Personal Info
Birth date
1972-09-11 (52 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Paris, France
Also known as
-Liz Bonnin
Biography
Elizabeth "Liz" Bonnin is an Irish television presenter and former pop singer, who has worked on television in both Ireland and the United Kingdom. She is also a biochemist and Wild Animal Biologist. She presented music shows RI:SE and Top of the Pops in the early 2000s. But is probably best known for presenting wildlife and science programmes like How the Earth Works, Animals in Love, Stargazing Live, Big Blue Live, Cats v Dogs: Which is Best? and Should We Close Our Zoos?. She co-presented the BBC factual series Bang Goes the Theory from 2009 to 2014. Since 2013, has co-hosted Countrywise for ITV.
Filmography
Horizon
7.516
Overview:
Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.Top of the Pops
6.6
Overview:
The biggest stars, the most iconic performances, the most outrageous outfits – it’s Britain’s number one pop show.Never Mind the Buzzcocks
6.981
Overview:
Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme. The show is infamous for its dry, sarcastic humour and scathing, provocative attacks on the pop industry.Who Do You Think You Are?
6.729
Overview:
A British genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past.Timeshift
7
Overview:
Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history, its narrative-led storytelling offering a richly immersive and varied window onto the past.The One Show
4.538
Overview:
A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.Bang Goes the Theory
7.833
Overview:
Dallas Campbell, Liz Bonnin, Jem Stansfield and Dr. Yan Wong take on the scientific world by devising their own ingenious ways of explaining cutting-edge developments in technology.RI:SE
2
Overview:
RI:SE is a breakfast television show made by Princess Productions in collaboration with BSkyB for Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. It was scheduled to replace The Big Breakfast after declining ratings. It launched on 29 April 2002. The programme was broadcast between 06:55 and 09:00 in the morning - nationally in the UK.Springwatch
9
Overview:
Springwatch is an annual BBC television series which charts the fortunes of British wildlife during the changing of the seasons in the United Kingdom.Stargazing Live
6.6
Overview:
Professor Brian Cox and Dara O Briain are at Jodrell Bank Observatory, and joined by special guests to bring you the latest news and the best views of the night sky.Insert Name Here
6.7
Overview:
Comedy panel show about people with the same first name, hosted by Sue Perkins.Autumnwatch
9.3
Overview:
A spontaneous, sometimes humorous look at UK’s wildlife in autumn through conversations with experts and passionate amateurs.Cat Watch 2014: The New Horizon Experiment
7
Overview:
Liz Bonnin joins forces with some of the world's top cat experts to conduct a groundbreaking scientific study. With GPS trackers and cat cameras, they follow 100 cats in three different environments.How The Earth Works
10
Overview:
Biologist Liz Bonnin and geologist Martin Pepper set out on a global expedition to answer the most thought-provoking questions in earth science today. Throughout history, such geologic events as volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, tectonic plate motion, earthquakes, and asteroid impacts have continually reshaped Earth's surface, spreading chaos across the planet. By performing experiments, making observations in the field, and consulting expert scientists, the eight-part series works to uncover Earth's immeasurable capacity to create and destroy.Nature's Epic Journeys
NYR
Overview:
Follow three groups of animals – caribou, zebra, and elephants – as they face the immense challenges of migration in places around the world.India: Nature's Wonderland
8.3
Overview:
India - land of stunning wildlife, ancient cultures and extreme landscapes. Wildlife expert Liz Bonnin, actor Freida Pinto and mountaineer Jon Gupta reveal India's natural wonders.Animal Odd Couples
5
Overview:
Wildlife biologist Liz Bonnin sets off on a worldwide journey of discovery to find out why animals of different species make friends with each other, and even with humans.Our Changing Planet
6.7
Overview:
An ambitious seven-year natural history series documenting six of the planet's most threatened ecosystems and meeting the people fighting to restore the Earth’s delicate balance.Animals Behaving Badly
NYR
Overview:
Liz Bonnin meets the animals using outlandish means to find a mate and raise a family, and reveals the fascinating science that lies behind these animal antics.Cats v Dogs: Which is Best?
NYR
Overview:
Armed with the latest global scientific research, Chris Packham and Liz Bonnin battle it out in this two part programme to find the definitive answer to the burning question - which are best, cats or dogs?Secrets of the Jurassic Dinosaurs
9
Overview:
Liz Bonnin joins an international team of palaeontologists in the remote badlands of Wyoming as they investigate a mysterious dinosaur graveyard.Galapagos
6.3
Overview:
Liz Bonnin joins a scientific team on an expedition across the Galapagos Islands to carry out important research that will help protect the islands and their inhabitants.Super Smart Animals
7
Overview:
By showing us how animals and birds strategize and think, this series challenges our own perceptions of what it means to be intelligent.Animals in Love
9
Overview:
Liz Bonnin sets out to explore how animals meet, mate and in some cases form lifelong relationships, shining a light on the extraordinary emotions that it seems animals are capable of.Snow Animals
NYR
Overview:
Nature documentaries presenter Liz Bonnin shows the various tactics animals use to survive in some of the coldest places on Earth.Operation Snow Tiger
9
Overview:
The Siberian tiger is one of Earth's rarest and most elusive animals, with as few as 300 remaining. It is so rare, more scientists have been to space than have seen one in the wild. In this series, Liz Bonnin, a former tiger biologist herself, travels to the frozen forests of the Russian Far East to help a team of scientists studying these big cats. Their goal is to uncover the hidden world of this mysterious predator, determine why they are declining and what can be done to save them.Acting
TBAAnimals Through the Night: Sleepover at the Zoo as Presenter
2023Liz Bonnin's Wild Caribbean (4 Episodes) as Presenter
2023Secrets of the Jurassic Dinosaurs (2 Episodes) as Self - Presenter
2022Our Changing Planet (1 Episode) as Self - Presenter
2021Snow Animals (1 Episode) as Herself
2020Penguins: Meet the Family as Narrator
2020Blue Planet Revisited (2 Episodes) as Self
2019Snow Animals as Herself - Presenter
2019Meat: A Threat to Our Planet as Herself
2019Big Animal Surgery (3 Episodes) as Herself - Presenter
2018Drowning in Plastic as Self - Presenter
2018Animals Behaving Badly (3 Episodes) as Presenter
2017Nature's Epic Journeys (3 Episodes) as Self
2017Galapagos (3 Episodes) as Herself - Presenter
2016Attenborough at 90 as Self
2016Cats v Dogs: Which is Best? (2 Episodes) as herself
2016Insert Name Here (1 Episode) as Self - Panelist
2016BBC Horizon: Should We Close Our Zoos as Unknown
2015India: Nature's Wonderland (2 Episodes) as Herself - Presenter
2015Animals in Love (2 Episodes) as Presenter
2014Cat Watch 2014: The New Horizon Experiment (3 Episodes) as Self - Presenter
2013Animal Odd Couples (2 Episodes) as Self - Presenter
2013How The Earth Works (8 Episodes) as Herself
2013Operation Snow Tiger (2 Episodes) as Presenter
2012Super Smart Animals (2 Episodes) as Self - Presenter
2011A Night with the Stars as Self
2011Egypt's Lost Cities as Presenter
2011Stargazing Live (25 Episodes) as Co-Presenter
2011Egypt: What Lies Beneath as Presenter
2009Bang Goes the Theory (64 Episodes) as Self - Presenter
2009Country Tracks (11 Episodes) as Herself - Presenter
2007Autumnwatch (6 Episodes) as Self - Presenter
2006The One Show (1 Episode) as Self
2005Greatest Ever Screen Chases as Unknown
2005Springwatch (4 Episodes) as Self - Presenter
2004Who Do You Think You Are? (1 Episode) as Self
2002Timeshift (1 Episode) as Narrator
2002RI:SE (410 Episodes) as Presenter
1996Never Mind the Buzzcocks (2 Episodes) as Self
1964Horizon (1 Episode) as Self - Presenter
1964Top of the Pops (102 Episodes) as Self - Presenter
1962The Late Late Show (1 Episode) as Self
Crew
2023Secrets of the Jurassic Dinosaurs (1 Episode) ... Presenter
Creator
2020Blue Planet Revisited ... Creator