1960s
| Year | Title | Duration | Subject | Credit(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | The People of Paradise | 6x30min | A series on the anthropology and natural history of the South Pacific | Writer, presenter, sound-recordist and producer |
| 1960 | Travellers' Tales | Unknown | A long-running series made by Attenborough's BBC Travel and Exploration Unit, which also featured Armand and Michaela Denis's On Safari programmes | Narrator and producer |
| 1961 | Zoo Quest to Madagascar | 6x30min | An expedition to film and collect animals in Madagascar, including lemurs, at the time little-known in Europe | Writer, presenter, sound-recordist and producer |
| 1961 | Adventure | Over 150 episodes | The BBC's flagship travel series from the early 1960s, for which Attenborough is credited as narrator or producer of over 30 programmes | Narrator and producer |
| 1961 | Japan | 7 episodes | A series presented by Hugh Gibb on the history and culture of the Japanese people | Producer |
| 1962 | Destruction of the Indian | 3 episodes | This short series looked at how contact with the modern world has affected remote Indian tribes of the South American rainforest | Producer |
| 1963 | Attenborough and Animals | 10x25min | Attenborough's first series for children, in which different species were compared | Presenter |
| 1963 | Quest Under Capricorn | 6x30min | The final Zoo Quest series, filmed in the Northern Territory of Australia, was also Attenborough's final natural history series before moving into BBC management | Writer, presenter, sound-recordist and producer |
| 1965 | Zambezi | 3x50min | During a break from studying for an anthropology degree, Attenborough filmed a journey down the Zambezi | Writer and presenter |
| 1967 | Life: East Africa | 3 episodes | A series of interviews with African conservationists, filmed during a sabbatical from management duties, for Desmond Morris's Life series on BBC Two | Presenter |
| 1969 | The Miracle of Bali | 3x50min | Attenborough visited the Indonesian island of Bali to film the traditional music and culture | Narrator and producer |
| 1969 | The World About Us | Unknown | Commissioned during his tenure as Controller of BBC Two, Attenborough narrated around 20 episodes of this long-running series between 1969 and 1982 | Occasional narrator |
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