"[56], However, in 2010 Attenborough asserted that his First Life dealing with evolutionary history before Life on Earth should be included within the "Life" series. 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. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover to celebrate the British cultural figures of his life. A strategy where you give hints to the animals, observe their rituals and help them survive.I love how this turned out. [195], At least 20 species and genera, both living and extinct, have been named in Attenborough's honour. They proved a difficult subject for his producers, who had to deliver hours of television featuring what are essentially immobile objects. [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. [] The BBC has gone through swingeing staff cuts. [151] He said "It never really occurred to me to believe in God". In yours, you could and should witness a wonderful recovery. Four radio channels and god knows how many TV channels. He replied simply, "no". - 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'. By the turn of the millennium, Attenborough's authored documentaries were adopting a more overtly environmentalist stance. [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. [66] In January 2009, the BBC commissioned Attenborough to provide a series of 20 ten-minute monologues covering the history of nature. Before, he would often note concerns in a final section of the work. [102][103], Attenborough's programmes have often included references to the impact of human society on the natural world. Part of a kickstarter campaign for a new Interactive Nature Documentary Sim. [47] Eventually, the BBC signed a co-production deal with Turner Broadcasting and Life on Earth moved into production in 1976. Life on Air (2002) examined the legacy of his work, and Attenborough the Controller (2002) focused on his time in charge of BBC Two. My Attenborough sound-a-like has been heard respectfully in almost as many places as the legend himself has visited. [194], A British polar research ship was named RRS Sir David Attenborough in his honour. ", "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! [44] After his work on Eastwards with Attenborough, he began to work on the scripts for Life on Earth. He has been described as a "British" Indiana Jones for the way he would hack through brush and jungle with a machete. He roamed the globe and shared his discoveries and enthusiasms with his patented semi-whisper way of narrating. [41], In 1969, Attenborough was promoted to director of programmes, making him responsible for the output of both BBC channels. Being out in nature lends him empathy to his voice acting, which makes it all the more alluring and relatable. Nature is oftentimes violent and random, but with Attenborough calmly and objectively narrating what is happening, you cannot help but be engrossed. Then in 1952 he joined the BBC as a trainee producer and it was while working . 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 . Stream Sir David Attenborough Voice Impersonation - by Guy Harris by VoiceoverGuy on desktop and mobile. [216][217] In July 2017, the Caribbean bat Myotis attenboroughi was named after him. He shared his idea with Christopher Parsons, a producer at the Natural History Unit, who came up with a title Life on Earth and returned to Bristol to start planning the series. [78][79] The series is thought to have triggered a long-lasting increase in public, media and political attention to plastic pollution. [193] The same year, Attenborough featured in the BBC Radio 4 series The New Elizabethans to mark the diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. Guy Harris - Award winning British Male Voiceover - UK based - 2000 - 2022 VoiceoverGuy . [121] The same year, he helped to launch ARKive,[122] a global project instigated by Parsons to gather together natural history media into a digital library. There's little in this world more soothing than turning on a nature documentary and hearing David Attenborough's calm, steady voice. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud. 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. "[135], Attenborough has linked anthropogenic effects on the environment with human population growth. [93][94], In 2020, Attenborough narrated the documentary film David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet. [36], One of his most significant decisions was to order a 13-part series on the history of Western art, to show off the quality of the new UHF colour television service that BBC Two offered. "[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]. The text to voice tool uses a speech synthesizing technique in which the text is at first converted into its phonetic form. [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. James Fair, "Small Things Bright and Beautiful", BBC Wildlife Magazine, November 2005, pp. [62], As a writer and narrator, Attenborough continued to collaborate with the BBC Natural History Unit in the new millennium. He has macheted through the mountainous jungle for weeks just to find something. Attenborough grew up in Leicester, England, where his father was principal of the local university; his older brother, Richard Attenborough, later became a . It's free to sign up and bid on jobs. This job I voiced for a client in The Netherlands called Cracking Ice. [31], Attenborough became Controller of BBC 2 in March 1965, succeeding Michael Peacock. Jane died in 1997. He has lived a long life and left a great legacy. 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. Evolution is as solid a historical fact as you could conceive. [97] In October 2020, Attenborough began filming in Cambridge for The Green Planet. You can do this by Cleanfeed, SourceConnect, SessionLink-Pro, Zoom, Teams or Phone. [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. [2], Attenborough's contribution to broadcasting and wildlife film-making has brought him international recognition. : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlZ6QfkhRF0Latest David Atten. Search for jobs related to David attenborough voice synthesizer app or hire on the world's largest freelancing marketplace with 21m+ jobs. Sir David Attenborough's voice is near perfect, it's really impressive! ARKive is an initiative of Wildscreen, of which Attenborough is a patron. "[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. In 1952 he joined the BBC full-time. As a professional male voiceover, you'll get a studio quality WAV file, edited and de breathed ready to work with after the session. In 2020, he backed a Fauna and Flora International campaign calling for a global moratorium on deep sea mining for its impact on marine life. A miniature marsupial lion, Microleo attenboroughi, was named in his honour in 2016. 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". In March 2017, a 430million year old tiny crustacean was named after him. David Attenborough is a celebrity figure in the UK. [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. [26] Attenborough, like most Britons at that time, did not own a television, and he had seen only one programme in his life. [114], In 2005 and 2006, Attenborough backed a BirdLife International project to stop the killing of albatross by longline fishing boats. [163] Attenborough was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian expressing their hope that Scotland would vote to remain part of the United Kingdom in the 2014 referendum on that issue. 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? In the 1950s and 1960s, his published work included accounts of his animal collecting expeditions around the world, which became the Zoo Quest series. 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. Learn more about Sir David Attenborough voice over impersonation. I'm happy to do any style of informative piece, anything from a travel channel, science, tech and more. In 2009, he stated that the Book of Genesis, by saying that the world was there for people to control, had taught generations that they can "dominate" the environment, and that this has resulted in the devastation of vast areas of the environment. [154], Also in early 2009, the BBC broadcast an Attenborough one-hour special, Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life. [152], In 2002, Attenborough joined an effort by leading clerics and scientists to oppose the inclusion of creationism in the curriculum of UK state-funded independent schools which receive private sponsorship, such as the Emmanuel Schools Foundation. [43] That year, Attenborough was invited to deliver the Royal Institution Christmas Lecture on The Language of Animals. To help me quote accurately, please give as much detail as possible including length and intended usage (no profanity). [52], In the 1990s, Attenborough continued to use the "Life" title for a succession of authored documentaries. [77] The series was critically acclaimed and gained the highest UK viewing figure for 2017 of 14.1million. The statement calls for "creationism to be banned from the school science curriculum and for evolution to be taught more widely in schools". [159], the BBC per minute in almost every category is as cheap as you can find anywhere in the world and produces the best quality. He is truly one of a kind and has had a long and illustrious career to prove it. My name is Rowan Welch, and I'm eager to provide you with a high quality David Attenborough voiceover for your youtube videos and more. "[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. If you are an aspiring voice talent,contact us nowfor more info. [220] The same year, Attenborough was also commemorated in the name of the scarab beetle Sylvicanthon attenboroughi. It uses your browser's built-in voice synthesis technology, and so the voices will differ depending on the browser that you're using. [213], The Materpiscis fossil is believed to be the earliest organism capable of internal fertilisation. He's not nearly as well known in the US. Sir David Frederick Attenborough (/tnbr/; born 8 May 1926) is an English broadcaster, biologist, natural historian and author. [224] Attenborough is also recognised by Guinness World Records as having the longest career as a natural historian and presenter in television. [211] A fossilised armoured fish discovered in Western Australia in 2008 was named Materpiscis attenboroughi, after Attenborough had filmed at the site and highlighted its scientific importance in Life on Earth. [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. Monday, October 4, 2021. [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. I always advise you direct the session, so we get it just right. [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. 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