* 1970: Best Factual Series for "Wildlife on One"
* 1972: Best Factual Series for "The Ascent of Man"
* 1974: Best Factual Series for "Life on Earth"
* 1978: Best Factual Series for "The Life of Birds"
* 1981: Best Factual Series for "The Living Planet"
* 1983: Best Factual Series for "The First Eden"
* 1985: Best Factual Series for "The Tribal Eye"
* 1987: Best Factual Series for "The Living Planet"
* 1989: Best Factual Series for "The Trials of Life"
* 1992: Best Factual Series for "The Private Life of Plants"
* 1994: Best Factual Series for "Life in the Freezer"
* 1996: Best Factual Series for "The Great Migrations"
* 1999: Best Factual Series for "The Life of Mammals"
* 2002: Best Factual Series for "The Blue Planet"
* 2004: Best Factual Series for "Life in the Undergrowth"
* 2006: Best Factual Series for "Planet Earth"
* 2009: Best Factual Series for "Life"
* 2012: Best Factual Series for "Frozen Planet"
* 2014: Best Factual Series for "Africa's Great Civilizations"
* 2016: Best Factual Series for "Planet Earth II"
* 2018: Best Factual Series for "Dynasties"
American Emmy Awards
* 1973: Outstanding Series - Instructional Programming for "The Ascent of Man"
* 1975: Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming for "Life on Earth"
* 1976: Outstanding Series - Instructional Programming for "Life on Earth"
* 1978: Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming for "The Life of Birds"
* 1979: Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming for "The Life of Birds"
* 1980: Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming for "The Living Planet"
* 1981: Outstanding Series - Informational Programming for "The Living Planet"
* 1982: Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming for "The First Eden"
* 1983: Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming for "The First Eden"
* 1984: Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming for "The Tribal Eye"
* 1985: Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming for "The Tribal Eye"
* 1986: Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming for "The Living Planet"
* 1988: Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming for "The Trials of Life"
* 1990: Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming for "The Trials of Life"
* 1991: Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming for "The Private Life of Plants"
* 1992: Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming for "The Private Life of Plants"
* 1993: Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming for "Life in the Freezer"
* 1994: Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming for "Life in the Freezer"
* 1996: Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming for "The Great Migrations"
* 1997: Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming for "The Great Migrations"
* 1999: Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming for "The Life of Mammals"
* 2000: Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming for "The Life of Mammals"
* 2001: Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming for "The Blue Planet"
* 2003: Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming for "The Blue Planet"
* 2005: Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming for "Life in the Undergrowth"
* 2006: Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming for "Planet Earth"
* 2008: Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming for "Planet Earth"
* 2010: Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming for "Life"
* 2011: Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming for "Life"
* 2013: Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming for "Frozen Planet"
* 2014: Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming for "Frozen Planet"
* 2016: Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming for "Planet Earth II"
* 2017: Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming for "Planet Earth II"
* 2019: Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming for "Dynasties"
Other Awards
* 1980: Peabody Award for "Life on Earth"
* 1981: United Nations Environment Programme Global 500 Roll of Honour
* 1983: BAFTA Fellowship
* 1990: Order of the British Empire (OBE)
* 1992: Knight Bachelor (Kt)
* 2000: International Emmy Founders Award
* 2002: WWF Gold Medal
* 2003: Audubon Medal
* 2005: UN Foundation Global Leadership Award
* 2005: Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
* 2007: American Museum of Natural History Teddy Roosevelt Medal
* 2008: Royal Geographical Society Patron's Medal
* 2010: Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities