After Dinner SpeakersLiz Bonnin is a science, natural history and environmental broadcaster.
Liz had always been interested in biology and chemistry at school and went on to study Biochemistry at Trinity College Dublin.
After graduating, she started a career as a TV presenter working on light entertainment programmes before returning to her first love, Science. She then completed a Masters in Wild Animal Biology and Conservation.
Liz’s TV career has also drawn heavily on her academic expertise.
Liz’s film Meat: A Threat to Our Planet? was broadcast on BBC One in November 2019. Liz presented Big Animal Surgery on BBC Two and in 2018, Liz was on our screens presenting the ground-breaking documentary Drowning in Plastic and Blue Planet Live, both on BBC One.
Liz has presented a new podcast for BBC Radio Five Live called What Planet Are We On? which looks at the impact we are having on our planet and the practical solutions we can all adopt. Guests on the podcast have included Sir David Attenborough, Idris Elba, and Christiana Figueres.
In recent years Liz Bonnin has been on our screens with the series Galapagos, Wild Alaska Live and the hugely successful Big Blue Live series shot in Monterey, California for the BBC and for PBS in the USA.
In 2016 Liz was the focus of an episode of the genealogy series Who Do You Think You Are? on BBC One and presented Should We Close Our Zoos for Horizon on BBC Two.
As an environmental guest speaker, Liz’s most popular presentation in The Problem with Plastic.
Blue Planet II has had a huge impact on drawing attention to the problem of marine plastic pollution. During this speech, Liz reveals the full scale of the problem across our oceans and explores how science can offer solutions to one of the biggest environmental disasters of our time
In addition to her TV work, Liz is a conference facilitator and awards host and has hosted various events, including the UK’s National Science and Engineering Competition Awards and the Natural History Museum’s prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards.
