Tributes have flooded in for Sir David Attenborough's 'pioneering' wildlife cameraman who died while on a climbing trip in Nepal. Multi Bafta and Emmy Award winner Doug Allan, 74, was described as a 'true pioneer' of wildlife filmmaking. He was a principal cameraman on several high-profile David Attenborough BBC series, including Planet Earth, Frozen Planet and The Blue Planet. Born in 1951 in Dunfermline in Fife, Mr Allan went to study marine biology at Stirling University and graduated with honours. Asked how he became a wildlife film-maker, he explained: 'It was a chance meeting with David Attenborough, of all people, in 1981.

Source: Daily Mail April 09, 2026 09:36 UTC