TV career
Charlotte's first appearance on the screen was in the BBC Natural History Unit's Dawn to Dusk series, in a programme on Gombe and its chimps. Her talent recognised, she went on to present BBC2's Chimpanzee Diary as part of the Animal Zone (1998-99).

On television, in the series Cousins she introduced viewers to her extended primate family. Screened in 2000 it was Charlotte’s first big series for BBC1. In 2001, she presented Congo’s Secret Chimps for BBC2’s Wild zone, and in 2002 returned with the acclaimed Talking with Animals, a series that listened in on the communications of creatures as diverse as cuttlefish and wolves. In her BBC1 series Jungle, Charlotte went back to the place she calls her second home to explore the world’s rainforests, from the tips of the canopy to the dark, inhospitable forest floor. More recently, Charlotte has presented Final Chance to Save…..Sea Turtles for Sky One and two specials for the BBC called Secret Gorillas of Mondika and Lemurs of Madagascar.

Recent work
Charlotte is currently filming a new 4-part series for Five. It is her most challenging programme to date as she spends a week living with four different primate groups. Before this Charlotte presented a brand new 20 part series called Safari School which was filmed at the Shamwari Game Reserve in South Africa for BBC2 and filmed a compilation programme featuring some of her favourite work, My Life With Animals, for the same network.  Other recent television appearances include Saving Planet Earth (BBC1) and Extreme Dreams (BBC2).

One of Charlotte’s greatest nightmares are killer bees - she has been chased through the African jungle by swarms of them. She's wary of crocodiles too - "you can’t negotiate with them!" Her favourite animals are elephants, wolves and of course, chimps. As well as her TV work Charlotte has written the books Talking with Animals and Jungle. Her most recent book, Animal Life, was published by Dorling Kindersley in October 2008. Charlotte has also written numerous articles for newspapers and magazines. She supports various organizations including the Ape Alliance, Fauna and Flora International, World Development Movement, Compassion in World Farming, Free Tibet, and the Jane Goodall Institute.

Respected and admired by her peers, in a recent interview, Sir David Attenborough named Charlotte as his potential successor believing she has the knowledge and the skills required. He said “I would be happy to see Charlotte take on a presenting role like this. She knows what she is talking about and is an excellent presenter.”

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