"
1x53 min
Documentary about the life of lioness Elsa and the impact of her story on wildlife conservation.
Guest interviewee
BBC's Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words
3x59 min
Sir David Attenborough contributes in the episodes "The Culture Wars" and "Human All Too Human".[34]
Guest commentator
"Ocean Drifters – A Secret World beneath the Waves"
1x16 min
A short documentary about plankton written, produced and directed by Dr Richard Kirby from Plymouth University.
Narrator
BBC's "Brave New World"
5x49 min
Episodes: Machines; Health; Technology; Environment; Biology. In 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
BBC's "Ceramics: A Fragile History"
3x60 min
Doocumentary about development of ceramics. Sir David Attenborough is in "The Art of the Potter" and "The Story of Clay".
Guest interviewee
Animal Planet's "A City of Wild Cats"
1x11 min
Short documentary on the cats living on Rome streets.
Documentary about the BBC production facility, the "Television Centre".
Guest
BBC's "The Early Years"
1x29 min
Guest interviewee
BBC's "Bill Bailey's Jungle Hero"
2x60 min
Bill Bailey introduces naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, contemporary of Charles Darwin and independent discoverer of the mechanics of natural selection and biological evolution. Sir David Attenborough appears in episodes: "In Borneo" and "In the Spice Islands".[35]
BBC's "Benjamin Britten on Camera"
1x60 min
Documentary about the co-operation of Benjamin Britten and the BBC.
"The Forgotten Story of Alfred Russel Wallace"
1x5 min
On the 100th anniversary of Wallace's death, Sir David Attenborough tells the story of the explorer.
Sir David Attenborough is interviewed for Biology: Changing the World and discusses various topics, such as, what sparked his interest in the natural world, to the role biologists play in today's society.
Guest Interviewee
BBC's "When President Barack Obama met Sir David Attenborough"
1x35 min
The meeting that took place between President Obama and Attenborough.
RTS Huw Wheldon Memorial Lecture: Public Service Broadcasting – A House of Cards?
1x45 min
Baron Michael Dobbs examines UK's public service broadcasting and asks will public service broadcasters will continue to play an important role in culture and society in the future.
Eden TV's "Wild Canada"
4x42 min
The wildlife of Canada. Episodes: "The Wild West"; "Ice Edge"; "The Heartland"; "The Eternal Frontier".
Narrator
BBC's "VE Day: Remembering Victory"
1x100 min
Commemorating the 70th anniversary of VE day with contribution from leading British personalities, including Attenborough.
Guest Interviewee
WLT's "Orchids of Baños"
1x5 min
Sir David Attenborough introduces the work of World Land Trust (WLT) and its partner in Ecuador, the Fundacion Ecominga, to protect the micro orchids of Ecuador. These are some of the tiniest plant species on Earth, which are found high in the Andean cloud forests of central Ecuador.
On-screen participant
Cougars Undercover - Big Cat Week Season 6 Episode 13
1x45:38 min
Two mountain lion mothers raising their cubs outside Jackson Hole.
Narrator
2016
"A Plastic Ocean"
1x104 min
Documentary on the effects of pollution by plastic waste on World oceans.
Guest Interviewee
Sky's "Attenborough at 90: Behind the Lens"
1x45 min
Documentary for Sir David ttenborough's 90th birthday. Shot over the period of 7 years, shows what it is like to be on the road with Sir David Attenborough during filming.
BBC's "Attenborough at 90"
1x58 min
In celebration of his ninetieth birthday, Sir David Attenborough shares extraordinary highlights of his life and career with broadcaster Kirsty Young.
BBC's "Zoo Quest in Colour"
1x89 min
Documentary based on original Zoo Quest films in colour that were rediscovered in BBC archive in 2016.
BBC's "Cue the Queen: Celebrating the Christmas Speech"
Documentary on the changing relation of Faroe Islanders towards whaling of the Long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas) or "Grindahvalur". Sir David Attenborough makes the introductory remarks.
On-screen participant
NHK's "Deep Ocean" series
3x56 min
Episodes: "The Lost World of the Pacific", "Lights in the Abyss" and "Descent into the Mariana Trench".
"Video Encyclopedia of Caribbean Fish, vol.1" [36]
1x60 min
Overview of over 75 species of fish and marine animals from the Caribbean, Florida and the Bahamas. Updated and extended version of Video Fish Book (2006).
Meet the ecologists and educators of Hong Kong's 60-year-old NGO, Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden, and learn about their different conservation efforts taking place near one of the most densely populated cities on earth.
Narrator
Terra Mater Factual Studios - Whale Wisdom
1x50 min
Documentary about whales.
Narrator
Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy
1x83 min
Documentary about the filmmaker and underwater cameraman Mike deGruy.
Guest Interviewee
"War on Plastic"
3x58 min
Documentary about plastic waste, with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Anita Rani. Sir David Attenborough participates in the last (third) episode of the series.
On screen participant
"The Kiwi The Knight The Qashqai"
1x47 min
A New Zealand woman's love of an Iranian tribe and their dying art and culture leads to a surprise invitation from Sir David Attenborough.
Guest Interviewee
The Durrells in Corfu, What the Durrells Did Next
1x47 min
A PBS Masterpiece Special episode. Hosted by Keeley Hawes as an accompanying documentary for ITV's series The Durrells.
Guest Interviewee
Whitley Awards ( 2019 - 2024 )
60 - 270 mins
Narrator of short video clips produced for ceremony [37]
Narrator
Gardening Australia
58:48 mins
S30e23 - Has a section when Peter Cundall met the legendary David Attenborough from an earlier episode of same program
Guest Interviewee
2020s
Year
Title
Duration
Subject
Credit(s)
2020
BBC - The Romantics and Us
1x60 min
Simon Schama explores the enduring and powerful legacy the Romantics have left on our modern world. Sir David Attenborough participates in episode, "The Chambers of the Mind".
Documentary on Michael Palins travels. Episodes: "Around the World in 80 Days", "Pole to Pole", "Full Circle", "Sahara", "Himalaya Part 1" and "Himalaya Part 2".
On screen participant
BBC - Planet Earth: A Celebration
1x58 min
On screen participant
Netflix - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
Showcasing exclusive footage from around the world after an unprecedented year, The Year Earth Changed is a timely documentary special that takes a fresh new approach to the global lockdown and the uplifting stories that have come out of it.
Narrator
Listening Through the Lens
1x60 min
A film about the pioneering career of Christopher Nupen, who founded one of the first independent production companies in the 1960s, at the dawn of the music documentary era.
On screen participant
Prince Philip - Man Behind the Crown
1x60 min
On-screen participant
Sky Nature - David Attenborough's Global Adventure
3x60 min
Featuring previously unseen footage of some of the greatest filming sequences of David Attenborough's series.
Short video - VR media production for oculus platform by Atlantic Productions' Alchemy Immersive
Note : Not to be confused with 2 part 2010 show from BBC
Narrator
2022
Attenborough's Wonder of Song
1x59 min
David Attenborough chooses seven of the most remarkable animal songs found in nature and explores the significance of these songs in the lives of their species.
Episodes 1. Niigata: Living with Snow 2. Aso: Living with a Volcano.
Writer and narrator for English version
Winterwatch (Series 11 Episode 08)
1x60 min
A 14-minute interview section within the episodes. Chris Packham interviews Attenborough.
Guest Interviewee
When the Queen Spoke to the Nation
1x60 min
Directed by Minoo Bhatia . Attenborough appears in a section as himself
On-screen participant
The Queen: 70 Glorious Years
1x60 min
Directed by Mark Bates
Guest Interviewee
Conquest of the Skies VR
3x6-8min
David Attenborough takes you on an awe-inspiring journey through the evolution of flight in Conquest of the Skies, the VR 180 docuseries from Alchemy Immersive and Meta Quest
Narrator
2023
Climate Crisis - "Drought"
1x49 min
S01E01: Extreme drought conditions and their effects on livelihood around the globe
Guest Interviewee
Galapagos VR
3x7-9 min
Three part VR 180 series from Alchemy Immersive and Meta Quest.
Narrator
2024
Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster
1x60 min
A fossil of a giant prehistoric Jurassic predator is discovered and David Attenborough discusses it.
Presenter
David Attenborough: A Life On Earth
50 min
The story of David Attenborough and how he became the voice of natural history programs
On-screen participant
Secret Lives of Orangutans
79 min
Discover the life of a multi-generational orangutan family in the Sumatran treetops through drone footage
Narrator
Back to Camp 41
24 min
Directed by Greg Hemmings , documentary about Dr. Thomas Lovejoy
The film will debut in cinemas in 2025, before premiering globally on National Geographic and streaming on Disney+ and Hulu.
Presenter
Audiobooks
Year
Title
Length
Subject
Credit
1990
Ocean World
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by Peter Rose and Anne Conlon; on-stage narration (including at the Royal Festival Hall), for audio recording and video broadcast (both published).
Narrator
1992
Trials of Life
10h 1min
Complete & Unabridged . Released by ISIS Audio in cassette format.
Narrator
2000
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
1h 16min
David Attenborough narrate this symphonic fairy tale for children.
Narrator
1983
Yanomamo
-
by Peter Rose and Anne Conlon; on-stage narration and published audio recording.
Narrator
2005
The Scars of Evolution
2 * 28 min = 56 min
Presented by Sir David Attenborough, Scars of Evolution is a two-part BBC Radio 4 series looking at the ... then elaborated and developed by Elaine Morgan.
Narrator
2010
David Attenborough - Life on Air: Memoirs of a Broadcaster
19h 23min
His career as a naturalist and broadcaster has spanned nearly five decades and there are very few places on the globe that he has not visited. In this volume of memoirs David tells stories of the people and animals he has met and the places that he has visited.
Author, Narrator
2014
The Lewis Chessmen and What Happened to Them
Irving Finkel (Author), David Attenborough (Read By).
2017
David Attenborough: The Early Years Collection
10h 9min
Includes three volumes from Attenborough's chronicles : Zoo Quest For A Dragon, Quest in Paradise and Quest Under Capricorn.
Author, Narrator
2018
Life on Earth
12h 26min
The nation's greatest voice, David Attenborough, reads a brand-new edition of Life on Earth, now available as an audiobook for the first time.
Author, Narrator
2019
The Peregrine
8h 56min
The nation's greatest voice, David Attenborough, reads J. A. Baker's extraordinary classic of British nature writing, The Peregrine.
Narrator
2020
A Life on our Planet
6h 20min
In this scientifically informed account of the changes occurring in the world over the last century, award-winning broadcaster and natural historian Sir David Attenborough shares a lifetime of wisdom and a hopeful vision for the future.
Collected together for the very first time, this is the complete series one and two of Life Stories, written and presented by Sir David Attenborough.
Author, Narrator
2022
David Attenborough in His Own Words
1h 31min
David Attenborough discusses his life and achievements in this collection of BBC radio and TV interviews.
Author, Narrator
2018
My Field Recordings From Across The Planet
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This 2-CD set is a compilation of original field recordings made by David Attenborough between 1954 and 1963, in 60 tracks. It was sold with a 52-page booklet.
Author, Narrator
1978
Tarka The Otter
2h
His Joyful Water-Life and Death in the Country of the Two Rivers is a 1927 novel by English writer Henry Williamson.
Narrator
2016
Tweet of the Day: A year of the British Birds
6h 50min
Tweet of the Day is a year-long series of fascinating stories about our British birds Some tracks by David Attenborough.
Narrator
2022
The Hidden World: How Insects Sustain Our Life on Earth Today and Will Shape Our Lives Tomorrow
14 hrs 20mins
Dr George McGavin on an exciting audio journey to help us understand the fascinating world of insects.
Guest contributor
The Trials of Life: A Natural History of Animal Behaviour
10h
Released November 10, 2022 by William Collins / HarperCollins.
Author, Narrator
2012
Quote... Unquote: Highlights from the Acclaimed BBC Radio 4 Panel Show
1 hour and 52 minutes
This collection features more than 50 of the show's most entertaining guests, including David Attenborough,
Guest contributor
2023
The Trials of Life: A Natural History of Animal Behaviour
10h
Audiobook of book accompanying 'The Trials of Life' TV series, tackles ethology, the study of how animals behave.
Author, Narrator
2021
Living Planet: The Web of Life on Earth
11 hours and 33 minutes
Audiobook for book accompanying 'The Living Planet' TV series, a study of the ways in which living organisms, including humans, adapt to their surrounding.
Author, Narrator
Bibliography
Main author or significant contributor;
Zoo Quest Books - Zoo Quest to Guiana, Lutterworth (Cambridge, England),1956, Crowell,1957,abridged edition, University of London Press (London, England),1962. aka 'Animal safari to British Guiana Englishmen Hunt Wildlife for B.B.C. Television and the London Zoo Amid Indian Tribes of Tropical South America'
Zoo Quest Books - Zoo Quest for a Dragon (1957) - republished in 1959 to include an additional 85 pages from Quest for the Paradise Birds
Zoo Quest Books - Zoo Quest in Paraguay (1959)
Zoo Quest Books - Quest in Paradise (1960) - an accompaniment to the TV series The People of Paradise and Quest for the Paradise Birds
People of Paradise (1960)
Zoo Quest Books - Zoo Quest to Madagascar, Lutterworth (Cambridge, England), 1961, published as Bridge to the Past: Animals and People of Madagascar, Harper (New York, NY),1962
Zoo Quest Books - Quest Under Capricorn (1963)
My Favourite Stories of Exploration [By Various Authors.] Edited by D. Attenborough with Drawings by Mike Charlton (1964)
The World's Wild Places', a Time-Life series volume on Borneo published in 1970, contained a chapter by Sir David Attenborough entitled 'Up Mt Kinabalu’
Fabulous Animals (1975) - (With Molly Cox) BBC Publications
The Tribal Eye (1976), Norton (New York, NY)
Deserts and Grasslands: The World's Open Spaces(1980) - by David Attenborough(Author), ERIC 'JOHN CLOUDSLEY-THOMPSON' AND DUFFEY (Author)
Life on Earth: A Natural History, BBC Publications (London, England),1979, Little, Brown( Boston, MA), 1980. + Life on Earth: Reader's Digest Augmented and Enlarged Edition, based on original Collins / BBC edition
Discovering Life on Earth (1981), Collins
Tribal Encounters: An Exhibition of Ethnic Objects Collected by David Attenborough (exhibition catalog), Leicester Museums, Art Galleries, and Records Service, 1981
Happiness (1980 Baggs Memorial Lecture), University of Birmingham (Birmingham, England),1981
Journeys to the Past: Travels in New Guinea, Madagascar, and the Northern Territory of Australia, Lutterworth (Cambridge, England),1981
The Zoo Quest Expeditions: Travels in Guyana, Indonesia, and Paraguay(contains Zoo Quest to Guiana, Zoo Quest for a Dragon, and Zoo Quest in Paraguay), Penguin (New York, NY),1982
The Living Planet: A Portrait of the Earth, Little, Brown (Boston, MA),1984
Animal Stories: Tame and Wild (1985) - Michener, James A., Herriot, James, Morris, Desmond, Cousteau, Phillippe, Attenborough, David (Chapter ‘The Komodo Dragon’)
The First Eden: The Mediterranean World and Man (1987) aka Birth of paradise - Illustrated story Mediterranean (1997) ISBN4887211791 (Japanese Import)
Our World's Heritage (1987) - Javier Perez; Attenborough, David; Hawkes, Jacquetta; et al. de Cuellar - Publisher. National Geographic Society
The Trials of Life (1990), Publisher: Collins / BBC Books
The Private Life of Plants: A Natural History of Plant Behaviour (1994)
Heart of a Nomad Wilfred Thesiger in Conversation With David Attenborough Paperback – 1994
The Life of Birds (1998)
The Life of Mammals (2002)
Life on Air: Memoirs of a Broadcaster (2002) - autobiography, revised in 2009
Life in the Undergrowth (2005)
Light On The Earth (Wildlife Photographer of the Year) Hardcover, 2005 - David Attenborough (Author)
Amazing Rare Things: The Art of Natural History in the Age of Discovery (2007) -- by David Attenborough (Author), Martin Clayton (Author), Rea Alexandratos (Author), Susan Owens (Author)
Life in Cold Blood (2007)
David Attenborough's Life Stories (2009)
David Attenborough's First Life: A Journey Back in Time With Matt Kaplan (2010)
David Attenborough's New Life Stories (2011) aka Life Stories 2
Nature Tales: Encounters with Britain's Wildlife (2011) - by Michael Allen (Author), Sir David Attenborough (Author), Sonya Patel Ellis (Author)
Drawn From Paradise: The Discovery, Art and Natural History of the Birds of Paradise(2012) - by Sir David Attenborough (Author), Errol Fuller (Author)
David Attenborough's Why Do Birds of Paradise Dance (2012) - David Attenborough, Errol Fuller
Does My Goldfish Know Who I Am?: And Hundreds More Big Questions from Little People Answered by Experts(2013) - Harris, Gemma Elwin, Knapman, Timothy, Sir David Attenborough (Contributor)
Why Can't I Tickle Myself?: Big Questions From Little People . . . Answered By Some Very Big People (2013) - Gemma Elwin Harris( Author), Bear Grylls (Contributor), Miranda Hart (Contributor), Sir David Attenborough (Contributor)
Information Age: Six Networks that Changed Our World (2014) - Tilly Blyth (Editor), Sir David Attenborough (Contributor)
Adventures of a Young Naturalist: The Zoo Quest Expeditions (2017)
Journeys to the Other Side of the World: Further Adventures of a Young Naturalist (2018)
Life on Earth 40th Anniversary Edition (2018)
Beastly Journeys: Unusual Tales of Travel with Animals (2018) - Dervla Murphy, David Attenborough, Jonathan Scott, Gerald Durrell, Mark Shand
A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future (2020)
Living Planet: The Web of Life on Earth A new, fully updated edition of David Attenborough's seminal portrait of life on Earth (2021) - David Attenborough (Author)
The Earthshot Prize: A Handbook for Dreamers and Thinkers: Solutions to Repair our Planet (2023) - by Colin Butfield (Author), Jonnie Hughes (Author), HRH Prince William (Introduction), Sir David Attenborough (Contributor)
Editor:
New Generation Guide to the birds of Britain and Europe, (Corrie Herring Hooks Series), (1987) - by Christopher Perrins(Author), Sir David Attenborough (General Editor), Collins, University of Texas Press (Austin, TX)
New Generation Guide to the Wild Flowers of Britain and Northern Europe(1987) - Alastair Fitter, David Attenborough (General Editor), Collins, University of Texas Press ( Austin, TX)
New Generation Guide to the Butterflies and Day-flying Moths of Britain and Europe, 1989 - Michael Chinery, Edited by Sir David Attenborough, Illustrated by Brian Hargreaves / University of Texas Press
New Generation Guide to the Fungi of Britain and Europe (1989) (Corrie Herring Hooks Series) (Collins New Guides) - Stefan Buczacki (Author), John Wilkinson (Illustrator), David Attenborough (General Editor), Collins, University of Texas Press (Austin, TX)
The Atlas of the Living World (Marshall Pictorial Atlas S.) (1997), Philip Whitfield (Author), Peter D. Moore (Author), Barry Cox (Author), Sir David Attenborough (Editor)
Foreword, preface and introduction provided to:
Benjamin the 'Zoo Quest' bear - 1957, Charles Lagus (Author), Introduction by Attenborough
Thorburn's mammals; with an introduction by David Attenborough (1974)
Worlds Apart: Nature in Cities and Islands (1976) - Burton, John Andrew and Sparks, John. David Attenborough (foreword)
Spirit of Asia (1980), Author Michael Macintyre, Introduction by Attenborough
Nature Conservation Why and How ( 1980 ) - Andrew Ruck (Author), David Attenborough (Foreword)
To the Farthest Ends of the Earth: 150 Years of World Exploration by the Royal Geographical Society ( 1980 ) - Ian Cameron (Author), David Attenborough (Foreword)
Focus on Nature(1981) - With a foreword by David Attenborough, Gerald Thompson, George Bernard, John Cooke (Author)
True to Nature: Christopher Parsons looks back on 25 years of wildlife filming with the BBC Natural History Unit(1982) by Christopher Parsons David Attenborough (Foreword)
Survival: South Atlantic, 1983 - Cindy Buxton (Author), Annie Price (Author), David Attenborough (Foreword)
Wildlife through the Camera, by British Broadcasting Corporation,1982 - Author of introduction. Parkwest Publications (Jersey City, NJ),1985
Andrew Langley, The Making of "The Living Planet," Little Brown (Boston, MA),1985 - David Attenborough (foreword)
The Oxford Dictionary of Natural History (1986) - Allaby, Michael [Editor]; Attenborough, David [Foreword]
The Encyclopedia of World Wildlife, by Mark Carwardine , David Attenborough [Foreword] (Octopus Publishing, 1986) ISBN 0-7064-2437-9
Digging Dinosaurs: The Search That Unraveled the Mystery of Baby Dinosaurs(1988) - John R. Horner; James Gorman; David Attenborough (Foreword)
Select specimens from nature of the birds, animals &c. 1813 (with commentary by Tim Bonyhady), 1988 - Thomas Skottowe (Author), David Attenborough (Foreword) Richard Browne (Illustrator), Tim Bonyhady (Editor)
The Last Rain Forests Hardcover (1990) - by Mark Collins(Editor), Sir David Attenborough (Introduction)
Tomorrow Is Too Late - A Celebration of Our Wildlife Heritage (1990) - David Attenborough (Introduction), HRH King Charles III (Foreword)
Green Inheritance: World Wild Life Fund Book of Plants(1991), Anthony Huxley (Author), Sir David Attenborough (Foreword)
Peter Scott: Painter and Naturalist(1994), Elspeth Huxley(Author), Sir David Attenborough (Introduction)
Wildlife Photographer of the Year(1994) - Helen Gilks (Herausgeber), Peter Wilkinson (Author), Sir David Attenborough (Foreword)
Visions of a Rainforest: Year in Australia's Tropical Rainforest (1997) by Stanley Breeden (Author), Stanley Greeden (Author), William T. Cooper (Illustrator), Sir David Attenborough (Foreword)
Wild Fruit by Snowdon(1997), Earl of Antony Armstrong - Jones Snowdon( Author), Penny David (Author), Sir David Attenborough (Foreword)
Wildlife Specials (1998) - B.B.C.Natural History Unit (Author), BBC Natural History Unit (Author), Keith Scholey (Editor), Sir David Attenborough (Foreword)
Gabriele Koch (Ceramics Art Monographs) (1998) - Gabriele Koch (Author), Sir David Attenborough (Introduction)
Richtersveld: The Enchanted Wilderness (2000) - by Graham Williamson (Photographer, Author, Illustrator), Sir David Attenborough (Foreword)
The Butterflies of Hampshire (2000) - Oates, Matthew, John Taverner, David Green, David Attenborough (Foreword)
Travels with the Fossil Hunters (2000) - edited by Peter J. Whybrow, Sir David Attenborough (Foreword)
Australia's Lost World (Life of the Past Co-Published With New Holland Publishers Pty. Ltd) (2000) - by Michael Archer (Author), Suzanne Hand (Author), Henk Godthelp (Author), Suzanne J Hand (Author), Sir David Attenborough (Foreword)
The Blue planet: A Natural History of the Oceans (2001) - Andrew Byatt, Alastair Fothergill, Martha Holmes, Sir David Attenborough (Foreword)
Dancing Out of Bali (Periplus Classics Series) (2004) - by John Coast (Author), David Attenborough Sir (Foreword)
William Hodges 1744-1797: The Art of Exploration, 2004 - Professor Geoff Quilley (Editor), Foreword by Sir David Attenborough
Planet Earth - As You're Never Seen It Before (2006) - By Alastair Fothergill, David Attenborough (Foreword)
Grace Wyndham Goldie, First Lady of Television (2006) - John Grist (Author), Sir David Attenborough (Foreword)
Wild Borneo: The Wildlife and Scenery of Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan (2006) - by Nick Garbutt (Author, Photographer), J. Cede Prudente (Photographer), Sir David Attenborough (Preface)
Evolution: Selected Letters of Charles Darwin (2008) - Edited by Frederick Burkhardt, Samantha Evans, and Alison M. Pearn. Foreword by Sir David Attenborough
Of a Feather: Avian Collective Nouns & Terms of Assembly, Group Names & Associated Terms(2008) - Written, compiled, designed and illustrated with wood engravings by Colin See - Paynton, David Attenborough (Foreword)
Gabriele Koch - Hand Building and Smoke Firing (2009) - Tony Birks (Author), David Attenborough (Foreword)
Story of Silbury Hill (2010) - Jim Leary(Author), David Field (Author), David Attenborough (Foreword)
Silent Summer (2010) - Norman MacLean (Editor) & David Attenborough (Foreword)
Ernest Thompson Seton: The Life and Legacy of an Artist and Conservationist (2010) - by David L. Witt (Author), David Attenborough (Foreword)
Food For The Flames, 2011 - David Shaw King (Author); foreword by David Attenborough
Frozen Planet: A World Beyond Imagination (2011) - Alastair Fothergill (Author), Vanessa Berlowitz (Author), David Attenborough (Foreword)
John Craxton (2011) - Ian Collins, David Attenborough (Foreword)
Varilaku: Pacific Arts from the Solomon Islands (2011) - Crispin Howarth (Author), Deborah Waite (Foreword), David Attenborough (Foreword)
Monograph of the Paradiseidae, or Birds of Paradise, and Ptilonorhynchidae, or Bower-Birds - Folio Society Limited edition (2011) (1000 copies) - David Attenborough (Foreword)
Illustrations of birds drawn for John Gould by Edward Lear- Folio Society Limited edition (2012) (780 copies) - David Attenborough (Foreword)
Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters from the Malay Archipelago (2013) - John van Wyhe (Editor), Kees Rookmaaker (Editor), Sir David Attenborough (Foreword)
Africa: Eye to Eye with the Unknown (2013) - Michael Bright , David Attenborough (Foreword)
First Overland: London - Singapore by Land Rover (2016) - by Tim Slessor, Sir David Attenborough (Foreword), Antony Barrington Brown (Photographer)
Natural History of Edward Lear (2016) - Robert McCracken Peck (Author), Sir David Attenborough (Foreword)
The Hunt: The Outcome Is Never Certain (2016) - by Alastair Fothergill (Author), Huw Cordey (Author), David Attenborough (Foreword)
Endeavoring Banks: Exploring Collections from the Endeavour Voyage 1768-1771( 2016) - Neil Chambers, Anna Agnarsdóttir, Jeremy Coote, Philip J. Hatfield, John Gascoigne - David Attenborough (Foreword)
Park Life: The Memoirs of a Royal Parks Gamekeeper (2017) - John Bartram (Author), John Karter (Author), David Attenborough (Foreword)
11 Explorations into Life on Earth: Christmas Lectures from the Royal Institution (The RI Lectures Book 2) (2017) - Helen Scales (Author), David Attenborough (Foreward)
With Honourable Intent: A Natural History of Fauna and Flora International (2017) - by Tim Knight, Mark Rose, Sir David Attenborough (Foreword)
Blue Planet II: A New World of Hidden Depths (2017) - James Honeyborne(Author), Mark Brownlow (Author), Sir David Attenborough (Foreword)
Planet Earth II: A New World Revealed (2017) - Stephen Moss (Author), Sir David Attenborough (Foreword)
Dynasties: The Rise and Fall of Animal Families(2018) Stephen Moss, David Attenborough (Foreword)
Our Planet: The One Place We All Call Home, Created in partnership with WWF, Our Planet is a stunning book for children and adults, featuring a foreword by Sir David Attenborough (2019) - Sir David Attenborough (Foreword), Matt Whyman (Author), Richard Jones (Illustrator)
Journeys in the Wild: The Secret Life of a Cameraman (2019) - Gavin Thurston (Author), Sir David Attenborough (Foreword)
Our Planet (2019 ) - Alastair Fothergill (Author), Keith Scholey (Author), Fred Pearce (Author), David Attenborough (Foreword)
Seven Worlds One Planet (2019) - Jonny Keeling, Alexander Scott, David Attenborough (Foreword)
William Smith's Fossils Reunited 2019 - Peter Wigley (editor) with Jill Darrell, Diana Clements and Hugh Torrens, Foreword by Sir David Attenborough
Journeys in the Wild: The Secret Life of a Cameraman (2020) - Gavin Thurston, Sir David Attenborough (Foreword)
Education through the Arts for Well-Being and Community, The Vision and Legacy of Sir Alec Clegg 2020 - Edited By Catherine Burke, Peter Cunningham, Lottie Hoare, Foreword By David Attenborough
A Life In Nature (2021) - Sir Peter Scott (Author) David Attenborough (Foreword) (Originally published in 1967 under the title Happy the Man)
Drawn to Nature: Gilbert White and the Artists (2022) - Simon Martin (Author), David Attenborough (Introduction), Virginia Woolf (Contributor)
Australian Wildlife Conservancy: Celebrating the First 30 Years (2022) - by Hannah Sheppard Brennand (Author, Editor), Sir David Attenborough (Foreword)