Lucy Cooke

Acting

Lucy Cooke

Born

1970-03-22 (56)

Known for

Acting

Credits

10 titles

Lucy Cooke is a New York Times best-selling author, award-winning documentary producer, presenter and National Geographic explorer with a master's in zoology from Oxford University. She is a passionate conservationist and champion of animal species that are often misunderstood. Her style is immersive, journalistic and unashamedly populist, mixing expert storytelling with a dash of humour to reach the widest possible audience.

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Film credits

Series credits

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

Autumnwatch poster
9.5

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

Autumnwatch

2007

Wild UK poster
NR

Lucy Cooke and Colin Stafford-Johnson explore the wilderness of the UK to reveal the wildlife that thrives there.

Wild UK

2017

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

Animals Like Us poster
10.0

Animals Like Us offers viewers a new and exciting way of seeing the natural world! Each episode offers a rare glimpse into the complex lives of charismatic animals that behave a lot like we do! Throughout the Animal Kingdom, wild animals live in sophisticated societies, inhabited by individuals that show deep emotion and real intelligence. In fact, the closer we look at their actions, and unravel what drives them to behave as they do, the more we realize animals are a lot like us!

Animals Like Us

2024

Ingenious Animals poster
8.0

A team of wildlife experts travel the globe in search of the most surprising animal stories and reveal how and why animals do such remarkable things.

Ingenious Animals

2016

Nature's Miracle Orphans poster
NR

The first months of an animal's life are crucial - if they lose their mothers, they'll need help. Meet the wild orphans getting a second chance, and those devoted to saving them.

Nature's Miracle Orphans

2014

No artwork available
NR

Documentary by Clare Stronge

Easter Eggs Live

2013

Beach Live: Jurassic Coast Revealed poster
NR

Dan Snow and wildlife experts Lucy Cooke and Niall Strawson uncover historical, geological and wildlife treasures live from the Jurassic Coast in Dorset.

Beach Live: Jurassic Coast Revealed

2018