Mike Dilger

Mike Dilger is one of wildlife TV's best-known presenters in his role as resident wildlife reporter on BBC One’s primetime current affairs show, The One Show, since 2007. With degrees in Botany and Ecology, Mike spent many years in the rainforests of Ecuador, Vietnam and Tanzania, before returning home to reacquaint himself with his first love – British wildlife. Mike is also a columnist for BBC Wildlife magazine and a reporter on BBC Radio 4’s Costing the Earth; his expertise and infectious enthusiasm see him pontificating on everything from bumblebees to basking sharks.