Grahame Dangerfield (1938 - 13 July 2018) was a British naturalist, author and broadcaster. In the 1960s he was one of the first British television naturalists, and was largely involved with rescued British wildlife. Dangerfield worked for both the

BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta ...

and independent television as a wildlife presenter and adviser, appearing in programmes such as Badger's Bend, Five O'Clock Club and Boom! In 1965 he left Britain to work in the

Serengeti National Park The Serengeti National Park is a large national park in northern Tanzania that stretches over . It is located in eastern Mara Region and northeastern Simiyu Region and contains over of virgin savanna. The park was established in 1940. The Se ...

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. In the 1970s, he opened a private zoo at

Wheathampstead Wheathampstead is a large village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, north of St Albans. Included within the parish is the small hamlet of Amwell. The built up area of Wheathampstead had an estimated population of 4,628 in 2022, whilst ...

. Dangerfield was the author of a number of books about nature, including ''The Unintended Zoo'' (1965) and ''The Rajah of Bong and Other Owls'' (1981). He lived in Kenya in later life. He died on 13 July 2018 at the age of 80.Deaths
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Hornbeam Wood Hedgehog Sanctuary
History of Grahame Dangerfield 20th-century births 2018 deaths British emigrants Immigrants to Kenya British naturalists British television presenters {{UK-tv-bio-stub