David Attenborough: movies and TV shows
David Attenborough has 334 credits in the archive: 190 films and 144 TV series, from 1954 to 2026. Highest rated: Life on Earth (9.2/10).
Career timeline
1954 – 2026 · busiest year: 2013 (17 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough | Self | Film | 7.7 | 100 |
| 2026 | Wild London | Self | Film | 8.4 | 100 |
| 2026 | David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth | Self | Film | 7.0 | 100 |
| 2026 | Queen Elizabeth II: Her Story, Our Century | Self | Film | — | 100 |
| 2026 | Secret Garden | Self - Presenter | TV | 8.6 | 100 |
| 2026 | Making Life on Earth: Attenborough’s Greatest Adventure | Self | Film | 8.5 | 100 |
| 2026 | Deep Ocean: Kingdom of the Coelacanth | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 100 |
| 2025 | RTL Tonight | Self | TV | 7.0 | 99 |
| 2025 | Kingdom | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.6 | 99 |
| 2025 | Ocean with David Attenborough | Self | Film | 8.0 | 99 |
| 2025 | Parenthood | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 99 |
| 2025 | A Deeper Dive with David Attenborough | Self | Film | 6.0 | 99 |
| 2025 | Simon Schama's Story of Us | Self - Reader | TV | 7.0 | 99 |
| 2024 | Mammals | Self - Narrator | TV | 8.4 | 98 |
| 2024 | Fateful Planet | Self | TV | 7.0 | 98 |
| 2024 | Asia | Self : Presenter | TV | 8.9 | 98 |
| 2024 | Secret World of Sound | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.2 | 98 |
| 2024 | Secret Lives of Orangutans | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.6 | 98 |
| 2024 | Attenborough's Life Journey | Self | Film | — | 98 |
| 2024 | Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster | Self - Presenter | Film | 7.9 | 98 |
| 2024 | Saving the Storks with Sir David Attenborough | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 98 |
| 2023 | Planet Earth III | Self - Presenter | TV | 8.6 | 97 |
| 2023 | Wild Isles | Self - Presenter | TV | 8.3 | 97 |
| 2023 | David Attenborough: A Life on Earth | Self | Film | 8.0 | 97 |
| 2022 | Prehistoric Planet | Self - Presenter | TV | 8.3 | 96 |
| 2022 | The Green Planet | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.8 | 96 |
| 2022 | Frozen Planet II | Self - Presenter | TV | 8.4 | 96 |
| 2022 | How the BBC Began | Self | TV | 7.0 | 96 |
| 2022 | David Attenborough's Global Adventure | Self | TV | 8.5 | 96 |
| 2022 | Dinosaur Apocalypse | Self - Host | Film | — | 96 |
| 2022 | Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough | Self - Presenter | Film | 7.4 | 96 |
| 2022 | Great Mammoth Mystery | Self - Host | Film | — | 96 |
| 2022 | Attenborough's Wonder of Song | Self - Presenter | Film | 8.6 | 96 |
| 2021 | A Perfect Planet | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.7 | 95 |
| 2021 | Attenborough's Life in Colour | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.6 | 95 |
| 2021 | Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet | Self - Narrator | Film | 7.5 | 95 |
| 2021 | The Mating Game | Self - Presenter | TV | 8.3 | 95 |
| 2021 | Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World | Self | TV | 3.9 | 95 |
| 2021 | The Year Earth Changed | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.9 | 95 |
| 2021 | The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.5 | 95 |
| 2021 | Parkinson at 50 | Self (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 95 |
| 2021 | Attenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard | Self - Narrator | Film | 7.4 | 95 |
| 2021 | Attenborough’s Journey | Self | Film | 8.0 | 95 |
| 2020 | David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet | Self | Film | 8.4 | 94 |
| 2020 | Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments | Self (archive footage) | TV | — | 94 |
| 2020 | Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime | Self | TV | 8.0 | 94 |
| 2020 | The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama | Self | TV | 8.5 | 94 |
| 2020 | Planet Earth: A Celebration | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | 8.3 | 94 |
| 2020 | Extinction: The Facts | Self - Presenter | Film | 7.6 | 94 |
| 2020 | Prince William: A Planet For Us All | Self | Film | 6.0 | 94 |
| 2020 | Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy | Self | Film | 7.0 | 94 |
| 2020 | Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in Conversation | Self | Film | 5.7 | 94 |
| 2019 | Seven Worlds, One Planet | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.5 | 93 |
| 2019 | Our Planet | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.5 | 93 |
| 2019 | Wild Karnataka | Self - Narrator | Film | 8.6 | 93 |
| 2019 | Our Planet: Behind the Scenes | Self - Narrator | Film | 7.6 | 93 |
| 2019 | Blue Planet UK | Self | TV | — | 93 |
| 2019 | Climate Change: The Facts | Self - Presenter | Film | 7.1 | 93 |
| 2019 | Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time | Self - Narrator (archive sound) | Film | 8.5 | 93 |
| 2019 | The Forum | Self | Film | 7.0 | 93 |
| 2019 | Dragons and Damsels | Self - Narrator | Film | 8.0 | 93 |
| 2019 | The Living Thames | Self | Film | — | 93 |
| 2019 | The Kiwi, The Knight and the Qashqai | Self | Film | — | 93 |
| 2018 | Dynasties | Self - Narrator | TV | 8.3 | 92 |
| 2018 | Attenborough and the Sea Dragon | Presenter | Film | 7.0 | 92 |
| 2018 | Into the Jungle | Self - Narrator | Film | 7.6 | 92 |
| 2018 | David Attenborough's Tasmania | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.5 | 92 |
| 2018 | The Queen's Green Planet | Self | Film | 7.0 | 92 |
| 2018 | Tomorrow's World: People of Science | Self | TV | — | 92 |
| 2018 | Attenborough's Wonder of Eggs | Self - Presenter | Film | 6.0 | 92 |
| 2018 | Whale Wisdom | Self - Narrator | Film | 7.3 | 92 |
| 2018 | Deep Ocean: Descent into the Mariana Trench | Self - Narrator | Film | 9.3 | 92 |
| 2018 | Pangolins: The World's Most Wanted Animal | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.5 | 92 |
| 2018 | Deep Ocean: Giants of the Antarctic Deep | Narrator | Film | — | 92 |
| 2018 | The Making of David Attenborough's Ant Mountain | Self | Film | 7.5 | 92 |
| 2017 | Blue Planet II | Self - Presenter | TV | 8.6 | 91 |
| 2017 | And the Winner Isn't | Self | Film | 6.3 | 91 |
| 2017 | Attenborough and the Empire of the Ants | Self – Presenter | Film | 7.8 | 91 |
| 2017 | Attenborough and the Empire of the Ants | Film | 7.8 | 91 | |
| 2017 | Plants Behaving Badly | Self | TV | — | 91 |
| 2017 | Cheetahs: Growing Up Fast | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 91 |
| 2017 | Puerto Rico: Island of Enchantment | Self - Narrator | Film | — | 91 |
| 2017 | Attenborough and the Giant Elephant | Self - Presenter | Film | 7.2 | 91 |
| 2017 | Richard Batterham, Master Potter | Self | Film | — | 91 |
| 2017 | Hotel Armadillo | Self - Narrator | Film | — | 91 |
| 2017 | Planet Earth II: A World of Wonder | Self - Presenter | Film | 7.4 | 91 |
| 2017 | Richmond Park National Nature Reserve | Self | Film | — | 91 |
| 2016 | Planet Earth II | Self - Narrator | TV | 8.6 | 90 |
| 2016 | Planet Earth II | TV | 8.6 | 90 | |
| 2016 | Attenborough at 90 | Self | Film | 8.0 | 90 |
| 2016 | Jaguars: Brazil's Super Cats | Self | Film | — | 90 |
| 2016 | Wild City | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 5.0 | 90 |
| 2016 | Wild City | TV | 5.0 | 90 | |
| 2016 | David Attenborough's Wild City | Self - Narrator | TV | 8.0 | 90 |
| 2016 | Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur | Self - Presenter | Film | 7.3 | 90 |
| 2016 | Attenborough's Life That Glows | Self - Presenter | Film | 8.1 | 90 |
| 2016 | Zoo Quest in Colour | Self - Presenter | Film | 8.3 | 90 |
| 2016 | Zoo Quest in Colour | Film | 8.3 | 90 | |
| 2016 | Deep Ocean: Lights in the Abyss | Self - Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 90 |
| 2016 | Attenborough at 90: Behind the Lens | Self | Film | 8.2 | 90 |
| 2016 | Attenborough's Passion Projects | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.7 | 90 |
| 2015 | The Hunt | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.3 | 89 |
| 2015 | Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.4 | 89 |
| 2015 | Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough | TV | 7.4 | 89 | |
| 2015 | Reef Diaries | Self - Narrator | Film | — | 89 |
| 2015 | David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies | Self - Presenter | TV | 8.4 | 89 |
| 2015 | David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies | TV | 8.4 | 89 | |
| 2015 | Africa's Fishing Leopards | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 89 |
| 2015 | Cougars Undercover | Self | Film | — | 89 |
| 2015 | Attenborough's Paradise Birds | Presenter - Narrator | Film | 7.8 | 89 |
| 2015 | Deep Ocean | Self - Narrator | TV | 9.4 | 89 |
| 2015 | Attenborough's Big Birds | Narrator | Film | 8.5 | 89 |
| 2015 | David Attenborough Meets President Obama | Self | Film | 7.8 | 89 |
| 2015 | Legends of the Deep: Deep Sea Sharks | Self - Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 89 |
| 2015 | Deep Ocean: The Lost World of the Pacific | Self – Narrator | Film | 7.8 | 89 |
| 2015 | Afrique sauvage - L'avenir en marche | Film | — | 89 | |
| 2015 | Cue the Queen: Celebrating the Christmas Speech | Self | Film | 6.0 | 89 |
| 2014 | Life Story | Self - Presenter | TV | 8.4 | 88 |
| 2014 | Björk: Biophilia Live | Self - Opening Sequence (voice) | Film | 7.6 | 88 |
| 2014 | Conquest of The Skies 3D | 自己 | Film | — | 88 |
| 2014 | Conquest of The Skies 3D | 编剧 | Film | — | 88 |
| 2014 | David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive | Presenter | Film | 6.8 | 88 |
| 2014 | David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive | Film | 6.8 | 88 | |
| 2014 | Fabulous Frogs | Self - Narrator | Film | 8.3 | 88 |
| 2014 | Mountain Lions: Big Cats in High Places | Narrator | Film | — | 88 |
| 2014 | The Bat Man of Mexico | Self | Film | 9.3 | 88 |
| 2014 | Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth | David Attenborough | Film | — | 88 |
| 2014 | Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth | Self | Film | — | 88 |
| 2014 | Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth | Film | — | 88 | |
| 2014 | Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth | Film | — | 88 | |
| 2014 | Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth | Film | — | 88 | |
| 2013 | Winterwatch | Self | TV | 8.2 | 87 |
| 2013 | Africa | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.4 | 87 |
| 2013 | Africa | TV | 8.4 | 87 | |
| 2013 | David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.3 | 87 |
| 2013 | Micro Monsters with David Attenborough | Presenter | TV | 7.6 | 87 |
| 2013 | Galapagos with David Attenborough | Self - Presenter | Film | 7.2 | 87 |
| 2013 | Galapagos with David Attenborough | Film | 7.2 | 87 | |
| 2013 | David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates | Self - Presenter | TV | 8.1 | 87 |
| 2013 | David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates | TV | 8.1 | 87 | |
| 2013 | Galapagos 3D with David Attenborough | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.9 | 87 |
| 2013 | Galapagos 3D with David Attenborough | TV | 7.9 | 87 | |
| 2013 | When Björk Met Attenborough | Self | Film | 7.8 | 87 |
| 2013 | Autopsy on a Dream | Self | Film | 7.5 | 87 |
| 2013 | Legends of the Deep: The Giant Squid | Self - Narrator | Film | 8.0 | 87 |
| 2013 | The Mating Game | Narrator | Film | — | 87 |
| 2013 | David Attenborough: The Early Years | Self | Film | 10.0 | 87 |
| 2013 | Edwardian Insects on Film | Self | Film | 9.0 | 87 |
| 2012 | Voice | TV | — | 86 | |
| 2012 | Kingdom of Plants | Self - Narrator | TV | 7.8 | 86 |
| 2012 | Superfish: Bluefin Tuna | Film | 8.3 | 86 | |
| 2012 | Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.4 | 86 |
| 2012 | Hot Tuna | Narrator | Film | — | 86 |
| 2012 | The Penguin King | Self - Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 86 |
| 2012 | Tales of Television Centre | Self | Film | 8.0 | 86 |
| 2012 | Secrets of Wild India | Narrator | TV | 7.3 | 86 |
| 2012 | Hummingbirds: Jewelled Messengers | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 86 |
| 2012 | Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild | Self - Presenter | Film | 6.9 | 86 |
| 2012 | Attenborough's Ark | Narrator | Film | 9.0 | 86 |
| 2012 | Attenborough's Ark | Film | 9.0 | 86 | |
| 2011 | The Jonathan Ross Show | Self | TV | 5.2 | 85 |
| 2011 | Frozen Planet | Self - Narrator | TV | 8.4 | 85 |
| 2011 | Frozen Planet | TV | 8.4 | 85 | |
| 2011 | Desert Seas | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | 9.0 | 85 |
| 2011 | All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace | Self | TV | 8.3 | 85 |
| 2011 | Madagascar | Self - Presenter | TV | 8.3 | 85 |
| 2011 | Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words | Self | TV | — | 85 |
| 2011 | Brave New World with Stephen Hawking | Self | TV | 9.3 | 85 |
| 2011 | Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough | Self - Presenter / Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 85 |
| 2011 | Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough | Film | 7.0 | 85 | |
| 2011 | Attenborough and the Giant Egg | Self - Presenter | Film | 8.6 | 85 |
| 2011 | The Secrets of Scott's Hut | Self | Film | — | 85 |
| 2011 | Animal House | Self | Film | — | 85 |
| 2010 | In Confidence | TV | — | 84 | |
| 2010 | First Life | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.2 | 84 |
| 2010 | First Life | TV | 7.2 | 84 | |
| 2010 | Jane Goodall - Beauty and the Beasts | Self | Film | 8.0 | 84 |
| 2010 | Attenborough's Journey | Self | Film | 7.3 | 84 |
| 2010 | Genius of Britain | Self | TV | 7.0 | 84 |
| 2010 | Birds of Paradise | Self | Film | 7.7 | 84 |
| 2010 | Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV | Self | Film | 4.0 | 84 |
| 2009 | Skavlan | Self - Guest | TV | 5.0 | 83 |
| 2009 | Life | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.4 | 83 |
| 2009 | Nature's Great Events | Self - Presenter | TV | 8.4 | 83 |
| 2009 | Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life | Presenter | Film | 7.7 | 83 |
| 2009 | Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life | Film | 7.7 | 83 | |
| 2009 | Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The Link | Self - Presenter / Narrator | Film | 7.1 | 83 |
| 2009 | Water Life A World of Water | 导演 | Film | — | 83 |
| 2008 | Life in Cold Blood | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.4 | 82 |
| 2008 | Life in Cold Blood | TV | 8.4 | 82 | |
| 2008 | Tiger: Spy In The Jungle | TV | 8.3 | 82 | |
| 2008 | Clever Monkeys | Narrator | Film | — | 82 |
| 2008 | Superfish | Self - Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 82 |
| 2008 | Snow Leopard: Beyond the Myth | Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 82 |
| 2008 | NHKスペシャル 映像詩 里山II 命めぐる水辺 | Narrator | Film | — | 82 |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | TV | 7.2 | 81 |
| 2007 | The Alan Titchmarsh Show | Self | TV | 4.5 | 81 |
| 2007 | Trek - Spy on the Wildebeest | Film | 7.0 | 81 | |
| 2007 | Attenborough Explores... Our Fragile World | Himself - Presenter | Film | — | 81 |
| 2006 | The One Show | Self - Guest | TV | 4.4 | 80 |
| 2006 | Planet Earth | Self - Narrator | TV | 8.6 | 80 |
| 2006 | Planet Earth | TV | 8.6 | 80 | |
| 2006 | Desert Lions | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.0 | 80 |
| 2006 | Desert Lions | Film | 6.0 | 80 | |
| 2006 | Can We Save Planet Earth? | Film | 6.0 | 80 | |
| 2006 | My Favourite Attenborough Moment | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 80 |
| 2006 | A War on Science | Self | Film | 8.0 | 80 |
| 2006 | Folk Britannia | Self | TV | — | 80 |
| 2006 | Are We Changing Planet Earth? | TV | 10.0 | 80 | |
| 2006 | Gorillas Revisited with Sir David Attenborough | Presenter | Film | 7.8 | 80 |
| 2006 | Your Favourite Attenborough Moment | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 80 |
| 2005 | Life in the Undergrowth | Self | TV | 8.3 | 79 |
| 2005 | Life in the Undergrowth | TV | 8.3 | 79 | |
| 2005 | Kea: The Smartest Parrot | Presenter | Film | 5.5 | 79 |
| 2005 | Echo and Other Elephants | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | — | 79 |
| 2004 | Satoyama: Japan's Secret Watergarden | Narrator | Film | 8.0 | 78 |
| 2004 | Bears: Spy in the Woods | Film | 8.3 | 78 | |
| 2004 | The Amber Time Machine | Narrator | Film | 7.5 | 78 |
| 2004 | The Minsmere Year | Film | — | 78 | |
| 2003 | The Terry and Gaby Show | TV | 7.0 | 77 | |
| 2003 | Deep Blue | Self | Film | 6.9 | 77 |
| 2003 | Deep Blue | Film | 6.9 | 77 | |
| 2003 | The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough | Film | — | 77 | |
| 2003 | Smart Sharks: Swimming With Roboshark | Self | Film | — | 77 |
| 2002 | The Life of Mammals | Self - Presenter | TV | 8.4 | 76 |
| 2002 | The Life of Mammals | TV | 8.4 | 76 | |
| 2002 | Attenborough the Controller | Self | Film | — | 76 |
| 2002 | Great Natural Wonders of the World | Presenter | Film | 6.1 | 76 |
| 2002 | Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe | Self (voice) | Film | 5.4 | 76 |
| 2002 | Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television | Self | Film | 8.4 | 76 |
| 2001 | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Self - Guest | TV | 6.1 | 75 |
| 2001 | The Blue Planet | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.4 | 75 |
| 2000 | Living with Dinosaurs | Presenter | Film | — | 74 |
| 2000 | State of the Planet | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.9 | 74 |
| 2000 | State of the Planet | TV | 7.9 | 74 | |
| 2000 | The Song of the Earth | Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 74 |
| 2000 | The Song of the Earth | Film | 7.0 | 74 | |
| 2000 | The Lost Gods of Easter Island | Himself - Presenter | Film | 6.5 | 74 |
| 2000 | The Lost Gods of Easter Island | Film | 6.5 | 74 | |
| 2000 | Lions: Spy in the Den | Narrator | Film | 8.0 | 74 |
| 2000 | Bowerbirds: The Art of Seduction | Narrator | Film | — | 74 |
| 2000 | Bowerbirds: The Art of Seduction | Film | — | 74 | |
| 1999 | Tiger: The Elusive Princess | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 73 |
| 1999 | Islands of the Vampire Birds | Narrator (voice) | Film | 10.0 | 73 |
| 1999 | Islands of the Vampire Birds | Film | 10.0 | 73 | |
| 1999 | The Greatest Wildlife Show on Earth | Presenter - Narrator | Film | 8.5 | 73 |
| 1999 | Satoyama I: Japan's Secret Watergarden | Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 73 |
| 1998 | Parkinson | Self | TV | — | 72 |
| 1998 | The Life of Birds | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.2 | 72 |
| 1998 | The Life of Birds | TV | 8.2 | 72 | |
| 1998 | The Dragons of Galapagos | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.2 | 72 |
| 1997 | Leopard: The Agent of Darkness | Self | Film | — | 71 |
| 1997 | Humpback Whale: The Giant of the Oceans | Self | Film | — | 71 |
| 1996 | Attenborough in Paradise | Self - Narrator | Film | 8.7 | 70 |
| 1996 | Attenborough in Paradise | Film | 8.7 | 70 | |
| 1996 | Attenborough in Paradise | TV | — | 70 | |
| 1996 | Attenborough in Paradise | TV | — | 70 | |
| 1996 | Survival Island | Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 70 |
| 1996 | Survival Island | Film | 7.0 | 70 | |
| 1996 | Sperm Whales: Back from the Abyss | Narrator | Film | — | 70 |
| 1995 | Wildlife Specials | TV | 8.3 | 69 | |
| 1995 | The Private Life of Plants | Self - Presenter | TV | 9.0 | 69 |
| 1995 | The Private Life of Plants | TV | 9.0 | 69 | |
| 1995 | Great White Shark - The Silent Stalker | Film | 9.0 | 69 | |
| 1995 | The Private Life of Plants | himself | Film | 8.4 | 69 |
| 1995 | World of Wildlife: African Big Cats | Self - Narrator | Film | — | 69 |
| 1993 | Life in the Freezer | Self - Presenter | TV | 8.3 | 67 |
| 1993 | Life in the Freezer | TV | 8.3 | 67 | |
| 1993 | Killer Whales: Wolves of the Sea | Narrator | Film | — | 67 |
| 1991 | Barn Owl: Bird of Darkness | Film | — | 65 | |
| 1990 | Trials of Life | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.4 | 64 |
| 1990 | A TV Dante | Himself | Film | 6.5 | 64 |
| 1990 | The Trials of Life | Self - Presenter | Film | 9.2 | 64 |
| 1990 | The Making Of The Trials Of Life - Once More Into The Termite Mound | Self | Film | — | 64 |
| 1989 | Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives | Presenter - Narrator | TV | 8.6 | 63 |
| 1988 | This Morning | Self | TV | 5.2 | 62 |
| 1987 | Going Live! | Self | TV | 8.0 | 61 |
| 1987 | The First Eden | Presenter - Narrator | TV | 8.5 | 61 |
| 1987 | Birds of the Sun God | Narrator | Film | — | 61 |
| 1985 | Television | TV | 8.0 | 59 | |
| 1985 | A Zed & Two Noughts | Himself - Documentary Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 59 |
| 1985 | The Million Pound Bird Book | Presenter | Film | — | 59 |
| 1985 | The Million Pound Bird Book | Film | — | 59 | |
| 1985 | David Attenborough's Animals of the British Countryside - Land Mammals | Narrator | Film | — | 59 |
| 1984 | Goldene Kamera | Self | TV | 5.7 | 58 |
| 1984 | The Living Planet | Self | TV | 8.5 | 58 |
| 1984 | The Living Planet | TV | 8.5 | 58 | |
| 1983 | Natural World | Presenter | TV | 7.4 | 57 |
| 1983 | Natural World | Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.4 | 57 |
| 1983 | Natural World | Narrator | TV | 7.4 | 57 |
| 1983 | Natural World | Self - Host | TV | 7.4 | 57 |
| 1983 | Natural World | Self - Narrator | TV | 7.4 | 57 |
| 1983 | Natural World | TV | 7.4 | 57 | |
| 1983 | Aliens From Inner Space | Narrator | Film | — | 57 |
| 1982 | Wogan | Self | TV | 5.3 | 56 |
| 1982 | Nature | Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.9 | 56 |
| 1982 | Nature | Host | TV | 7.9 | 56 |
| 1982 | Nature | Self | TV | 7.9 | 56 |
| 1981 | General Studies: An Everyday Miracle | Narrator | Film | — | 55 |
| 1980 | The Spirit of Asia | Self | TV | — | 54 |
| 1979 | Life on Earth | Self - Presenter | TV | 9.2 | 53 |
| 1979 | Life on Earth | TV | 9.2 | 53 | |
| 1979 | Squirrel on My Shoulder | Narrator | Film | — | 53 |
| 1978 | At Home with Badgers | Narrator | Film | — | 52 |
| 1977 | Wildlife on One | Narrator | TV | 9.0 | 51 |
| 1975 | The Tribal Eye | TV | 8.8 | 49 | |
| 1975 | Fabulous Animals | Self - Presenter | TV | — | 49 |
| 1975 | Fabulous Animals | TV | — | 49 | |
| 1975 | Explorers | Self - Narrator | TV | — | 49 |
| 1974 | NOVA | Narrator | TV | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1974 | NOVA | TV | 7.0 | 48 | |
| 1973 | Eastward With Attenborough | TV | — | 47 | |
| 1971 | Baobab: Portrait of a Tree | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 45 |
| 1971 | A Blank on the Map | Himself - Presenter | Film | 8.0 | 45 |
| 1971 | A Blank on the Map | Film | 8.0 | 45 | |
| 1969 | The Miracle of Bali | TV | 7.5 | 43 | |
| 1967 | Omnibus | Self | TV | 7.2 | 41 |
| 1967 | The World About Us | Narrator | TV | 7.8 | 41 |
| 1964 | Horizon | TV | 7.4 | 38 | |
| 1964 | Horizon | Self | TV | 7.4 | 38 |
| 1964 | Horizon | Himself / Narrator | TV | 7.4 | 38 |
| 1963 | Adventure | TV | — | 37 | |
| 1961 | Elsa the Lioness | Self | Film | — | 35 |
| 1961 | Elsa the Lioness | Film | — | 35 | |
| 1960 | The People of Paradise | TV | 7.0 | 34 | |
| 1959 | Science Is News | Self - Presenter | TV | — | 33 |
| 1955 | Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-1958 | TV | — | 29 | |
| 1955 | Zoo Quest to West Africa | Self | Film | — | 29 |
| 1955 | Zoo Quest to West Africa | Film | — | 29 | |
| 1955 | Zoo Quest to West Africa | Film | — | 29 | |
| 1955 | The Ascent of Kangchenjunga | Film | — | 29 | |
| 1954 | Zoo Quest | TV | 8.0 | 28 | |
| Blue Planet III | Self - Presenter | TV | — | — | |
| Flying Casanovas | TV | — | — |