As a biologist and self-confessed thrill seeker, Patrick has always had a fascination with ‘how things work’. His guiding force is to allow his audience to travel the globe from the comfort of their homes and live vicariously through his daringly close animal encounters. His latest series executes/demonstrates to perfection/perfectly. ‘Big Beasts: Last of the Giants’, sees Patrick check out the biggest animals on Earth and discovers why size really matters in nature. His journey takes him to Asia where he comes face-to-face with the Komodo dragon, right across to the Americas, where he free dives with a gigantic sperm whale weighing in at 15-tonnes. He ultimately explores why these creatures evolved into giants, and how crucial they are to their habitats today.
Patrick has a versatile presenting style which has allowed him a host a variety of programmes; from the epic ‘Amazing Animal Family’ franchise, to the expedition of ‘Yellowstone’s: Wildest Winter’, the heart-warming ‘Nature’s Miracle Orphans’, to the fact filled ‘Super Senses’.
Patrick’s career in wildlife filmmaking began shortly after graduating with a degree in Molecular & Cellular Biology at the University of Bristol. He worked behind the scenes on the BBC productions Madagascar, Attenborough: 60 years in the Wild and Frozen Planet. Hugely enjoying the creativity of television Patrick was delighted to be asked to present BBC Earth’s online natural history strand Zoo-La-La, a weekly show about weird and wonderful animal facts that helped launch the BBC Earth YouTube platform, Earth Unplugged.
After this, Patrick’s career went from strength to strength, there he presented Super Senses a specialist factual show for BBC Two. The series – which evidently was Patrick’s first TV appearance – explored the extraordinary world of animal senses. In each episode Patrick focused on key themes; sight, sound and scent across five continents, thus revealing the amazingsuper sensesof the animal world.
Seeing his passion and expertise, Sky One commissioned him to host a collection of six natural history programmes. This included ‘Big Cats: An Amazing Animal Family’, which went on to win Patrick the RTS West Award for Best Presenter. Big Cats was so successful with children it was also made into exclusive online series ‘Big Cat Wild Files’, for Sky Kids.
Returning to the BBC Patrick then co-presented Natures Miracle Orphans, Ingenious Animals and Super Small Animals. Continuing his projects at Sky One Patrick travelled the world filming a two more 4K series, ‘Wild Animal Babies’ and ‘Big Beasts: Last of the Giants’. Patrick is a regular contributor on The One Show, and will be co-hosting Springwatch 2018
Credits
Credits
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DateProduction (role)CompanyProject details
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Date:Production (role): ONE WILD DAY / EXTREME ANIMALS (Presenter)Company: Sky OneProject details: TX TBC
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Date:Production (role): WILD ANIMAL BABIES / LIFE FIRST STEPS (Presenter)Company: Sky OneProject details: TX TBC
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Date: 2018Production (role): BIG BEASTS: LAST OF THE GIANTS (Presenter)Company: Sky OneProject details:
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Date: 2018Production (role): SPRINGWATCH 2018 (Presenter)Company: BBC2Project details:
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Date: 2017Production (role): SUPER SMALL ANIMALS (Presenter)Company: BBC OneProject details:
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Date: 2017Production (role): WILD FILES: MONKEYS & APES (Presenter)Company: Sky KidsProject details:
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Date: 2017Production (role): WILD FILES: BIG CATS (Presenter)Company: Sky KidsProject details:
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Date: 2017Production (role): DOGS: AN AMAZING ANIMAL FAMILY (Presenter)Company: Sky OneProject details:
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Date: 2017Production (role): YELLOWSTONE: WILDEST WINTER (Presenter)Company: BBC TwoProject details:
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Date: 2016Production (role): MONKEYS: AN AMAZING ANIMAL FAMILY (Presenter)Company: Sky OneProject details:
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Date: 2016Production (role): INGENIOUS ANIMALS (Presenter)Company: BBC OneProject details:
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Date: 2016Production (role): NATURE'S MIRACLE ORPHANS (Presenter)Company: BBC TwoProject details:
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Date: 2015 - PresentProduction (role): THE ONE SHOW (Presenter)Company: BBC OneProject details:
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Date: 2015Production (role): COUNTRYFILE (Presenter)Company: BBC OneProject details:
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Date: 2015Production (role): BIG CATS: AN AMAZING ANIMAL FAMILYCompany: Sky OneProject details:
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Date: 2014Production (role): SUPER SENSES - THE SECRET POWER OF ANIMALS (Presenter)Company: BBC TwoProject details:
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Date: 2013Production (role): PLANET EARTH LIVE - SPECIALS (Presenter)Company: National Geographic / BBCProject details:
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Date: 2012Production (role): ZOO-LA-LA (Presenter)Company: BBC Earth / YouTubeProject details:
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Date: 2012Production (role): PLANET EARTH LIVE-EVERGREENS: MONKEYS (Narrator)Company: National Geographic / BBCProject details:
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Date: 2012Production (role): PLANET EARTH LIVE-EVERGREENS: ELEPHANTS (Narrator)Company: National Geographic / BBCProject details:
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Date: 2012Production (role): PLANET EARTH LIVE-EVERGREENS: LIONS (Narrator)Company: National Geographic / BBCProject details:
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Date: 2012Production (role): PLANET EARTH LIVE-EVERGREENS: BLACK BEARS (Narrator)Company: National Geographic / BBCProject details:
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Date: 2013Production (role): The Listeners: InfrasoundCompany: BBC Radio 4
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Date: 2013Production (role): The Listeners: UltrasoundCompany: BBC Radio 4
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Date: 2015Production (role): RTS West AwardProject details: Winner of New On Screen Talent Award
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