"[101], In 2022, the United Nations Environment Programme recognised Attenborough as a Champion of the Earth "for his dedication to research, documentation, and advocacy for the protection of nature and its restoration". [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". [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. [68][69], In October 2014, the corporation announced a trio of new one-off Attenborough documentaries as part of a raft of new natural history programmes. In 2006, British television viewers were asked to vote for their Favourite Attenborough Moments for a UKTV poll to coincide with the broadcaster's 80th birthday. Instead, he formed his own department, the Travel and Exploration Unit,[29] which allowed him to continue to front Zoo Quest as well as produce other documentaries, notably the Travellers' Tales and Adventure series. [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. Training the models for longer and increasing the Waveglow channels to 512 should improve the quality of the sound. Before, he would often note concerns in a final section of the work. Aged around 11, he heard that the zoology department needed a large supply of newts, which he offered through his father to supply for 3d each. My Attenborough sound-a-like has been heard respectfully in almost as many places as the legend himself has visited. [12], After his resignation, Attenborough became a freelance broadcaster and started work on his next project, a trip to Indonesia with a crew from the Natural History Unit. They proved a difficult subject for his producers, who had to deliver hours of television featuring what are essentially immobile objects. 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. Their first collaboration was Flying Monsters 3D, a film about pterosaurs which debuted on Christmas Day of 2010. 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. [49], Innovation was another factor in Life on Earth's success: new film-making techniques were devised to get the shots Attenborough wanted, with a focus on events and animals that were up till then unfilmed. [210], In 1993, after discovering that the Mesozoic reptile Plesiosaurus conybeari did not belong to the genus Plesiosaurus, the palaeontologist Robert Bakker renamed the species Attenborosaurus conybeari. Demos Cepstral Voices can speak any text they are given with whatever voice you choose. 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 . Well, it is not a theory. 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. They wanted some Attenborough. A good voice actor is highly dedicated to his craft. - JAB. Dataset summary Training accuracy [180][181], Attenborough has received the title Honorary Fellow from Clare College, Cambridge (1980),[182] the Zoological Society of London (1998),[183] the Linnean Society (1999),[184] the Institute of Biology (Now the Royal Society of Biology) (2000),[185] and the Society of Antiquaries (2007). [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. [58] In 1990, he worked on the BBC's Prisoners of Conscience series where he highlighted the case of Mahjoub Sharif. [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. However, one of its research sub-sea vehicles was named "Boaty" in recognition of the public vote. [216][217] In July 2017, the Caribbean bat Myotis attenboroughi was named after him. I'm happy to do any style of informative piece, anything from a travel channel, science, tech and more. While Attenborough's earlier work focused more on the wonders of the natural world, his later work has been more vocal in support of environmental causes. 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. [115] He gave support to WWF's campaign to have 220,000square kilometres of Borneo's rainforest designated a protected area. [134] In his 2020 documentary film David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet, Attenborough advocates for people to adopt a vegetarian diet or to reduce meat consumption to save wildlife, noting that "the planet cant support billions of meat-eaters. Stream Sir David Attenborough Voice Impersonation - by Guy Harris by VoiceoverGuy on desktop and mobile. The fact that it is laid over the tracks of nature in the background gives it an omniscient, objective quality that is soothing to hear. [29] In the early 1960s, Attenborough resigned from the permanent staff of the BBC to study for a postgraduate degree in social anthropology at the London School of Economics, interweaving his study with further filming. When Attenborough arrived as controller, he quickly abolished the channel's quirky kangaroo mascot and shook up the schedule. Yet it is the best bargain that is going. [153] When Life in Cold Blood was broadcast in 2008, he had the satisfaction of completing the set, brought together in a DVD encyclopaedia called Life on Land. It makes for the ultimate easy listening. The winning clip showed Attenborough observing the mimicry skills of the superb lyrebird. [271][272], David Attenborough's television credits span eight decades. "[159], In 1998, Attenborough described himself as "a standard, boring left-wing liberal" and expressed the view that the market economy was "misery". [193] The same year, Attenborough featured in the BBC Radio 4 series The New Elizabethans to mark the diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. [41], In 1969, Attenborough was promoted to director of programmes, making him responsible for the output of both BBC channels. When he could, he was always on location with the rest of the filming crew, not only narrating but also writing. 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. The David Attenborough Voiceover Looking for an awesome David Attenborough voice impression on Planet Earth? "[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. For Planet Earth II (2016), Attenborough returned as narrator and presenter, with the main theme music composed by Hans Zimmer. [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. With a mission to make BBC Two's output diverse and different from that offered by other networks, he began to establish a portfolio of programmes that defined the channel's identity for decades to come. I find the idea of dubbing over David Attenborough's voice to be preposterous, but maybe I just like British narration. 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. That is a theory. Evolution is as solid a historical fact as you could conceive. He's not nearly as well known in the US. He roamed the globe and shared his discoveries and enthusiasms with his patented semi-whisper way of narrating. [] There is a lot of people who want to see the BBC weakened. [157], Attenborough is a lifelong supporter of the BBC, public service broadcasting and the television licence. The film acts as Attenborough's witness statement, reflecting on his career as a naturalist and his hopes for the future. [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. In terms of being a voice talent for nature documentaries . A radiation of the ornate Caribbean 'smiley-faced spiders', with descriptions of 15 new species (Araneae: Theridiidae, Spintharus)", "Fifteen New Species of 'Smiley-Faced' Spiders Discovered", "Following a plant and a spider, Sir David Attenborough now has a beetle named after him", "David Attenborough is getting a beetle named after him", "Taxonomic review of Diplommatinidae (Caenogastropoda: Cyclophoroidea) from Wallacea and the Papuan Region", "Deep-water parasite diversity in Lake Tanganyika: description of two new monogenean species from benthopelagic cichlid fishes", "All the Creatures Named After David Attenborough". Over his life he has collected dozens of honorary degrees and awards, including 3 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Narration. [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. 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". 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". [70] The BBC also commissioned Atlantic Productions to make a three-part, Attenborough-fronted series Great Barrier Reef in 2015. [273] He narrated every episode of the long-running BBC series Wildlife on One. 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. [27], He accepted Adams' offer of a three-month training course. David Attenborough: Nature's Voice Talent. [26] Attenborough, like most Britons at that time, did not own a television, and he had seen only one programme in his life. [17], Attenborough was educated at Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys in Leicester. "[167] In 2021, Attenborough told the leaders of the 47th G7 summit that "tackling climate change was now as much a political challenge as it was a scientific or technological one" and urged more action. It is piffling. 2526. [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). Because that doesn't seem to me to coincide with a God who's full of mercy'. There's little in this world more soothing than turning on a nature documentary and hearing David Attenborough's calm, steady voice. First becoming prominent as host of Zoo Quest in 1954, his filmography as writer, presenter and narrator has spanned eight decades; it includes Natural World, Wildlife on One, the Planet Earth franchise, The Blue Planet and its sequel. [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. [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. [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. 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. 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. - 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'. [13] In 1950, Attenborough married Jane Elizabeth Ebsworth Oriel. And when he goes on site to share the screen with one of his subjects, it's magical. 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. [86][87], In 2019, Attenborough narrated Our Planet, an eight-part documentary series, for Netflix. He replied simply, "no". He wrote an accompanying volume to each of his nine Life documentaries, along with books on tribal art and birds of paradise. Sir David Attenborough's voice is so famous that there is an entire Facebook page named not after the legendary host, but his voice. 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 . [198], Several Arthropods are named after Attenborough including a butterfly, Attenborough's black-eyed satyr (Euptychia attenboroughi),[199] a dragonfly, Attenborough's pintail (Acisoma attenboroughi),[200] a millimetre-long goblin spider (Prethopalpus attenboroughi), an ornate Caribbean smiley-faced spider (Spintharus davidattenboroughi),[201][202] an Indonesian flightless weevil (Trigonopterus attenboroughi),[203][204] a Madagascan ghost shrimp (Ctenocheloides attenboroughi), and a soil snail (Palaina attenboroughi). Attenborough grew up in Leicester, England, where his father was principal of the local university; his older brother, Richard Attenborough, later became a . [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. It uses your browser's built-in voice synthesis technology, and so the voices will differ depending on the browser that you're using. As a professional male voiceover, you'll get a studio quality WAV file, edited and de breathed ready to work with after the session. The series marked the 10th project for Attenborough and Atlantic, and saw him returning to a location he first filmed at in 1957. The voice of the great broadcaster Sir David Attenborough has been seducing us as a nation since the 1950s. Additionally, though, it is regal, authoritative, and gentle. "[148] He said that "anyone who thinks that you can have infinite growth in a finite environment is either a madman or an economist."[148]. [140] He is a patron of Population Matters,[141] a UK charity advocating for family planning, sustainable consumption and proposed sustainable human population. He remained silent on the issue until 2006. In 1952 he joined the BBC full-time. NEW python program to manage training and inferring models and FREE David Attenborough models! Many will know David Attenborough for the famous Planet Earth series. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover to celebrate the British cultural figures of his life. Monday, October 4, 2021. 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? [110][111][112][113] In Seven Worlds, One Planet, Attenborough discusses the devastating impact that deforestation is having on the planet and the species. He has lived a long life and left a great legacy. Nature is oftentimes violent and random, but with Attenborough calmly and objectively narrating what is happening, you cannot help but be engrossed. Sir David Attenborough is Britain's best-known natural history filmmaker. His association with natural history programmes dates back to The Pattern of Animals and Zoo Quest in the early 1950s. He was actually out in the wild and even once discovered an indigenous tribe. [98] In 2021, Attenborough narrated A Perfect Planet, a five-part earth science series for BBC One. The series contains a number of memorable two shots of Attenborough and his subjects, which included chimpanzees, a blue whale and a grizzly bear. He is the only person to have won BAFTA Awards in black and white, colour, high-definition, 3D and 4K resolutions. [75], Attenborough has narrated three series of David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities for UKTV channel Watch, with the third series showing in 2015. 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