Chris Packham siblings: Does Chris Packham have siblings?

Christopher Gary Packham CBE is an English naturalist, nature photographer, television presenter, and author, best known for his television work including the CBBC children’s nature series The Really Wild Show from 1986 to 1995.

Chris Packham siblings: Does Chris Packham have siblings?

Packham is the older brother of fashion designer Jenny Packham and grew up in Hampshire with natural history as his main passion.

The fashion designer Jenny Packham was about five years old when her brother, Chris, made her eat a tadpole. “I have a very clear memory of the texture in my mouth,” she says now, some 50 years later when we meet in a central London hotel. “But maybe I blocked out the memory of swallowing it. I had that uneasy feeling of something happening that I was not that happy with.”

She laughs. Chris, the older by four years, is sitting opposite her – but refusing to admit his guilt. Still, he is not explicitly denying it either. He was always fascinated by wildlife, Jenny says, and growing up in Hampshire, they would spend a lot of time outdoors “waiting for Chris to climb up trees and look into birds’ nests.”