Liz's TV career draws heavily on her academic expertise. She has explored marine mammal behaviour for the BAFTA Award-winning Big Blue Live series in Monterey, California for BBC One and PBS, assisted conservationists in the Russian Far East in the fight to save the last remaining Amur tigers for BBC Two, and investigated the impact of ocean plastic on the marine food web in Drowning in Plastic for BBC One.
Other TV credits include wildlife and animal behaviour programmes Nature’s Epic Journeys, Animals In Love and Animal Odd Couples; science series Horizon, Stargazing Live and Bang Goes The Theory; and documentaries Drowning in Plastic, Egypt's Lost Cities and Science Friction.
Our Changing Planet S3
In this Our Changing Planet special on reef restoration, Liz meets scientists and local heroes who are collaborating and using science and innovation to bring back to life our reefs, here in the UK.
Liz Bonnin’s Wild Caribbean
Liz explores the extraordinary natural wonders of the Caribbean. In the process, she encounters amazing animals and remarkable ecosystems, and meets inspiring local conservationists.
Arctic From Above with Liz Bonnin
Liz travels to one of the planet’s last great wildernesses, to join the scientists revealing fresh insights about how Arctic wildlife is faring in the face of climate change.
The Island
Liz joins a team of geologists to discover Ireland's epic 1.8 billion-year history: a dynamic journey involving immense collisions, unforgiving ice ages and intense volcanic episodes.
What Planet Are We On?... with Liz Bonnin
Liz launches a new BBC podcast exploring climate change and our relationship with the natural world. The series includes guests David Attenborough, Idris Elba, Bella Lack and Christiana Figueres.
Dead River Podcast
In this compelling series, Liz tells the story of the worst environmental disaster in Brazil’s history and the law firm who took on over 700,000 plaintiffs to bring the largest case of its kind to the UK courts.
Our Changing Planet S2
Liz returns to California to discover how beaver habitats can protect forests from intense wildfires, and to learn from indigenous peoples about the use of cultural burning for building forest resilience.
Secret of the Jurassic Dinosaurs
Liz joins an international team of palaeontologists in Wyoming to investigate a dinosaur graveyard filled with fossilised dinosaurs, plants and footprints, that are transforming the way we think about the Jurassic.
Our Changing Planet S1
In the first of this seven-year project documenting our world’s most threatened ecosystems, Liz visits the Pacific coast of California, where warming seas have brought with them a new resident, great white sharks.
Meat: A Threat to Our Planet
In this new documentary Liz investigates the impact that our global demand for meat is having on the planet, from the deforestation of the Amazon to intensive farms in the US.
Big Animal Surgery
Liz takes us inside the dramatic world of big animal surgery on BBC Two, joining some of the world’s leading wildlife vets and they operate on a lion, a chimpanzee and an elephant.
Blue Planet Live
With the help of top scientists, Liz and the team assess the health of the world’s oceans at this critical time for the planet.
Drowning In Plastic
Liz reveals the full scale of the world's plastic problem and its impact on wildlife, exploring ways in which science can offer a solution.
Galapagos
Liz and a team of international scientists embark upon a journey of discovery across the islands of the Galapagos.
Wild Alaska Live
Liz joins Steve Backshall and Matt Baker broadcasting live from one of the most remote wildernesses on the planet – Alaska. Spectacular wildlife and top predators gather for a feast like no other.
Nature's Epic Journeys
Liz follows migrating caribou, elephants and zebra on an epic race for life.
Cats v Dogs
Expert Rick Sanchez and Liz Bonnin test whether cats or dogs have the best night vision.
Horizon
Should We Close Our Zoos? Liz looks at the science behind zoos, what does it say about animal welfare? How good are zoos at conservation? How should they change in the future?
Stargazing Live
Solar eclipse 2015 – Liz brings us coverage of the solar eclipse, beaming back the live pictures from a plane above the Faroe Islands.
Big blue Live
Strange creatures from the deep – Liz reveals deep sea creatures filmed by Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.
Animal Odd Couples
Man plays with hyena – Liz comes nose to nose with an adult hyena.
Animal Odd Couples
The lion, tiger and bear family – Liz is amazed by the displays of affection she witnesses between a black bear named Baloo and his best friends Leo the lion and Shere-Khan, a 12-year-old Bengal tiger.
Operation Snow Tiger
Very rare footage of a wild snow tiger – Knowing one tiger is in the reserve Liz helps Russian researchers track it down and get some extremely rare footage.
Operation Snow Tiger
Siberian tiger kill – The Siberian tiger is one of the most endangered species, therefore footage of it is invaluable.
Animals In Love
Bonobos love being tickled – Bonobos are apes with a lot of love to give. They have an interesting matriarchal social structure which is run by females and they are very physical and good humoured with each other.
The Royal Institution
Beryllium and the James Webb Space Telescope - Liz looks to the stars for her pick from the periodic table. The properties of Beryllium make it the perfect material for the huge mirror being used in the James Webb Space Telescope - NASA's successor to the Hubble telescope launching in 2018.
2024
Dead River Podcast
Our Changing Planet: Coral Special
2023
Liz Bonnin’s Wild Caribbean
Our Changing Planet S2
Arctic From Above
Secrets of the Jurassic Dinosaurs
2022
The Island
Our Changing Planet S1
2021
Future Island
2020
What Planet Are We On
Future Island
2019
Blue Planet Live
Big Animal Surgery
Meat: A Threat to Our Planet
2018
Drowning In Plastic
Animals Behaving Badly
2017
Galapagos
Wild Alaska Live
2016
Cats v Dogs
Nature's Epic Journeys
Horizon: Should We Close Our Zoos?
Stargazing Live
Countrywise
2015
Animals In Love
Big Blue Live
Countrywise
India: Nature's Wonderland
Stargazing Live
2014
Animals Through The Night: Sleepover At The Zoo
CatWatch 2014: The New Horizon Experiment
Countrywise
Stargazing Live
2013
Animal Odd Couples
Bang Goes The Theory
Countrywise
How The Earth Works - Discovery Science
Operation Snow Tiger
Stargazing Live
Tomorrow's World: A Horizon Special
2012
Bang Goes The Theory
Horizon: The Transit Of Venus
Stargazing Live
Super Smart Animals
2011
Autumnwatch
Bang Goes The Theory
Egypt's Lost Cities
Springwatch
Stargazing Live
2010
Autumnwatch
Bang Goes The Theory
Country Tracks
Museum Of Life
Stargazing Live
2009
Bang Goes The Theory
Country Tracks
Stargazing Live
2008
Wild Trials