Colin Stafford-Johnson


Colin Stafford-Johnson is an Irish wildlife cameraman, filmmaker and presenter, best known for his work on a variety of BBC nature documentaries.
He attended Derby University, completing a degree in biology, mixed with training to be a wildlife cameraman.
Stafford-Johnson has worked on filming several productions for RTÉ and the BBC, winning several awards for his work. He specialised in filming big cats and worked as a cameraman on the landmark BBC series Planet Earth.
Stafford-Johnson has filmed and presented several episodes of BBC's long running Natural World series. In 2011 he presented the episode ‘A Tiger Called Broken Tail’, and the following year he presented ‘Queen of the Tigers. 2013 saw him present ‘Meet the Monkeys’. In 2015 he narrated ‘Ireland’s Wild River: The Mighty Shannon’. In 2020 he presented a two part instalment titled ‘Wild Cuba: A Caribbean Journey’.
Along with his work on Natural World, he has co-presented Wild UK and presented Wild Ireland: Edge of the World in 2017. In 2019 he presented Animal Babies: First year on Earth.