Christopher Gary Packham CBE is an English naturalist, nature photographer, television presenter and author. He is best known for his television work including the CBBC children’s nature series The Really Wild Show from 1986 to 1995. In January 2018 he presented BBC Two’s The Real T-Rex, in which he attempted to rebuild the most authentic Tyrannosaurus rex bones ever seen.
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Christopher Gary Packham CBE is an English naturalist, nature photographer, television presenter and author. He is best known for his television work including the CBBC children’s nature series The Really Wild Show from 1986 to 1995. He has also presented the BBC nature series Springwatch, including Autumnwatch and Winterwatch, since 2009. He formed the production company Head Over Heels with producer Stuart Woodman, making wildlife programmes for Discovery Channel, National Geographic, and the BBC. In January 2018 he presented BBC Two’s The Real T-Rex, in which he attempted to rebuild the most authentic Tyrannosaurus rex bones ever seen, from the bones of a Tyrannosaurus Rex. In October 2017, he presented a BBC Television documentary about his experience as a high-functioning person with Asperger’s syndrome, Chris Packham’s Meperger’s and Me: In Search of the Lost Girl on BBC Two, which highlighted the impact of palm oil consumption in the United States. In 2011, Packham won an episode of the BBC’s Celebrity Mastermind, his specialist subject was the Battle of Rorke’s Drift.
He also presents the BBC programme The Animal’s Guide to Britain. In 2013, hePresented a four-part documentary series entitled Secrets of Our Living Planet, which demonstrated the complex ecological relationships upon which apparently unconnected species, such as tigers and crabs, depend. In 2016, he co-presented a two-part series for the BBC, Cats v. Dogs: Which Is Best? along with Liz Bonnin. The programmes compared cat behaviour and relationships with humans, against those of dogs, in the format of a mock contest. It also explored some recent research on the subject. In the same year he presented The Wonder of Animals, which included episodes on birds of prey, dolphins, crocodiles, great apes, elephants, foxes, ants, big cats, bears and penguins. The series was some of the most spectacular live broadcasts of wildlife on the planet. He was awarded a CBE for his services to broadcasting in 2011. He currently lives in Hampshire with his wife and two children. He and his family have three children.
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