Chris Packham: 'I went from getting Cs and Ds to almost straight As'

Television presenter Chris Packham praises the two inspiring, passionate teachers who helped the introverted underachiever become a successful naturalistFrom the time I could crawl, I was obsessed with nature – observing, collecting, preserving and reading about it. My favourite animals were worms, bugs, birds and bats. Neither of my parents were into nature – Dad was an engineer and Mum was a housewife – but they encouraged me by taking me to the zoo and getting books for me.