{"id":37112,"date":"2024-05-22T15:37:18","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T13:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/f80710b9-3e91-4caf-8737-5c226d06d94c"},"modified":"2024-05-22T16:39:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T14:39:21","slug":"who-is-chris-packham-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-springwatch-presenter","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/rss_feed\/who-is-chris-packham-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-springwatch-presenter\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Chris Packham? Everything you need to know about the Springwatch presenter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chris Packham is best-known for presenting BBC nature series\u00a0Springwatch\u00a0since 2009. Here is everything you need to know about the presenter. <\/p>

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Published: Wednesday, 22 May 2024 at 13:37 PM<\/p>

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Who is Chris Packham?<\/h2>

Chris Packham is one of the UK’s most famous and much-loved naturalists and wildlife television presenters. He is a regular presenter on Springwatch<\/a> and Winterwatch<\/a> and has also hosted many other shows including The Great Dinosaur Trail<\/em>, The Wonder of Animals<\/em>, Cats v. Dogs: Which Is Best?<\/em>, The real T-rex<\/em> and Chris and Meg’s Wild Summe<\/em>r.<\/p>

How old is Chris Packham?<\/h2>

Chris Packham was born on 4 May, 1961.<\/p>

Where is Chris Packham from?<\/h2>

He was born in Southampton, Hampshire and grew up there.<\/p>

Is Chris Packham married?<\/h2>

Chris Packham is in a relationship with Charlotte Corney, who runs and owns Wildheart Animal Sanctuary.<\/a><\/p>

How did Chris Packham get into TV?<\/h2>

After studying Zoology at university, he decided against doing a Phd, instead opting to train as a wildlife cameraman. His career started as a camera assistant for wildlife filmmaker Stephen Bolwell,\u00a0working with him on\u00a0A Toad’s Tale<\/em>.<\/p>

When did Chris Packham get his big break?<\/h2>

Chris Packham’s big break came in 1986 when he was chosen as one of the presenters of the new children’s wildlife show The Really Wild Show<\/em>. <\/p>

My Countryside interview: Chris Packham<\/strong><\/a><\/p>

The naturalist and presenter discusses his early path into the wilderness, the beauty of a newly leafed beech and his happy companions, Itchy and Scratchy.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

10 Chris Packham facts you might not know<\/h3>

1. A determined naturalist from a young age, aged 14, he buried a pet black mouse called Batty in his garden under a green wooden cross after it died.<\/p>

2. In a careers advice meeting in 1976, when Chris was 15, he claims he was told: \u201cYou cannot be an astronaut\u201d.<\/p>

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3. He studied kestrels, shrews and badgers in his teens and as an undergraduate at Southampton University, where he read Zoology. In 2013, he was made an honorary Doctor of Science by Southampton.<\/p>

4. Chris started building sets and cleaning cameras in July 1984, when he met wildlife filmmaker Stephen Bollwell, who he developed a long-lasting friendship with.<\/p>

5. Among other things, BAFTA-winning children’s series The Really Wild Show <\/em>saw presenters, which included Packham, Terry Nutkins and Michaela Strachan, swim with a killer whale and play football in the studio with a cheetah cub.<\/p>