Richard Fortey
Birthday: Born in in
Deathday: Alive
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Survivors: Nature's Indestructible Creatures
Character: Himself - Presenter
It is estimated that 99 per cent of species have become extinct and there have been times when life's hold on Earth has been so precarious it seems it hangs on by a thread. This series focuses on the survivors - the old-timers - whose biographies stretch back millions of years and who show how it is possible to survive a mass extinction event which wipes out nearly all of its neighbours. The Natural History Museum's professor Richard Fortey discovers what allows the very few to carry on going -...
Nature's Wonderlands: Islands of Evolution
Character: Self - Presenter
Three-part series in which Professor Richard Fortey investigates why islands are natural laboratories of evolution and meets some of the unique and remarkable species that live on them. Examining some of the crucial influences on natural selection that are normally overlooked - like geology, geography, isolation and time - the series reveals that there is much more to evolution than 'survival of the fittest'. Charting the lifecycle of islands - from their birth and colonisation to the flowering ...
Fossil Wonderlands: Nature's Hidden Treasures
Character: Self - Presenter
Professor Richard Fortey travels to some of the greatest fossil sites on earth to discover more about the distant past....
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The Magic of Mushrooms
Character: Host
Professor Richard Fortey delves into the fascinating and normally-hidden kingdom of fungi. From their spectacular birth, through their secretive underground life to their final explosive death, Richard reveals a remarkable world that few of us understand or even realise exists - yet all life on Earth depends on it....