I cannot watch any nature documentary if David Attenborough isnt narrating!

mk17 · 24 Aug 2011 at 12:51

Ceryndrion said:
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Fry does relatively well, but his voice, like his personality, has highs and lows, which can be offputting to some.
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True. I watched Ocean's Giants the other day, he does go up and down *a lot*. Still very enjoyable though, I wouldn't be put off by any means.

Mat · 24 Aug 2011 at 12:57

There is a series called Wild China which is amazing and is narrated by a guy called Bernard Hill. The style and pace of the show is perfect and extremely relaxing.

Wild Russia, narrated by Paterson Joseph is also very good.

SteveOBHave · 24 Aug 2011 at 13:04

I'm a real fan of that Deadly 60 guy Steve Backshall... I think he's really good at what he does. But yeah - it will me a massive loss to all of us when DA is no longer presenting. Guy is a Legend.

robgmun · 24 Aug 2011 at 19:16

Mat said:
There is a series called Wild China which is amazing and is narrated by a guy called Bernard Hill. The style and pace of the show is perfect and extremely relaxing.

Wild Russia, narrated by Paterson Joseph is also very good.

AH yes, i have that on Blu-Ray, the next best thing after DA to be honest, he's the only one who can realistically take on the mantel

flibbage0 · 24 Aug 2011 at 21:15

Antar Bolaeisk said:
There is no doubt that David Attenborough is the best but I can still watch documentaries without him. Well, not those horrendous Amreican documentaries that seem like more recap than documentary. They begin with, in today's show you are going to see these [insert appropriate superlative here]... After that there's the recap before the break of what we've just seen followed by an ad break then another bloody recap in case we've forgotten already what happened in the one minute of actual showtime as a result of all the shiney things in the ads.

I hate them as well, normally you can tell within 5 minutes whether the documentary is going to be good or not.

tizerist · 9 Nov 2011 at 02:30

Don't forget BBC's John Simpson!
Attenborough in a bullet proof vest!!

mrthingyx · 9 Nov 2011 at 06:33

Isn't Bernard Hill other wise known as Theoden?

But yes, DA is going to leave some ENORMOUS shoes to fill

coltpython3 · 9 Nov 2011 at 06:47

The reason i love david attenborough is because u can tell he loves nature with all his heart. His passion is amazing! He deserves every single award/prize out there including the nobel peace prize

checjb · 9 Nov 2011 at 08:54

jon86 said:
John Hurt's narration in Human Planet was excellent... although I did think of the dragon from Merlin a few times.

His narration of Planet Dinosaur was also pretty good.

oxygene · 9 Nov 2011 at 09:11

This may be going against the grain here, but I would lvoe to hear some narrations by Morgan Freeman. I'd put him up there with DA in listenability tbh.

mrthingyx · 9 Nov 2011 at 09:27

oxygene said:
This may be going against the grain here, but I would lvoe to hear some narrations by Morgan Freeman. I'd put him up there with DA in listenability tbh.

He's done a couple on the odd occasion, and they have been awesome. Same timing and gravitas as Mr. Attenborough: makes the magic come alive.

Mik3 · 9 Nov 2011 at 11:45

Dr Alice Roberts is not bad and also stunning.

Mik3 · 10 Nov 2011 at 00:58

oxygene said:
This may be going against the grain here, but I would lvoe to hear some narrations by Morgan Freeman. I'd put him up there with DA in listenability tbh.

He done one called The Universe or it might have been Through the wormhole, I cant remember but it was good.