Liz Bonnin

Liz Bonnin

Known for
Acting
Born
September 11, 1972 (age 54)
Birthplace
Paris, France

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

Photos

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Filmography

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Animals Through the Night: Sleepover at the Zoo

Animals Through the Night: Sleepover at the Zoo

Movie · as Presenter

2026
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth poster

David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth

Movie · as Self

2023
Liz Bonnin's Wild Caribbean poster

Liz Bonnin's Wild Caribbean

TV · as Presenter · 4 eps

2023
Secrets of the Jurassic Dinosaurs poster

Secrets of the Jurassic Dinosaurs

TV · as Self - Presenter · 2 eps

2022
Our Changing Planet poster

Our Changing Planet

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

2021
Snow Animals

Snow Animals

TV · as Herself · 1 ep

2020
Penguins: Meet the Family poster

Penguins: Meet the Family

Movie · as Narrator

2020
Blue Planet Revisited poster

Blue Planet Revisited

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2020
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel poster

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel

TV · as Self - Expert · 1 ep

2019
Snow Animals poster

Snow Animals

Movie · as Herself - Presenter

2019
Meat: A Threat to Our Planet poster

Meat: A Threat to Our Planet

Movie · as Herself

2019
Big Animal Surgery poster

Big Animal Surgery

TV · as Herself - Presenter · 3 eps

2018
Drowning in Plastic poster

Drowning in Plastic

Movie · as Self - Presenter

2018
Animals Behaving Badly poster

Animals Behaving Badly

TV · as Presenter · 3 eps

2017
Galapagos poster

Galapagos

TV · as Herself - Presenter · 3 eps

2017
Nature's Epic Journeys poster

Nature's Epic Journeys

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2016
Attenborough at 90 poster

Attenborough at 90

Movie · as Self

2016
BBC Horizon: Should We Close Our Zoos poster

BBC Horizon: Should We Close Our Zoos

Movie

2016
Cats v Dogs: Which is Best? poster

Cats v Dogs: Which is Best?

TV · as herself · 2 eps

2016
Insert Name Here poster

Insert Name Here

TV · as Self - Panelist · 1 ep

2015
Animals in Love poster

Animals in Love

TV · as Presenter · 2 eps

2015
India: Nature's Wonderland poster

India: Nature's Wonderland

TV · as Herself - Presenter · 2 eps

2014
Cat Watch 2014: The New Horizon Experiment poster

Cat Watch 2014: The New Horizon Experiment

TV · as Self - Presenter · 3 eps

2013
Operation Snow Tiger poster

Operation Snow Tiger

TV · as Presenter · 2 eps

2013
Animal Odd Couples poster

Animal Odd Couples

TV · as Self - Presenter · 2 eps

2013
How The Earth Works poster

How The Earth Works

TV · as Herself · 8 eps

2012
Super Smart Animals poster

Super Smart Animals

TV · as Self - Presenter · 2 eps

2011
A Night with the Stars poster

A Night with the Stars

Movie · as Self

2011
Egypt's Lost Cities poster

Egypt's Lost Cities

Movie · as Presenter

2011
Egypt: What Lies Beneath poster

Egypt: What Lies Beneath

Movie · as Presenter

2011
Stargazing Live poster

Stargazing Live

TV · as Co-Presenter · 25 eps

2009
Bang Goes the Theory poster

Bang Goes the Theory

TV · as Self - Presenter · 64 eps

2009
Country Tracks poster

Country Tracks

TV · as Self - Presenter · 11 eps

2007
Autumnwatch poster

Autumnwatch

TV · as Self - Presenter · 6 eps

2006
The One Show poster

The One Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
Greatest Ever Screen Chases

Greatest Ever Screen Chases

Movie

2005
Springwatch poster

Springwatch

TV · as Self - Presenter · 4 eps

2004
Who Do You Think You Are? poster

Who Do You Think You Are?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
RI:SE

RI:SE

TV · as Presenter · 410 eps

2002
Timeshift poster

Timeshift

TV · as Narrator · 1 ep

1996
Never Mind the Buzzcocks poster

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1964
Top of the Pops poster

Top of the Pops

TV · as Self - Presenter · 102 eps

1964
Horizon poster

Horizon

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

1962
The Late Late Show poster

The Late Late Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep