Johnny Kingdom

Johnny Kingdom (born 23 February 1939) is a British wildlife filmmaker, specialising in his local area of Exmoor in north Devon.

He has been a farm worker, a quarryman, a lumberjack, a poacher, and for over 50 years the gravedigger for his local parish, but his overriding passion is filming the wildlife on his beloved Exmoor. He has been making films for over 20 years, with series and documentaries being shown on a number of British television channels. He lives in the village of Bishop's Nympton.

His 2006 series "Johnny Kingdom, A year on Exmoor" was shown on BBC2 and coincided with the publication of his autobiography "Johnny Kingdom - A Wild Life on Exmoor". One-off programmes have also been shown featuring visits to Lapland and to the Scottish Highlands. A new BBC series, "Johnny's New Kingdom", commenced in March 2008. In this, having bought some land of his own, Kingdom sets out to make it a haven for as much local wildlife as he can.

Johnny Kingdom: A Year On Exmoor has been shown on UKTV People & UKTV Gardens part of the UKTV Network.

Trivia

Johnny has confessed to being scared of both horses and heights.

External links

* [http://www.johnnykingdom.co.uk/ Johnny Kingdom website]
* [http://www.johnnykingdom.tv/ "Johnny Kingdom - A Year on Exmoor" TV series and DVD website]