Dame Jane Goodall (1934–2025) spent more than sixty years studying chimpanzees, beginning at Gombe Stream in Tanzania in 1960, where she saw them make and use tools. Her institute and its youth programme Roots & Shoots now work in dozens of countries, and she was made a Dame in 2004.
Brian Rose interviewed Dr Goodall on London Real in 2016, at St George’s House in Windsor Castle, about her life, her work with chimpanzees and her hope for the planet. London Real honours her memory. The most-watched London Real interview with Dr Jane Goodall is Wild At Heart. Every appearance is listed below.
Known for: Chimpanzee research at Gombe, the Jane Goodall Institute
London Real appearances: 2016
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Wild At Heart (September 2016). The full interview: her wartime childhood, Gombe, what chimpanzees taught us about ourselves, and why she still had hope.
Every Dr Jane Goodall episode on London Real
Wild At Heart (September 2016). The full interview: her wartime childhood, Gombe, what chimpanzees taught us about ourselves, and why she still had hope.
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Dame Jane Goodall (1934–2025) spent more than sixty years studying chimpanzees, beginning at Gombe Stream in Tanzania in 1960, where she saw them make and use tools. Her institute and its youth programme Roots & Shoots now work in dozens of countries, and she was made a Dame in 2004.
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