19 Facts About Liz Bonnin

Elizabeth Bonnin was born on 16 September 1976 and is a French-Irish science, wildlife and natural history presenter, who has worked on television in both Ireland and the United Kingdom.

Liz Bonnin presented morning show RI:SE and music show Top of the Pops in the early 2000s.

Liz Bonnin co-presented the BBC factual series Bang Goes the Theory from 2009 until 2014 and since 2013, has co-presented Countrywise for ITV.

Liz Bonnin is regarded as one of the most prominent natural world presenters in Britain.

Liz Bonnin's family moved to Ireland when she was nine years old.

Liz Bonnin has a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from Trinity College Dublin, She holds a master's degree in wild animal biology and conservation from the Zoological Society of London and the Royal Veterinary College, for which she tracked tigers in Nepal.

Liz Bonnin continues to work on big cat conservation programmes at the Zoological Society of London.

Liz Bonnin began her career singing backing vocals with The Pale before joining an Irish girl pop group named Chill, who signed to Polydor but broke up before recording.

Liz Bonnin was offered a job hosting the IRMA Awards which led to presenting roles on RTE Television in Ireland, on The Den, Telly Bingo, Millennium Eve: Celebrate 2000 and for two years, Off the Rails with Fiona McShane.

In 2004, Bonnin was locked in a giant kennel along with MPs Paul Burstow, Evan Harris and Ivan Henderson and actress Liza Goddard, BBC Newsround presenter Lizzie Greenwood and DJ Becky Jago in a stunt to launch the annual RSPCA Week to raise awareness and funds.

Liz Bonnin presented the show Gadgets, Gadgets, Gadgets in 2005 and co-presented the BBC science series Bang Goes the Theory on BBC One from 2009 until 2014.

In 2008, Liz Bonnin presented a documentary series Science Friction on RTE One which looked at taboos in discussions of scientific topics in Ireland.

Liz Bonnin contributed to BBC Two's series on the work of the London Natural History Museum, Museum of Life.

Since 2013 Liz Bonnin has been a presenter of the ITV series Countrywise, alongside Paul Heiney and Ben Fogle.

Liz Bonnin was a co-presenter along with Martin Pepper on the series How the Earth Works that aired on the Discovery Channel in the USA starting on 10 September 2013.

In 2018, Liz Bonnin presented a one-off documentary for BBC One called Drowning In Plastic, looking at the problem of marine plastic pollution.

In February 2024, Liz Bonnin launched a podcast titled 'Dead River' telling the story of the Mariana dam disaster in Brazil.

Liz Bonnin is a role model for EDF Energy's Pretty Curious programme, which is aimed at encouraging teenage girls to study science-based subjects at school.

On 5 January 2021, Liz Bonnin announced that her mother had died over the Christmas 2020 period after contracting COVID-19.