1980s
| Year | Title | Duration | Subject | Credit(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | The Spirit of Asia | 8x60min | The cultures and religions of the people of Asia | Narrator |
| 1981 | The Ark in South Kensington | 1 episode | A one-off programme to celebrate the centenary of the Natural History Museum in London | Presenter |
| 1982 | Omnibus | 1 episode | Series 16, Episode 6. Attenborough interviews Lucie Rie about her studio pottery | Presenter |
| 1983 | Natural World | Unknown | BBC Two series still on air, for which Attenborough has narrated or presented 59 episodes | Occasional narrator, writer or presenter |
| 1984 | The Living Planet | 12x55min | The follow-up to Life on Earth was another ambitious global series looking at the variety of habitats on the planet | Writer and presenter |
| 1985 | The Million Pound Bird Book | 1x60min | Attenborough presents a programme on the American naturalist John James Audubon, whose book of life-size bird paintings had recently fetched £1 million at auction | Writer and presenter |
| 1986 | The Queen's Christmas Message | 6x10min | The Queen's annual Christmas Day address to the nation, televised since 1957, which Attenborough produced between 1986 and 1991 | Producer |
| 1986 | World Safari | 1x90min | A live television event featuring broadcasts from across the world, with contributors including The Duke of Edinburgh and Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi | Co-presenter |
| 1987 | The First Eden | 4x60min | A series on the Mediterranean, examining the natural history of the region and the impact that successive human civilisations have had on the environment | Writer and presenter |
| 1989 | Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives | 4x40min | A series on fossils, a passion that Attenborough has had since childhood | Writer and presenter |
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