At its peak, it drew a weekly audience of eight to ten million, and the 1987 episode "Meerkats United" was voted the best wildlife documentary of all time by BBC viewers. If you'd like to book or enquire? [75], Attenborough has narrated three series of David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities for UKTV channel Watch, with the third series showing in 2015. They proved a difficult subject for his producers, who had to deliver hours of television featuring what are essentially immobile objects. The models can be used to narrate other texts, here is David Attenborough reading the opening lines of Genesis. 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[55], At this point, Attenborough realised that he had spent 20 years unconsciously assembling a collection of programmes on all the major groups of terrestrial animals and plants only reptiles and amphibians were missing. [125] In 2020, Attenborough was named as a member of the Earthshot prize Council,[126] an initiative of Prince William to find solutions to environmental issues. [165], In a 2020 interview, Attenborough criticised excess capitalism as a driver of ecological imbalance, stating "the excesses the capitalist system has brought us, have got to be curbed somehow", and that "greed does not actually lead to joy", although he added "That doesn't mean to say that capitalism is dead". [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. [124], During the COVID-19 pandemic, Attenborough advocated on behalf of the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and its conservation efforts, which have been impacted by the economic fallout from the pandemic. [70] The BBC also commissioned Atlantic Productions to make a three-part, Attenborough-fronted series Great Barrier Reef in 2015. Matching phonetics and their sounds are adjoined. [25], Attenborough's association with natural history programmes began when he produced and presented the three-part series Animal Patterns. 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 out to . The film acts as Attenborough's witness statement, reflecting on his career as a naturalist and his hopes for the future. [13] In 1950, Attenborough married Jane Elizabeth Ebsworth Oriel. He wrote and presented a series on man's influence on the natural history of the Mediterranean Basin, The First Eden, in 1987. [66] In January 2009, the BBC commissioned Attenborough to provide a series of 20 ten-minute monologues covering the history of nature. Sir David Frederick Attenborough ( / tnbr /; born 8 May 1926) is an English broadcaster, biologist, natural historian and author. The text to voice tool uses a speech synthesizing technique in which the text is at first converted into its phonetic form. For The Life of Mammals (2002), low-light and infrared cameras were deployed to reveal the behaviour of nocturnal mammals. 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. 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. This is the man that has soothed us with his voice for probably our entire lifetimes; he is ever-present in nature documentaries and for good reason. [25] Although he was rejected for this job, his CV later attracted the interest of Mary Adams, head of the Talks (factual broadcasting) department of the BBC's fledgling television service. [104], Some environmentalists feel that programmes like Attenborough's give a false picture of idyllic wilderness and do not do enough to acknowledge that such areas are increasingly encroached upon by humans. Guy Harris - Award winning British Male Voiceover - UK based - 2000 - 2022 VoiceoverGuy . 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. [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. The licence fee is the basis on which the BBC is based and if you destroy it, broadcasting becomes a wasteland. [161], Although he said Birt's policies had poor results, Attenborough also acknowledged "the BBC had to change. [123] He later became patron of the World Land Trust. Yet it is the best bargain that is going. Our database already has the human audio for all the phonetics or you can simply say transcriptions. [58] In 1990, he worked on the BBC's Prisoners of Conscience series where he highlighted the case of Mahjoub Sharif. It's free to sign up and bid on jobs. [10] He is the middle of three sons; his elder brother, Richard (died in 2014), became an actor and director, and his younger brother, John (died in 2012), was an executive at Italian car manufacturer Alfa Romeo. In 1952 he joined the BBC full-time. By the turn of the millennium, Attenborough's authored documentaries were adopting a more overtly environmentalist stance. In reference to the programme, Attenborough stated that "People write to me that evolution is only a theory. His first jobafter Cambridge University and two years in the Royal Navywas at a London publishing house. [164] Prior to the 2015 UK general election, Attenborough was one of several celebrities who endorsed the parliamentary candidacy of the Green Party's Caroline Lucas. [13] He spent much time in the grounds of the university. [88] In contrast to much of his prior work for the BBC, this series emphasised the destructive role of human activities throughout the series. Programmes he commissioned included Man Alive, Call My Bluff, Chronicle, Match of the Day, The Old Grey Whistle Test, Monty Python's Flying Circus and The Money Programme. [188], Attenborough was named the most trusted celebrity in the UK in a 2006 Reader's Digest poll,[189] and in 2007 he won The Culture Show's Living Icon Award. He has produced countless programs with the BBC as well and is famous around the world. If you are an aspiring voice talent,contact us nowfor more info. 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. As they describe, Natural Instincts let you protect the environment and keep the balance! [157], Attenborough is a lifelong supporter of the BBC, public service broadcasting and the television licence. 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He is able to inject a sense of calm wonder into his voice. Over his life he has collected dozens of honorary degrees and awards, including 3 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Narration. "[57], Alongside the "Life" series, Attenborough continued to work on other television documentaries, mainly in the natural history genre. 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. - JAB. 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. It makes for the ultimate easy listening. 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. [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. 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. [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. Then in 1952 he joined the BBC as a trainee producer and it was while working . [20] Robert is a senior lecturer in bioanthropology for the School of Archaeology and Anthropology at the Australian National University in Canberra. [171], By January 2013, Attenborough had collected 32 honorary degrees from British universities,[172] more than any other person. [17], Attenborough was educated at Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys in Leicester. Attenborough was asked to join it, but declined, not wishing to move from London where he and his young family were settled. David Attenborough: Nature's Voice Talent. Attenborough was a senior manager at the BBC, having served as controller of BBC Two and director of programming for BBC Television in the 1960s and 1970s. He roamed the globe and shared his discoveries and enthusiasms with his patented semi-whisper way of narrating. 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. 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. My Attenborough sound-a-like has been heard respectfully in almost as many places as the legend himself has visited. 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. In 2013, he was made an Honorary Freeman of the City of Bristol. Contains tracks . From giving an overview of the challenges facing life to hunting the deep sea and various major evolutionary groups of creatures. Attenborough grew up in Leicester, England, where his father was principal of the local university; his older brother, Richard Attenborough, later became a . His career as a natural history and broadcaster has spanned nearly seven decades. 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. [26] Attenborough, like most Britons at that time, did not own a television, and he had seen only one programme in his life. [168] Attenborough also stated that "(we) are on the verge of destabilising the entire planet."[169]. [53], Prompted by an enthusiastic ornithologist at the BBC Natural History Unit, Attenborough then turned his attention to birds. 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. In yours, you could and should witness a wonderful recovery. The fake audio replicates the speech pattern of the real voice but it is still noisy. [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. Sir David Frederick Attenborough (/tnbr/; born 8 May 1926) is an English broadcaster, biologist, natural historian and author. 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. He's like an agnostic's god. In the 1950s and 1960s, his published work included accounts of his animal collecting expeditions around the world, which became the Zoo Quest series. [90] In 2019, Attenborough's one-off film documentary about climate change for BBC One called Climate Change The Facts was aired; the tone of the documentary was significantly graver than previous work for the BBC. Listen to David Attenborough Voice Clips, a playlist curated by on desktop and mobile. [30] However, he accepted an invitation to return to the BBC as controller of BBC Two before he could finish the degree. and Song Hunter, a series about folk music presented by Alan Lomax. [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. But the historical reality that dinosaurs led to birds and mammals produced whales, that's not theory. We need to talk about Sir David Attenborough's voice Alan April 24 2020 Of course, we love him. Part of a kickstarter campaign for a new Interactive Nature Documentary Sim. [37][38] Others followed, including Jacob Bronowski's The Ascent of Man (also commissioned by Attenborough), and Alistair Cooke's America. That is a lot of expertise that almost no one can match. You can do this by Cleanfeed, SourceConnect, SessionLink-Pro, Zoom, Teams or Phone. [33], BBC Two was launched in 1964, but had struggled to capture the public's imagination. He contributed a programme which highlighted the plight of endangered species to the BBC's Saving Planet Earth project in 2007, the 50th anniversary of the Natural History Unit. His voice is soft, raspy, grandfatherly. His long and prolific career has cemented him as the gold standard voice talent for nature documentaries. David Attenborough, in full Sir David Frederick Attenborough, (born May 8, 1926, London, England), English broadcaster, writer, and naturalist noted for his innovative educational television programs, especially the nine-part Life series. NPR review of Attenborough's Journey' Salutes The Broadcaster With A Passion For Nature. [32] He had a clause inserted in his contract that would allow him to continue making programmes on an occasional basis. However, one of its research sub-sea vehicles was named "Boaty" in recognition of the public vote. [86][87], In 2019, Attenborough narrated Our Planet, an eight-part documentary series, for Netflix. 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". 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 out to pasture.Using the migration paths of Pacific salmon as a point of comparison, the Attenborough-esque narration goes on to explain that Russian tanks migrate from "the abyss" of Russia to end their . Featuring high fidelity TTS WaveNet voices, our text to speech tool reads text aloud and enables you to download voice audio in MP3 format. The endeavour is complete. [91][92] This was followed by Extinction: The Facts, which is partly based on the 2019 IPBES report on the decline of biodiversity. [166] He also lamented the lack of international cooperation on climate change, and said "there should be no dominant nation on this planet. Search for jobs related to David attenborough voice impression or hire on the world's largest freelancing marketplace with 20m+ jobs. 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. His association with natural history programmes dates back to The Pattern of Animals and Zoo Quest in the early 1950s. The series contains a number of memorable two shots of Attenborough and his subjects, which included chimpanzees, a blue whale and a grizzly bear. 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". 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!' [73] Attenborough forged a partnership with Sky, working on documentaries for the broadcaster's new 3D network, Sky 3D. Well, it is not a theory. [47] Eventually, the BBC signed a co-production deal with Turner Broadcasting and Life on Earth moved into production in 1976. The series marked the 10th project for Attenborough and Atlantic, and saw him returning to a location he first filmed at in 1957. "[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. I have completed work for BBC Earth, voiced corporate videos that wa Ms Hi there & welcome Voice Actor - David Attenborough impersonation Read More 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". Demos Cepstral Voices can speak any text they are given with whatever voice you choose. Privacy Policy. 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 . It has been much imitated but never bettered, and the implicit wisdom of its gentle and . The source, which he did not reveal at the time, was a pond right next to the department. [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. [224] Attenborough is also recognised by Guinness World Records as having the longest career as a natural historian and presenter in television. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover to celebrate the British cultural figures of his life. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. 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