Chris Packham

Acting

Chris Packham

Born

1961-05-04 (65)

Place of birth

Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK

Known for

Acting

Credits

56 titles

Christopher Gary Packham CBE is an English naturalist, nature photographer, television presenter and author, best known for his television work including the CBBC children's nature series The Really Wild Show from 1986 to 1995.

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 8 titles

David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth poster
7.0

A 90-minute special, broadcast from the Royal Albert Hall, London, celebrating Sir David Attenborough's groundbreaking career on the day of his 100th birthday.

David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth

2026

Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks poster
9.0

This groundbreaking documentary unlocks the hidden psychology of J.M.W. Turner through his 37,000 private sketches, drawings, and watercolours – an extraordinary archive that reveals the man behind the masterpieces. For the first time on television, these pages – Including erotic sketches previously thought to have been destroyed – are used as a window into Turner’s inner world, exposing his private thoughts, creative obsessions and emotional life. Rarely writing about himself, Turner left behind few clues to his personality. But in his sketchbooks, his restless imagination and vulnerabilities come vividly to life. They guide viewers through Turner’s life and art, revealing how his 37,000 sketches not only chart his creative evolution but also provide an unprecedented psychological portrait of a man both visionary and vulnerable.

Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks

2025

People's Emergency Briefing poster
NR

Last November, ten of the UK’s leading experts briefed an invited audience of over 1,200 politicians and leaders from business, culture, faith, sport and the media. The briefing set out the implications of climate and nature breakdown for health, food systems, national security and the economy. The People's Emergency Briefing presents the national implications of climate and nature breakdown - along with credible, positive responses - in a single, accessible account. A new film featuring Chris Packham, leading scientists, a former general and Jennifer Saunders - all being far too frank about where things are heading and what can be done about it.

People's Emergency Briefing

2026

Chris Packham: Is It Time to Break the Law? poster
1.0

Chris Packham attempts to resolve a key dilemma of our times: is it ethically acceptable to break the law to protest against government policies on climate change?

Chris Packham: Is It Time to Break the Law?

2023

Chris Packham: Forever Punk poster
NR

Chris Packham reveals how punk rock not only may have saved his life as a teenager but how it has given it meaning and informed everything he has done ever since.

Chris Packham: Forever Punk

2020

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8.0

A look at practices in the UK chicken and pig farming industry.

Gaslit: The Truth About CO2 Gas Chambers in the UK

2026

Murmur poster
NR

A contemporary fairytale about the relationship between a mother and her autistic daughter, and their fascination with starling murmurations. Evie doesn’t seem to talk very much, though we learn she communicates with everything - the plants, grass, water, TV static and the starlings that gather over the sea. As murmurations form, so awakens a sense of understanding, connection and acceptance between mother and daughter. Murmur is a story of beauty and awe, utilising the stunning spectacle of the murmuration, a sign of greatness, as a metaphor for Autism Advocacy.

Murmur

2023

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9.0

A look at the conditions of chicken in megafarms in the United Kingdom.

Gaslit 2: How Factory Farming Broke the Chicken

2026

2010s · 7 titles

Attenborough at 90 poster
8.0

In celebration of his ninetieth birthday, Sir David Attenborough shares extraordinary highlights of his life and career with broadcaster Kirsty Young, including the inspiring people he has met, the extraordinary journeys he has made and the remarkable animal encounters he has had across the globe. Joined by colleagues and friends, including Michael Palin and Chris Packham, Sir David shares some of the unforgettable moments from his unparalleled career, from capturing unique animal behaviour for the first time to the fast-paced advances in wildlife filming technology, as well as stories of the wonder and fragility of the natural world - stories that Sir David has spent his life exploring and championing.

Attenborough at 90

2016

The Real T Rex with Chris Packham poster
7.6

A documentary examining what the Tyrannosaurus Rex was really like - both appearance and behaviour - using the recent palaeontological and zoological research.

The Real T Rex with Chris Packham

2018

The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2 poster
NR

Collection of highlights from the first and second series of British comic Sarah Millican's show about television. The programme includes stand-up routines, sketches and interviews with stars. In this collection Sarah has a makeover à la 'Geordie Shore', bakes scones with chef Paul Hollywood and attempts to do a forward roll with help from gymnast Beth Tweddle and commentary from sports presenter Clare Balding.

The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2

2013

The British Garden: Life and Death on Your Lawn poster
8.0

Chris Packham and a team of wildlife experts follow five suburban gardens over a year, uncovering hidden wildlife dramas, and a vast cast of creatures battling for survival.

The British Garden: Life and Death on Your Lawn

2017

Chris Packham: Asperger's and Me poster
8.0

Chris Packham invites us inside his autistic world to find out what it is like being him.

Chris Packham: Asperger's and Me

2017

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7.0

In 1998, Chris Packham met a hunter-gatherer tribe in remote Sumatra. 20 years later, he goes in search of the same tribe to search for the girl whose photograph he took.

Chris Packham: In Search of the Lost Girl

2018

Decade of Discovery poster
NR

Chris Packham presents, mentioning others that didn't quite make the list, his favorite top ten animal - and plant species from the half million discovered in the first decade of the 21st century. The animals include the most endangered African monkey, a lemur (Madagascar simian), a mouse-size and -resembling relative of the elephant, a Caribean island-adapted sloth, a shark which 'walks coral reefs on an arm', the largest mega-stick, a deep sea jellyfish without tentacles and a jungle gecko mutation happening in Malaysian state Perlis in order to flee serpent predation into caves. Plant species include a giant Venus-flytrap on Palawan (Philipines) and the largest ever orchid from Peru.

Decade of Discovery

2010

Series credits

Ready, Steady, Cook poster
8.0

Talented chefs battle it out against the clock, creating delicious dishes in 20 minutes

Ready, Steady, Cook

1994

Ready, Steady, Cook poster
8.0

Talented chefs battle it out against the clock, creating delicious dishes in 20 minutes

Ready, Steady, Cook

1994

Holby City poster
5.8

Drama series about life on the wards of Holby City Hospital, following the highs and lows of the staff and patients.

Holby City

1999

Horizon poster
7.5

Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.

Horizon

1964

Have I Got News for You poster
7.1

Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party, personality or action unscathed in pursuit of laughs.

Have I Got News for You

1990

The Last Leg poster
5.7

Adam Hills and co-hosts Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker provide some offbeat commentary on the significant moments of the past seven days.

The Last Leg

2013

Have I Got a Bit More News for You poster
7.0

Based on the week’s news and fronted by guest hosts, this extended version of the satirical news quiz features more of the stuff that wouldn't fit into the regular programme.

Have I Got a Bit More News for You

—

Would I Lie to You? poster
7.8

A comedic panel show featuring team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell plus two guests per side, hosted by Rob Brydon (formerly Angus Deayton). Each person must reveal embarrassing facts and outrageous lies during a series of different rounds including "Home Truths", "This Is My..." and "Quickfire Lies". It is up to the opposing team to tell tall tales from fantastic facts.

Would I Lie to You?

2007

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg poster
2.8

The big names behind the big stories. Laura Kuenssberg talks to those making the news, inside and outside politics.

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

2022

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg poster
2.8

The big names behind the big stories. Laura Kuenssberg talks to those making the news, inside and outside politics.

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

2022

Never Mind the Buzzcocks poster
7.1

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.

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

1996

Celebrity Mastermind poster
6.0

Celebrity Mastermind is a British television quiz show broadcast by BBC television. The show is a spin-off of the long-running quiz show Mastermind, with the exception that all the contestants are celebrities. As with the main show, John Humphrys is the host and question-master. Magnus Magnusson was quizmaster on the 2003/04 episodes featuring Jonathan Meades as winner.

Celebrity Mastermind

2003

Room 101 poster
6.6

Fast-moving game show meets talk show, which sees Frank Skinner refereeing three celebrities each week as they compete to banish their top peeve or worst nightmare to the depths of Room 101.

Room 101

1994

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel poster
5.6

Michael McIntyre hosts a gameshow packed with huge stars, big laughs and a giant spinning wheel. Can the contestants, guided by celebrity experts, answer their way to a fortune?

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel

2020

Celebrity Catchphrase poster
10.0

In this entertaining series packed with laughs, celebrity contestants attempt to work out catchphrases based on fun animations. Animations include well known phrases, sayings and even film, song and book titles. The celebrities need to buzz in as quickly as they can when they know the answer and can say what they see in a chance to win money for their chosen charities.

Celebrity Catchphrase

2018

The Weakest Link poster
6.0

Romesh Ranganathan takes charge of the back-stabbing big money game show. Can the contestants create a chain of answers and avoid the boot?

The Weakest Link

2021

Celebrity Gogglebox poster
6.6

A rolling cast of famous faces, some of Britain's best loved personalities, turn their hand to being the country's most opinionated viewers, sharing their opinions on what they have been watching during the week.

Celebrity Gogglebox

2019

Celebrity Gogglebox poster
6.6

A rolling cast of famous faces, some of Britain's best loved personalities, turn their hand to being the country's most opinionated viewers, sharing their opinions on what they have been watching during the week.

Celebrity Gogglebox

2019

Springwatch poster
8.5

Springwatch is an annual BBC television series which charts the fortunes of British wildlife during the changing of the seasons in the United Kingdom.

Springwatch

2005

Springwatch poster
8.5

Springwatch is an annual BBC television series which charts the fortunes of British wildlife during the changing of the seasons in the United Kingdom.

Springwatch

2005

Through the Keyhole poster
6.2

What would happen if Keith Lemon had permission to snoop around celebrities' homes? Find out as Through The Keyhole returns, with everyone's favourite strawberry-blonde presenter at the helm!

Through the Keyhole

2013

The Really Wild Show poster
8.0

The Really Wild Show was a long-running British television show about wildlife, broadcast by the BBC as part of their CBBC service to children. It also runs on Animal Planet in the US. The show was broadcast continuously since 21 January 1986. In April 2006 the BBC announced that the show would be axed that summer, and as such the last ever episode was shown in April 2006, giving the show a run of 20 years.

The Really Wild Show

1986

Duck Quacks Don't Echo poster
6.0

Lee Mack wrangles a team of scientists and celebrity guests to find the truth behind the trivia on this bizarrely educational panel show.

Duck Quacks Don't Echo

2014

Autumnwatch poster
9.5

A spontaneous, sometimes humorous look at UK’s wildlife in autumn through conversations with experts and passionate amateurs.

Autumnwatch

2007

Autumnwatch poster
9.5

A spontaneous, sometimes humorous look at UK’s wildlife in autumn through conversations with experts and passionate amateurs.

Autumnwatch

2007

Winterwatch poster
8.2

Live coverage as our wildlife faces up to the most challenging time of year.

Winterwatch

2013

Mongrels poster
7.8

Nelson 'the urbane fox' and his anthropomorphic animal friends navigate the urban jungle from their home in London's East End in a puppet sitcom for adults.

Mongrels

2010

Cluedo poster
6.7

Cluedo was a UK television game show based on the board game of the same name. Each week, a reenactment of the murder at the stately home Arlington Grange of a visiting guest was played and, through a combination of interrogating the suspects and deduction, celebrity guests had to discover who committed the murder, which of six weapons and in which room it was committed, whilst viewers were invited to play along at home.

Cluedo

1990

Cunk on... poster
7.9

Landmark mockumentary-maker Philomena Cunk traces the history of Britain, Earth, and cinema.

Cunk on...

2018

Rob Beckett's Smart TV poster
5.4

Hosted by the brilliant Rob Beckett alongside his team captains – TV fanatic Josh Widdicombe, and a lady who frankly is TV, Alison Hammond – the show is a hilarious celebration of the small screen and the shows we love (and some we don’t).

Rob Beckett's Smart TV

2024

Peston poster
NR

Join Robert Peston for a late-night political magazine show featuring big interviews with the country's leading politicians, topical guests, and the best politial gossip.

Peston

2018

Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule poster
8.0

Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule is a panel show that sees Harry Hill presiding over two teams tasked with saving planet earth from alien invasion! Each team must find clips, people, basically anything that is fun or funny enough for Harry to place in a capsule which, in the event that we're invaded by aliens, we can present to them to demonstrate earthlings are good fun and therefore worthy of saving. Over a series of rounds, the two teams of two present Harry with fun stuff which Harry must adjudicate on and ultimately decide what's in and what's out of the Fun Capsule with the triumphant team winning bragging rights. Along the way there will be sketches, studio items and special guests. And the occasional appearance of an alien.

Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule

2017

Insert Name Here poster
6.8

Comedy panel show about people with the same first name, hosted by Sue Perkins.

Insert Name Here

2016

Perfect Pub Walks poster
7.0

Comedian, musician and nature lover Bill Bailey takes some famous faces for an amble and a ramble on some of the UK's most spectacular pub walks.

Perfect Pub Walks

2024

Earth poster
8.4

There's nothing else like it. Chris Packham reveals the epic, four-billion-year story of our home - from its dramatic creation to the arrival of human life... and whatever's next.

Earth

2023

Evolution poster
9.0

All the incredible diversity of animal life sprang from a single organism. Every animal, no matter how weird, is related to every other. And behind each species is an incredible story of the millions of generations that gave rise to it - every animal we know and love today sprang from creatures that looked nothing like it.

Evolution

2026

Curious Creatures poster
10.0

An entertaining and enlightening game show celebrating the animal kingdom, with two competing teams going head-to-head across a variety of intriguing rounds in which the experts' knowledge of wild beasts is tested to the limit.

Curious Creatures

2017

Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy Moir poster
10.0

Comedic ornithological series, Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy Moir will follow prolific artist Jim and his wife Nancy as they explore some of Britain’s best beauty spots, joined along the way by a few famous friends. Their challenge? Create an original piece of bird art celebrating the unique species native to that region over the course of a weekend. Accompanied in each episode by local twitchers, artists and conservation experts, Jim, and Nancy will be guided through forest and fen as they venture through wild countryside and local bird sanctuaries to gather inspiration. They’ll spend meditative weekends sketching and painting their feathery subjects, tackling everything from grouse to goshawks and bitterns to bearded tits.

Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy Moir

2023

The Wonder of Animals poster
7.7

Chris Packham uses groundbreaking science and brand-new behaviour to delve deep beneath the skin and discover the unique features that have made certain animal groups successful.

The Wonder of Animals

2014

Dogs in the Wild: Meet the Family poster
7.6

From the rugged peaks of the Himalayas to the blistering Sahara desert, wild dogs thrive in the least likely of places. They are the most widespread carnivores on the planet. The latest scientific revelations reveal fresh perspectives on characters who constantly surprise us with their diversity and their unusual behaviour. These are the world’s ultimate canids!

Dogs in the Wild: Meet the Family

2022