James Honeyborne

Education

Honeyborne attended Ampleforth College and studied biology at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Career

He joined the British Broadcasting Corporation Natural History Unit in 1992, working first for the commercial wing Wildvision and then on a number of live television outside broadcasts from around the world. He spent five years on attachment to John Downer Productions, co-directing the series Supernatural and Weird Nature, before returning to the British Broadcasting Corporation to make Wildlife on One documentaries with David Attenborough and to work on the strand Natural World (co-produced by Animal Planet and National Geographic Channel). In 2009, he co-presented the British Broadcasting Corporation television series Wildest Dreams with Nick Knowles.

In this reality television series about wild animals, Honeyborne acted as mentor and judge to the candidates as they took on a series of filming challenges to compete for a placement at the British Broadcasting Corporation Natural History Unit.

From 2009 - 2013 he was Series Producer for "Africa" the British Broadcasting Corporation television series which aired in 2013.

Achievements

• A keen scuba diver and photographer, he has also made a series of documentaries with world champion freediver, Tanya Streeter.