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.

Known For

Top of the Pops

Horizon

The One Show

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Who Do You Think You Are?

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel

Springwatch

Timeshift

All Movies (12)

• David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth2026 · as Self
• Penguins: Meet the Family2020 · as Narrator
• Snow Animals2019 · as Herself - Presenter
• Meat: A Threat to Our Planet2019 · as Herself
• Drowning in Plastic2018 · as Self - Presenter
• Attenborough at 902016 · as Self
• BBC Horizon: Should We Close Our Zoos2016
• A Night with the Stars2011 · as Self
• Egypt's Lost Cities2011 · as Presenter
• Egypt: What Lies Beneath2011 · as Presenter
• Greatest Ever Screen Chases2005
• Animals Through the Night: Sleepover at the Zoo— · as Presenter

All TV Shows (32)

• Liz Bonnin's Wild Caribbean2023 · as Presenter
• Secrets of the Jurassic Dinosaurs2023 · as Self - Presenter
• Our Changing Planet2022 · as Self - Presenter
• Snow Animals2021 · as Herself
• Michael McIntyre's The Wheel2020 · as Self - Expert
• Blue Planet Revisited2020 · as Self
• Big Animal Surgery2019 · as Herself - Presenter
• Animals Behaving Badly2018 · as Presenter
• Nature's Epic Journeys2017 · as Self
• Galapagos2017 · as Herself - Presenter
• Cats v Dogs: Which is Best?2016 · as herself
• Insert Name Here2016 · as Self - Panelist
• India: Nature's Wonderland2015 · as Herself - Presenter
• Animals in Love2015 · as Presenter
• Cat Watch 2014: The New Horizon Experiment2014 · as Self - Presenter
• Animal Odd Couples2013 · as Self - Presenter
• How The Earth Works2013 · as Herself
• Operation Snow Tiger2013 · as Presenter
• Super Smart Animals2012 · as Self - Presenter
• Stargazing Live2011 · as Co-Presenter
• Bang Goes the Theory2009 · as Self - Presenter
• Country Tracks2009 · as Self - Presenter
• Autumnwatch2007 · as Self - Presenter
• The One Show2006 · as Self
• Springwatch2005 · as Self - Presenter
• Who Do You Think You Are?2004 · as Self
• Timeshift2002 · as Narrator
• RI:SE2002 · as Presenter
• Never Mind the Buzzcocks1996 · as Self
• Horizon1964 · as Self - Presenter
• Top of the Pops1964 · as Self - Presenter
• The Late Late Show1962 · as Self