[51] This time, Attenborough built his series around the theme of ecology, the adaptations of living things to their environment. The result was The Private Life of Plants (1995), which showed plants as dynamic organisms by using time-lapse photography to speed up their growth, and went on to earn a Peabody Award. Sir David Frederick Attenborough (/tnbr/; born 8 May 1926) is an English broadcaster, biologist, natural historian and author. It uses your browser's built-in voice synthesis technology, and so the voices will differ depending on the browser that you're using. [127][128] He is a patron of the Friends of Richmond Park and serves on the advisory board of BBC Wildlife magazine. and Song Hunter, a series about folk music presented by Alan Lomax. For the 1971 film A Blank on the Map, he joined the first Western expedition to a remote highland valley in New Guinea to seek out a lost tribe. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. The series contains a number of memorable two shots of Attenborough and his subjects, which included chimpanzees, a blue whale and a grizzly bear. Did you know that this year, David Attenborough will be 95 years old? 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. It's free to sign up and bid on jobs. He further explained to the science journal Nature, "That's why Darwinism, and the fact of evolution, is of great importance, because it is that attitude which has led to the devastation of so much, and we are in the situation that we are in". He replied simply, "no". 2526. James Fair, "Small Things Bright and Beautiful", BBC Wildlife Magazine, November 2005, pp. As he was neither an birdwatcher nor a bird expert, he decided he was better qualified to make The Life of Birds (1998) on the theme of behaviour. A panel of seven academics, journalists and historians named him among the group of people in the UK "whose actions during the reign of Elizabeth II have had a significant impact on lives in these islands". Attenborough has contributed forewords and introductions to many other works, notably those accompanying Planet Earth, Frozen Planet, Africa and other BBC series he has narrated.[275][276]. 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 . [115] He gave support to WWF's campaign to have 220,000square kilometres of Borneo's rainforest designated a protected area. His voice is soft, raspy, grandfatherly. His first jobafter Cambridge University and two years in the Royal Navywas at a London publishing house. [224] Attenborough is also recognised by Guinness World Records as having the longest career as a natural historian and presenter in television. They proved a difficult subject for his producers, who had to deliver hours of television featuring what are essentially immobile objects. ARKive is an initiative of Wildscreen, of which Attenborough is a patron. He has been making nature documentaries from the 1950s until now. Or just Google? [161], Although he said Birt's policies had poor results, Attenborough also acknowledged "the BBC had to change. There's that smooth British accent. Attenborough harboured a strong desire to present the series himself, but this would not be possible so long as he remained in a management post. While the negotiations were proceeding, he worked on a number of other television projects. They wanted some Attenborough. Often, an eclectic mix was offered within a single evening's viewing. The documentary series won a second Peabody Award the following year. "[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. Attenborough stated that he wanted to work in Asia, because previous nature documentaries had mostly focused on Africa. The series established many of the hallmarks of the BBC's natural history output. Four radio channels and god knows how many TV channels. His career as a natural history and broadcaster has spanned nearly seven decades. In the documentary Attenborough's Journey, he stated, "This series, to a degree which I really didn't fully appreciate until I started working on it, really completes the set. 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. It is piffling. [190] He has been named among the 100 Greatest Britons in a 2002 BBC poll and is one of the top ten "Heroes of Our Time" according to New Statesman magazine. [44] After his work on Eastwards with Attenborough, he began to work on the scripts for Life on Earth. [] There is a lot of people who want to see the BBC weakened. 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. He has lived a long life and left a great legacy. [179] In 2010, he was awarded Honorary Doctorates from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University and Nottingham Trent University. [15], In 1936, Attenborough and his brother Richard attended a lecture by Grey Owl (Archibald Belaney) at De Montfort Hall, Leicester, and were influenced by his advocacy of conservation. [59], Attenborough narrated every episode of Wildlife on One, a BBC One wildlife series that ran for 253 episodes between 1977 and 2005. :) It's really hard to get quality Trump speech. As they describe, Natural Instincts let you protect the environment and keep the balance! [98] In 2021, Attenborough narrated A Perfect Planet, a five-part earth science series for BBC One. On his broadcasting and passion for nature, NPR stated he "roamed the globe and shared his discoveries and enthusiasms with his patented semi-whisper way of narrating". In terms of being a voice talent for nature documentaries . And we trust him, too. [61] In 1997, he narrated the BBC Wildlife Specials, each focussing on a charismatic species, and screened to mark the Natural History Unit's 40th anniversary. [105][106][107][108] However, the increased urgency of environmental messaging in films such as Extinction: The Facts, which depicts the continuing sixth mass extinction,[109] Climate Change The Facts and A Life on Our Planet from 2019 and 2020 received praise. 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. [71][72], On radio, Attenborough has continued as one of the presenters of BBC Radio 4's Tweet of the Day, which began a second series in September 2014. His association with natural history programmes dates back to The Pattern of Animals and Zoo Quest in the early 1950s. [54] The order of the remaining "Life" series was dictated by developments in camera technology. Monday, October 4, 2021. For Planet Earth II (2016), Attenborough returned as narrator and presenter, with the main theme music composed by Hans Zimmer. [140] He is a patron of Population Matters,[141] a UK charity advocating for family planning, sustainable consumption and proposed sustainable human population. That'sthe differencea good voice talent makes. [221] In 2021 an extinct species of horseshoe crab was named Attenborolimulus superspinosus. [132][133] He supported Glyndebourne in their successful application to obtain planning permission for a wind turbine in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and gave evidence at the planning inquiry arguing in favour of the proposal. Attenborough considers himself an agnostic. [67], In 2011, Fothergill gave Attenborough a more prominent role in Frozen Planet, a major series on the natural history of the polar regions; Attenborough appeared on screen and authored the final episode, in addition to performing voiceover duties. Another very happy client. possibilistic 3 yr. ago Thanks!! Its forerunner, The World About Us, was created by Attenborough in 1969, as a vehicle for colour television. Nature is oftentimes violent and random, but with Attenborough calmly and objectively narrating what is happening, you cannot help but be engrossed. But the historical reality that dinosaurs led to birds and mammals produced whales, that's not theory. ", "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! Such good fortune. The source, which he did not reveal at the time, was a pond right next to the department. [23] In September 2013, he commented: "If I was earning my money by hewing coal I would be very glad indeed to stop. Across the plains of Africa, from a remote studio in Yorkshire. No nature documentary is the same without hearing Attenborough's lulling British accent. 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!' 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. [150], He has explained that he feels the evidence all over the planet clearly shows evolution to be the best way to explain the diversity of life, and that "as far as [he's] concerned, if there is a supreme being then he chose organic evolution as a way of bringing into existence the natural world". He is the only person to have won BAFTA Awards in black and white, colour, high-definition, 3D and 4K resolutions. There's little in this world more soothing than turning on a nature documentary and hearing David Attenborough's calm, steady voice. [2] He is widely considered a national treasure in the UK, although he himself does not like the term. [177], In 2006, the two eldest Attenborough brothers returned to their home city to receive the title of Distinguished Honorary Fellows of the University of Leicester, "in recognition of a record of continuing distinguished service to the University. What is a theory is whether natural selection is the mechanism and the only mechanism. For The Life of Mammals (2002), low-light and infrared cameras were deployed to reveal the behaviour of nocturnal mammals. It is filled with the wonder of nature and the quality of his voice itself can turn previous non-fans into fans of nature shows. When he could, he was always on location with the rest of the filming crew, not only narrating but also writing. [218] A new species of fan-throated lizard from coastal Kerala in southern India was named Sitana attenboroughii in his honour when it was described in 2018. 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. He wrote and presented a series on man's influence on the natural history of the Mediterranean Basin, The First Eden, in 1987. [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. A voice that is undoubtedly imitating that of the renowned broadcaster, biologist, and voice of BBC's Planet Earth, Sir David Attenborough, jokingly explains how the Russian tank was put. The destruction of a Russian tank in Ukraine has been turned into a hilarious voiceover spoof imitating the legendary Sir David Attenborough. As heard on TV, Radio & Web worldwide. He remained silent on the issue until 2006. [45], Due to the scale of his ambition, the BBC decided to partner with an American network to secure the necessary funding. The licence fee is the basis on which the BBC is based and if you destroy it, broadcasting becomes a wasteland. His most influential work, 1979's Life on Earth, launched a strand of nine authored documentaries with the BBC Natural History Unit which shared the Life strand name and spanned 30 years. 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. Jane died in 1997. [161] In 2013, Attenborough joined rock guitarists Brian May and Slash in opposing the government's policy on the cull of badgers in the UK by participating in a song dedicated to badgers. In a BBC Four interview with Mark Lawson, he was asked if he at any time had any religious faith. He became a pioneer in the 3D documentary format with Flying Monsters in 2010. - Society for the History of Natural History", "AIB announces Winners of 2011 AIBs International Media Awards | AIB", "Naturalist Sir David Attenborough Awarded Individual Peabody", "Moscow Society of Naturalists official site", "Gold Medal-Award Recipients since its inception in 1972", "LI to honour Sir David Attenborough with the Landscape Institute Medal", "Davos 2019: Meet the Crystal Award winners", "David Attenborough: 'The Garden of Eden is no more'. [21][22] Susan is a former primary school headmistress. [60] He has narrated over 50 episodes of Natural World, BBC Two's flagship wildlife series. [50], Five years after the success of Life on Earth, the BBC released The Living Planet. He has advocated for restoring planetary biodiversity, limiting population growth, switching to renewable energy, mitigating climate change, reducing meat consumption, and setting aside more areas for natural preservation. In 2013, he was made an Honorary Freeman of the City of Bristol. [77] The series was critically acclaimed and gained the highest UK viewing figure for 2017 of 14.1million. However, one of its research sub-sea vehicles was named "Boaty" in recognition of the public vote. Attenborough grew up in Leicester, England, where his father was principal of the local university; his older brother, Richard Attenborough, later became a . "[40] Attenborough has also acknowledged that he sanctioned the wiping of television output during this period to cut costs, including a series by Alan Bennett, which he later regretted. He's not nearly as well known in the US. [149] When asked whether his observation of the natural world has given him faith in a creator, he generally responds with some version of this story, making reference to the Onchocerca volvulus parasitic worm: My response is that when Creationists talk about God creating every individual species as a separate act, they always instance hummingbirds, or orchids, sunflowers and beautiful 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 . [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. The fake audio replicates the speech pattern of the real voice but it is still noisy. The last episode of The Living Planet, for example, focuses almost entirely on humans' destruction of the environment and ways that it could be stopped or reversed. In his later career he voiced several high-profile BBC wildlife documentaries, among them The Blue Planet and Planet Earth. The winning clip showed Attenborough observing the mimicry skills of the superb lyrebird. He's like an agnostic's god. 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. Listen to David Attenborough Voice Clips, a playlist curated by on desktop and mobile. [19] In 1947, he was called up for national service in the Royal Navy and spent two years stationed in North Wales and the Firth of Forth. Training the models for longer and increasing the Waveglow channels to 512 should improve the quality of the sound. [64], In 2009, he co-wrote and narrated Life, a ten-part series focussing on extraordinary animal behaviour,[65] and narrated Nature's Great Events, which showed how seasonal changes trigger major natural spectacles. [187], Attenborough has been featured as the subject of a number of BBC television programmes. David Attenborough: Nature's Voice Talent. NEW python program to manage training and inferring models and FREE David Attenborough models! [43] That year, Attenborough was invited to deliver the Royal Institution Christmas Lecture on The Language of Animals. [130][131] Attenborough attended and spoke at COP26 as the "People's Advocate" for the event, and urged world leaders to act to reduce emissions. [99], Attenborough was a key figure in the build-up to the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), and gave a speech at the opening ceremony. My Attenborough sound-a-like has been heard respectfully in almost as many places as the legend himself has visited. Therefore, as a result, you can hear the transcripted voice. Attenborough returned to prehistoric life with Dinosaurs: The Final Day and Prehistoric Planet aired in April and May 2022 respectively. The statement calls for "creationism to be banned from the school science curriculum and for evolution to be taught more widely in schools". This job I voiced for a client in The Netherlands called Cracking Ice. The result was Zoo Quest, first broadcast in 1954, where Attenborough became the presenter at short notice due to Lester being taken ill.[28], In 1957, the BBC Natural History Unit was formally established in Bristol. But I tend to think instead of a parasitic worm that is boring through the eye of a boy sitting on the bank of a river in West Africa, [a worm] that's going to make him blind. [220] The same year, Attenborough was also commemorated in the name of the scarab beetle Sylvicanthon attenboroughi. What Should You Avoid Doing in an Effective Radio Spot? Part of a kickstarter campaign for a new Interactive Nature Documentary Sim. [158], Attenborough expressed the view that there had often been people wanting to remove the BBC, adding "there's always been trouble about the licence and if you dropped your guard you could bet our bottom dollar there'd be plenty of people who'd want to take it away. It was another critical and commercial success, generating huge international sales for the BBC. I always advise you direct the session, so we get it just right. Sir David Attenborough's voice is near perfect, it's really impressive! You can do this by Cleanfeed, SourceConnect, SessionLink-Pro, Zoom, Teams or Phone. Two years later, he demonstrated his passion for fossils in Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives. 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