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. An Explorative Study on the Influence of a Documentary on the Public, Media and Political Agendas", "Has Blue Planet II had an impact on plastic pollution? Featuring high fidelity TTS WaveNet voices, our text to speech tool reads text aloud and enables you to download voice audio in MP3 format. Please take a look at some of my David Attenborough samples, and if you would like a short custom sample . [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. 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. [166] He also lamented the lack of international cooperation on climate change, and said "there should be no dominant nation on this planet. [140][146] He called for more debate about human population growth,[140] saying that since he "first started making programmes 60 years ago, the human population has tripled. The licence fee is the basis on which the BBC is based and if you destroy it, broadcasting becomes a wasteland. [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. Did you know that this year, David Attenborough will be 95 years old? He has also narrated A majestic celebration: Wild Karnataka, India's first blue-chip natural history film, directed by Kalyan Varma and Amoghavarsha. 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. He soon became disillusioned with the work and in 1950 applied for a job as a radio talk producer with the BBC. 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]. Contains tracks . [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. [11], Attenborough spent his childhood collecting fossils, stones, and natural specimens. [18] He won a scholarship to Clare College, Cambridge in 1945 to study geology and zoology and obtained a degree in natural sciences. Attenborough grew up in Leicester, England, where his father was principal of the local university; his older brother, Richard Attenborough, later became a . "[57], Alongside the "Life" series, Attenborough continued to work on other television documentaries, mainly in the natural history genre. That'sthe differencea good voice talent makes. We need to talk about Sir David Attenborough's voice Alan April 24 2020 Of course, we love him. "[161][162] In 2008, he criticised the BBC's television schedules, positing that the two senior networks, BBC One and BBC Two which Attenborough stated were "first set up as a partnership" now "schedule simultaneously programmes of identical character, thereby contradicting the very reason that the BBC was given a second network. [42] His tasks, which included agreeing budgets, attending board meetings and firing staff, were now far removed from the business of filming programmes. It's that hoarse voice with a posh accent you hear from old British aristocrats. Sir David Frederick Attenborough ( / tnbr /; born 8 May 1926) is an English broadcaster, biologist, natural historian and author. [13] In 1950, Attenborough married Jane Elizabeth Ebsworth Oriel. [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. [52], In the 1990s, Attenborough continued to use the "Life" title for a succession of authored documentaries. 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. 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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. [59], Attenborough narrated every episode of Wildlife on One, a BBC One wildlife series that ran for 253 episodes between 1977 and 2005. [271][272], David Attenborough's television credits span eight decades. [154], Also in early 2009, the BBC broadcast an Attenborough one-hour special, Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life. These programmes tell a particular story and I'm sure others will come along and tell it much better than I did, but I do hope that if people watch it in 50 years' time, it will still have something to say about the world we live in. [2], Attenborough's contribution to broadcasting and wildlife film-making has brought him international recognition. 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[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. [78][79] The series is thought to have triggered a long-lasting increase in public, media and political attention to plastic pollution. [220] The same year, Attenborough was also commemorated in the name of the scarab beetle Sylvicanthon attenboroughi. In his later career he voiced several high-profile BBC wildlife documentaries, among them The Blue Planet and Planet Earth. [46] He presented a BBC children's series about cryptozoology entitled Fabulous Animals (1975), which featured mythical creatures such as mermaids and unicorns. [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. We are building new synthetic voices for Text-to-Speech (TTS) every day, and we can find or build the right one for any application. He has said that public service broadcasting "is one of the things that distinguishes this country and makes me want to live here",[158] and believes that it is not reducible to individual programmes, but "can only effectively operate as a network [] that measures its success not only by its audience size but by the range of its schedule". 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He commented: "The evolutionary history is finished. It was another critical and commercial success, generating huge international sales for the BBC. "[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. Monday, October 4, 2021. When one listens to his voice, you can't help but feel very comforted, and if you grew up listening to it you may feel a powerful sense of hominess or nostalgia. Many will know David Attenborough for the famous Planet Earth series. The documentary series won a second Peabody Award the following year. As they describe, Natural Instincts let you protect the environment and keep the balance! He's like an agnostic's god. His voice has also been described as the gold standard forintroducing ASMRreactions in listeners. [195], At least 20 species and genera, both living and extinct, have been named in Attenborough's honour. His voice is soft, raspy, grandfatherly. While an Internet poll suggesting the name of the ship had the most votes for Boaty McBoatface, Science Minister Jo Johnson said there were "more suitable names", and the official name was eventually picked up from one of the more favoured choices. International air travel enabled the series to be devised so that Attenborough visited several locations around the globe in each episode, sometimes even changing continents in one sequence. When Attenborough arrived as controller, he quickly abolished the channel's quirky kangaroo mascot and shook up the schedule. [157], Attenborough is a lifelong supporter of the BBC, public service broadcasting and the television licence. [196] Plants named after him include an alpine hawkweed (Hieracium attenboroughianum) discovered in the Brecon Beacons,[197] a species of Ecuadorian flowering tree (Blakea attenboroughi), one of the world's largest-pitchered carnivorous plants (Nepenthes attenboroughii), along with a genus of flowering plants (Sirdavidia). While the negotiations were proceeding, he worked on a number of other television projects. In terms of being a voice talent for nature documentaries . [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. [13] He spent much time in the grounds of the university. I'm swanning round the world looking at the most fabulously interesting things. [136][137][138] He has attracted criticism for his views on human overpopulation[139] and human population control. [47] Eventually, the BBC signed a co-production deal with Turner Broadcasting and Life on Earth moved into production in 1976. [3][4][5] He is the younger brother of the late director, producer and actor Richard Attenborough,[6] and older brother of the late motor executive John Attenborough. That is a lot of expertise that almost no one can match. [12] He received encouragement when a young Jacquetta Hawkes admired his collection. For Planet Earth II (2016), Attenborough returned as narrator and presenter, with the main theme music composed by Hans Zimmer. [63] He decided not to use an on-screen presenter due to difficulties in speaking to a camera through diving apparatus, but asked Attenborough to narrate the films. [76] Blue Planet II was broadcast in 2017, with Attenborough returning as presenter. [50], Five years after the success of Life on Earth, the BBC released The Living Planet. 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