Douglas Botting is an English explorer, author, biographer and TV presenter and producer. He wrote biographies of naturalists Gavin Maxwell and Gerald Durrell . He was the inspiration behind and writer of the BBC comedy show The Black Safari, a role reversal comedy show with Africans touring England. He has also featured in numerous other BBC programming, including Under London Expedition exploring the London sewerage, as part of the BBC2 nature series The World About Us. He has written numerous World War II and early aviation books for Time Life Books. Botting took part in the first balloon... flight over Africa, with Anthony Smith. Botting was born in south London. Having witnessed the London Blitz first-hand, he went on to make documentaries and write historical records of World War II and aviation. Botting got an early flavour of travel when he worked as an infantry subaltern for the King's African Rifles in Kenya, as part of his National Service.
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| Birthdate: | February 22, 1934 |
| Age: | 78 |