Longest career as a TV presenter

The longest career as a TV presenter is 71 years 104 days, achieved by Sir David Attenborough (UK) between 2 September 1953 and 15 December 2024.

Naturalist Sir David Attenborough made his on-screen debut on Animal Disguises (UK) on BBC Children's Television on 2 September 1953. The seventh and final episode of his most recent series, Asia (BBC, UK), was first broadcast on 15 December 2024.

Animal Disguises was a spin-off of another 1953 series on BBC's Children's Television called Animal Patterns (UK), on which Attenborough worked behind the camera as a producer and director.

He is the only person to have won BAFTA awards for television series made in black and white, colour, HD and 3D formats.