Philippa Forrester
A charismatic wildlife expert, presenter, producer and author.
Philippa鈥檚 recent work for the 大象传媒 includes , a series of programmes about a year in the life of the Halcyon River. The programmes follow Philippa鈥檚 husband Charlie filming the wildlife, Philippa caring for the ecology of their surroundings, and their three children following them around asking funny questions!
She has also appeared on , Robot Wars, , Making Animal Babies, Clever Critters, Man Meets Dog, Barking Mad, Market Kitchen and she has written and produced numerous programmes including The Wild Wood and Tarka.
Philippa writes regularly for The Mail on Sunday鈥檚 travel section and has also penned three books to date - The River, Halcyon River Diaries (which accompanied the 大象传媒 One series) and a third book written for children.
Live events she has worked on for the 大象传媒 have included Eclipse which she presented with Michael Burke, the Queen鈥檚 Jubilee Celebrations with David Dimbleby, Crufts, which she anchored for four years, a live discussion programme on Foot and Mouth, Zoowatch with Rolf Harris and the Heaven and Earth Show.
2005 also saw Philippa make her debut as a radio presenter for 大象传媒 Bristol, where she presented the Saturday morning show.
Philippa co-founded and now runs a production company that specialises in natural history programming alongside her husband, renowned wildlife cameraman Charlie Hamilton-James. She researches, scripts, produces and often also appears or voices the commentary for their productions for both the 大象传媒 and Animal Planet amongst others.
