[54] The order of the remaining "Life" series was dictated by developments in camera technology. His next 3D project, Conquest of the Skies, made by the team behind the BAFTA award-winning David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive, aired on Sky 3D during Christmas 2014. Hi there,I can narrate scripts in a David Attenborough 'impersonation', and have had work published in a variety of roles that encompass this voice. [192], In 2012, Attenborough was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Sir Peter Blake to appear in a new version of his most famous artwork the Beatles' Sgt. [78][79] The series is thought to have triggered a long-lasting increase in public, media and political attention to plastic pollution. We spent a lot of time to get it just right with the client listening in to get it just right. He is Honorary Patron of the North American Native Plant Society[186] and was elected as a Corresponding Member of the Australian Academy of Science. He later turned to the issues of global warming (The Truth about Climate Change, 2006) and human population growth (How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth?, 2009). [120], In 2003, he launched an appeal on behalf of the World Land Trust to create a rainforest reserve in Ecuador in memory of Christopher Parsons, the producer of Life on Earth and a personal friend, who had died the previous year. Early the following year, he left his post to return to full-time programme-making, leaving him free to write and present the planned natural history epic. [219], In 2018, a new species of phytoplankton, Syracosphaera azureaplaneta, was named to honour The Blue Planet, the TV documentary presented by Attenborough, and to recognise his contribution to promoting understanding of the oceanic environment. ", "BBC Sir David Attenborough to present BBC One's Dynasty Media Centre", "Sir David Attenborough's Wildlife Doc Series 'Dynasties' Goes Global Via BBC Studios", "IBC Honours BBC Natural History Unit For Contribution To Wildlife Film", "David Attenborough lays out 7 actions to save the world", "David Attenborough to present Netflix nature series Our Planet", "Exclusive: The Story Behind Wild Karnataka, India's First Blue Chip Natural History Film! [123] He later became patron of the World Land Trust. and Song Hunter, a series about folk music presented by Alan Lomax. "[178] David Attenborough was previously awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree by the university in 1970, and was made an honorary Freeman of the City of Leicester in 1990. They proved a difficult subject for his producers, who had to deliver hours of television featuring what are essentially immobile objects. The statement calls for "creationism to be banned from the school science curriculum and for evolution to be taught more widely in schools". He is able to inject a sense of calm wonder into his voice. That'sthe differencea good voice talent makes. [14] A year later, his adoptive sister Marianne gave him a piece of amber containing prehistoric creatures; some sixty years later, it would be the focus of his programme The Amber Time Machine. His voice is soft, raspy, grandfatherly. Alastair Fothergill, a senior producer with whom Attenborough had worked on The Trials of Life and Life in the Freezer, was making The Blue Planet (2001), the Unit's first comprehensive series on marine life. [166] He also lamented the lack of international cooperation on climate change, and said "there should be no dominant nation on this planet. [39], While in charge of BBC Two, Attenborough turned down Terry Wogan's job application to be a presenter on the channel, stating that there weren't any suitable vacancies. [80][81] Attenborough narrated the 2018 five part series Dynasties, each episode dealing with one species in particular. [91][92] This was followed by Extinction: The Facts, which is partly based on the 2019 IPBES report on the decline of biodiversity. The series established many of the hallmarks of the BBC's natural history output. Take some time to enjoy Sir David Attenborough's dulcet tones as we bring you some of his best narration from Galapagos 3D and Kingdom of Plants!Welcome to N. In 2013, he was made an Honorary Freeman of the City of Bristol. [205], The Monogenean Cichlidogyrus attenboroughi, a parasite from a deep-sea fish in the Lake Tanganyika, is probably the only parasite species named after him. "[160] He expressed regret at some of the changes made to the BBC in the 1990s by its Director-General, John Birt, who introduced an internal market at the corporation, slimmed and closed some departments and outsourced much of the corporation's output to private production companies. Privacy Policy. [7] During the Second World War, through a British volunteer network known as the Refugee Children's Movement, his parents also fostered two Jewish refugee girls from Germany. When he could, he was always on location with the rest of the filming crew, not only narrating but also writing. I'm swanning round the world looking at the most fabulously interesting things. Now the UK national treasure's voice has been taken on a joyride to read Reddit comments, rather than describe the feeding behavior of whales, or the politics . [66] In January 2009, the BBC commissioned Attenborough to provide a series of 20 ten-minute monologues covering the history of nature. He is the only person to have won BAFTA Awards in black and white, colour, high-definition, 3D and 4K resolutions. [27], He accepted Adams' offer of a three-month training course. Therefore, as a result, you can hear the transcripted voice. Did you know that this year, David Attenborough will be 95 years old? [224] Attenborough is also recognised by Guinness World Records as having the longest career as a natural historian and presenter in television. [34] With the addition of colour television, Attenborough brought snooker to the BBC to show the benefits of the format, as the sport uses coloured balls. Entitled David Attenborough's Life Stories, they were broadcast on Radio 4 on Friday nights. Called Cascolus ravitis, the first word is a Latin translation of the root meaning of "Attenborough", and the second is based on a description of him in Latin. [31], Attenborough became Controller of BBC 2 in March 1965, succeeding Michael Peacock. His career as a natural history and broadcaster has spanned nearly seven decades. [73] Attenborough forged a partnership with Sky, working on documentaries for the broadcaster's new 3D network, Sky 3D. But the historical reality that dinosaurs led to birds and mammals produced whales, that's not theory. [62], As a writer and narrator, Attenborough continued to collaborate with the BBC Natural History Unit in the new millennium. [100] In his speech he stated that humans were "the greatest problem solvers to have ever existed on Earth" and spoke of his optimism for the future, finishing by saying "In my lifetime I've witnessed a terrible decline. He was also featured prominently in The Way We Went Wild (2004), a series about natural history television presenters, and 100 Years of Wildlife Films (2007), a programme marking the centenary of the nature documentary. He's like an agnostic's god. [173][174] In 1980, he was honoured by the Open University, with which he has had a close association throughout his career. While the negotiations were proceeding, he worked on a number of other television projects. [214][215] The fossil grasshopper Electrotettix attenboroughi was named after Attenborough. "[57], Alongside the "Life" series, Attenborough continued to work on other television documentaries, mainly in the natural history genre. The destruction of a Russian tank in Ukraine has been turned into a hilarious voiceover spoof imitating the legendary Sir David Attenborough. [44] After his work on Eastwards with Attenborough, he began to work on the scripts for Life on Earth. It is piffling. [60] He has narrated over 50 episodes of Natural World, BBC Two's flagship wildlife series. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. [76] Blue Planet II was broadcast in 2017, with Attenborough returning as presenter. and our The studio-bound programme featured animals from London Zoo, with the naturalist Julian Huxley discussing their use of camouflage, aposematism and courtship displays. He talks like he's revealing secrets and draws you in using such simple language that he's instantly understood, making his sense of wonder infectious. "[16] In 1999, Richard directed a biopic of Belaney entitled Grey Owl. The series marked the 10th project for Attenborough and Atlantic, and saw him returning to a location he first filmed at in 1957. According to Richard, David was "bowled over by the man's determination to save the beaver, by his profound knowledge of the flora and fauna of the Canadian wilderness and by his warnings of ecological disaster should the delicate balance between them be destroyed. Attenborough was asked to join it, but declined, not wishing to move from London where he and his young family were settled. Listen to David Attenborough Voice Clips, a playlist curated by on desktop and mobile. That is a theory. He wrote an accompanying volume to each of his nine Life documentaries, along with books on tribal art and birds of paradise. "[155] His programmes are often cited as an example of what public service broadcasting should be, even by critics of the BBC, and have influenced a generation of wildlife film-makers. A US-made documentary narrated by Walter Cronkite might very well be expected to be dubbed over in the UK for the same reason: Cronkite was a famous US broadcaster, and while his voice is distinctive (as is Attenborough's), it might not be expected to . In 1993, he presented Life in the Freezer, the first television series to survey the natural history of Antarctica. He has been making nature documentaries from the 1950s until now. Two years later, he demonstrated his passion for fossils in Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives. Sir David Frederick Attenborough ( / tnbr /; born 8 May 1926) is an English broadcaster, biologist, natural historian and author. Later the same year he filmed elephants in Tanzania, and in 1969 he made a three-part series on the cultural history of the Indonesian island of Bali. Have you searched through the deepest darkest jungles to find a David Attenborough sound-a-like voice? Such good fortune. [193] The same year, Attenborough featured in the BBC Radio 4 series The New Elizabethans to mark the diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. [50], Five years after the success of Life on Earth, the BBC released The Living Planet. Easily convert US or UK English to native and realistic speech, ideal to create short intro voice messages, read aloud content or create audio podcasts from your . My Attenborough sound-a-like has been heard respectfully in almost as many places as the legend himself has visited. The channel already had an Irish announcer, with Attenborough reflecting in 2016: "To have had two Irishmen presenting on BBC Two would have looked ridiculous. The source, which he did not reveal at the time, was a pond right next to the department. [32] He had a clause inserted in his contract that would allow him to continue making programmes on an occasional basis. If you'd asked me 20 years ago whether we'd be attempting such a mammoth task, I'd have said 'Don't be ridiculous!' [114], In 2005 and 2006, Attenborough backed a BirdLife International project to stop the killing of albatross by longline fishing boats. Stream Sir David Attenborough Voice Impersonation - by Guy Harris by VoiceoverGuy on desktop and mobile. Many Redditors agree that when they watch nature shows that do not feature Attenborough, they think about how the show could be improved if only he was narrating it. For more information, please see our . [51] This time, Attenborough built his series around the theme of ecology, the adaptations of living things to their environment. [47] Eventually, the BBC signed a co-production deal with Turner Broadcasting and Life on Earth moved into production in 1976. When Attenborough's name was being suggested as a candidate for the position of Director-General of the BBC in 1972, he phoned his brother Richard to confess that he had no appetite for the job. Because that doesn't seem to me to coincide with a God who's full of mercy'. [220] The same year, Attenborough was also commemorated in the name of the scarab beetle Sylvicanthon attenboroughi. He was actually out in the wild and even once discovered an indigenous tribe. The series contains a number of memorable two shots of Attenborough and his subjects, which included chimpanzees, a blue whale and a grizzly bear. [11], Attenborough spent his childhood collecting fossils, stones, and natural specimens. [70] The BBC also commissioned Atlantic Productions to make a three-part, Attenborough-fronted series Great Barrier Reef in 2015. [136][137][138] He has attracted criticism for his views on human overpopulation[139] and human population control. 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