Johnny Kingdom
Encyclopedia
Johnny Kingdom is an English wildlife
filmmaker, specialising in his local area of Exmoor
in north Devon
.
, a farm worker, a quarryman, a poacher
, and for over 50 years the gravedigger
for his local parish
, but his overriding passion is filming the wildlife on his beloved Exmoor. He has been making films for over 20 years, with series and documentaries being shown on a number of British television channels. He lives in the village of Bishop's Nympton
.
His 2006 series Johnny Kingdom: A Year on Exmoor was shown on BBC Two
and coincided with the publication of his autobiography
Johnny Kingdom - A Wild Life on Exmoor. One-off programmes have also been shown featuring visits to Lapland and to the Scottish Highlands
. A new BBC
series, Johnny's New Kingdom
, commenced in March 2008. In this, having bought some land of his own, Kingdom sets out to make it a haven for as much local wildlife as he can. Johnny started his career in wildlife filming following a very bad accident whilst driving a tractor. The accident knocked him for six. After a short time, depression stepped in which led him to suffer a really bad time in the coming months.He had numerous amounts of kindness shown to him from persons from all kind's of walks in life. But none more than the man who changed his life, Roger Gregory. Roger lent Johnny his video camera, and this started Johnny on his way to a very successful life in wildlife filming, and he has never looked back ever since. Johnny has now purchased 55 acres of land in his beloved Exmoor,and has devoted it all,to wildlife. Johnny Kingdom: A Year on Exmoor has been shown on UKTV People
& UKTV Gardens part of the UKTV Network.
Wildlife
Wildlife includes all non-domesticated plants, animals and other organisms. Domesticating wild plant and animal species for human benefit has occurred many times all over the planet, and has a major impact on the environment, both positive and negative....
filmmaker, specialising in his local area of Exmoor
Exmoor
Exmoor is an area of hilly open moorland in west Somerset and north Devon in South West England, named after the main river that flows out of the district, the River Exe. The moor has given its name to a National Park, which includes the Brendon Hills, the East Lyn Valley, the Vale of Porlock and ...
in north Devon
Devon
Devon is a large county in southwestern England. The county is sometimes referred to as Devonshire, although the term is rarely used inside the county itself as the county has never been officially "shired", it often indicates a traditional or historical context.The county shares borders with...
.
Biography
Kingdom has been a lumberjackLumberjack
A lumberjack is a worker in the logging industry who performs the initial harvesting and transport of trees for ultimate processing into forest products. The term usually refers to a bygone era when hand tools were used in harvesting trees principally from virgin forest...
, a farm worker, a quarryman, a poacher
Poacher
Poacher may refer to:*One who engages in poaching, the theft or illegal killing of animals or plants*A device used for poaching *Poacher , a family of fish...
, and for over 50 years the gravedigger
Gravedigger
A gravedigger is a cemetery worker responsible for digging graves used in the process of burial.-Fossors:Fossor or Fossarius , from the Latin verb fodere 'to dig', referred to grave diggers in the Roman catacombs in the first three centuries of the Christian Era...
for his local parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
, but his overriding passion is filming the wildlife on his beloved Exmoor. He has been making films for over 20 years, with series and documentaries being shown on a number of British television channels. He lives in the village of Bishop's Nympton
Bishop's Nympton
Bishop's Nympton is a village and civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon, England, about three miles east of South Molton. According to the 2001 census it had population of 932....
.
His 2006 series Johnny Kingdom: A Year on Exmoor was shown on BBC Two
BBC Two
BBC Two is the second television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It covers a wide range of subject matter, but tending towards more 'highbrow' programmes than the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio...
and coincided with the publication of his autobiography
Autobiography
An autobiography is a book about the life of a person, written by that person.-Origin of the term:...
Johnny Kingdom - A Wild Life on Exmoor. One-off programmes have also been shown featuring visits to Lapland and to the Scottish Highlands
Scottish Highlands
The Highlands is an historic region of Scotland. The area is sometimes referred to as the "Scottish Highlands". It was culturally distinguishable from the Lowlands from the later Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Scots replaced Scottish Gaelic throughout most of the Lowlands...
. A new BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
series, Johnny's New Kingdom
Johnny's New Kingdom
Johnny's New Kingdom is a British television series presented by wildlife cameraman Johnny Kingdom. 10 episodes were first shown on BBC Two in March and April 2008....
, commenced in March 2008. In this, having bought some land of his own, Kingdom sets out to make it a haven for as much local wildlife as he can. Johnny started his career in wildlife filming following a very bad accident whilst driving a tractor. The accident knocked him for six. After a short time, depression stepped in which led him to suffer a really bad time in the coming months.He had numerous amounts of kindness shown to him from persons from all kind's of walks in life. But none more than the man who changed his life, Roger Gregory. Roger lent Johnny his video camera, and this started Johnny on his way to a very successful life in wildlife filming, and he has never looked back ever since. Johnny has now purchased 55 acres of land in his beloved Exmoor,and has devoted it all,to wildlife. Johnny Kingdom: A Year on Exmoor has been shown on UKTV People
UKTV People
Blighty is a television channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom as part of the UKTV network of channels. The channel originally launched on 8 March 2004 and relaunched in it's current format on 17 February 2009...
& UKTV Gardens part of the UKTV Network.