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 . The voice of the great broadcaster Sir David Attenborough has been seducing us as a nation since the 1950s. Through this programme, Attenborough met Jack Lester, the curator of the zoo's reptile house, and they decided to make a series about an animal-collecting expedition. [18], Attenborough had a pacemaker fitted in June 2013 as well as a double knee replacement in 2015. "[24], After leaving the Navy, Attenborough took a position editing children's science textbooks for a publishing company. In his later career he voiced several high-profile BBC wildlife documentaries, among them The Blue Planet and Planet Earth. [168] Attenborough also stated that "(we) are on the verge of destabilising the entire planet."[169]. Attenborough introduced and narrated the Unit's first 4K production Life Story. He has been making nature documentaries from the 1950s until now. It's that hoarse voice with a posh accent you hear from old British aristocrats. "[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. But I tend to think instead of a parasitic worm that is boring through the eye of a boy sitting on the bank of a river in West Africa, [a worm] that's going to make him blind. 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. [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. Often, an eclectic mix was offered within a single evening's viewing. 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. [127][128] He is a patron of the Friends of Richmond Park and serves on the advisory board of BBC Wildlife magazine. Sir David Frederick Attenborough (/tnbr/; born 8 May 1926) is an English broadcaster, biologist, natural historian and author. [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. [114], In 2005 and 2006, Attenborough backed a BirdLife International project to stop the killing of albatross by longline fishing boats. The series marked the 10th project for Attenborough and Atlantic, and saw him returning to a location he first filmed at in 1957. [89] He also narrated Wild Karnataka, a documentary about the Karnataka forest area. Therefore, as a result, you can hear the transcripted voice. [130][131] Attenborough attended and spoke at COP26 as the "People's Advocate" for the event, and urged world leaders to act to reduce emissions. "[135], Attenborough has linked anthropogenic effects on the environment with human population growth. [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). To help me quote accurately, please give as much detail as possible including length and intended usage (no profanity). For more information, please see our The destruction of a Russian tank in Ukraine has been turned into a hilarious voiceover spoof imitating the legendary Sir David Attenborough. [78][79] The series is thought to have triggered a long-lasting increase in public, media and political attention to plastic pollution. [93][94], In 2020, Attenborough narrated the documentary film David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet. In yours, you could and should witness a wonderful recovery. [7], Attenborough was born on 8 May 1926 in Isleworth, Middlesex,[8][9] and grew up in College House on the campus of the University of Leicester, where his father, Frederick, was principal. Demos Cepstral Voices can speak any text they are given with whatever voice you choose. [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). His career as a natural history and broadcaster has spanned nearly seven decades. [73] Attenborough forged a partnership with Sky, working on documentaries for the broadcaster's new 3D network, Sky 3D. There's that smooth British accent. It's free to sign up and bid on jobs. [216][217] In July 2017, the Caribbean bat Myotis attenboroughi was named after him. In 2018 while promoting Dynasties, he said that repeated messages on threats to wildlife in programming could be a "turn-off" to viewers. "Attenborough's Paradise Birds" and "Attenborough's Big Birds" was shown on BBC Two and "Waking Giants", which follows the discovery of giant dinosaur bones in South America, aired on BBC One. Jane died in 1997. You can do this by Cleanfeed, SourceConnect, SessionLink-Pro, Zoom, Teams or Phone. Additionally, though, it is regal, authoritative, and gentle. [225], In addition, he is the only person to have won BAFTA awards for programmes in black and white, colour, high-definition, 3D, and 4K. 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. His first jobafter Cambridge University and two years in the Royal Navywas at a London publishing house. "[147], According to Attenborough, improving women's rights around the world is an effective way "to limit our birth rate. [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". Another very happy client. I'm happy to do any style of informative piece, anything from a travel channel, science, tech and more. Matching phonetics and their sounds are adjoined. 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. "[159], In 1998, Attenborough described himself as "a standard, boring left-wing liberal" and expressed the view that the market economy was "misery". [100] In his speech he stated that humans were "the greatest problem solvers to have ever existed on Earth" and spoke of his optimism for the future, finishing by saying "In my lifetime I've witnessed a terrible decline. [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. "[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". Please use the form below. [50], Five years after the success of Life on Earth, the BBC released The Living Planet. [13] In 1950, Attenborough married Jane Elizabeth Ebsworth Oriel. My Attenborough sound-a-like has been heard respectfully in almost as many places as the legend himself has visited. He later turned to the issues of global warming (The Truth about Climate Change, 2006) and human population growth (How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth?, 2009). [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. Its forerunner, The World About Us, was created by Attenborough in 1969, as a vehicle for colour television. [173][174] In 1980, he was honoured by the Open University, with which he has had a close association throughout his career. [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. The video depicts a Russian tank looking seriously beat up, with a voice that is intentionally sharing a likeness to BBC nature documentaries, narrating its path from life to death. [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. VoiceoverGuy Sir David Attenborough Voice Impersonation - by Guy Harris Download Privacy policy 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. [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. By the turn of the millennium, Attenborough's authored documentaries were adopting a more overtly environmentalist stance. Attenborough was asked to join it, but declined, not wishing to move from London where he and his young family were settled. [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. However, one of its research sub-sea vehicles was named "Boaty" in recognition of the public vote. That'sthe differencea good voice talent makes. Such good fortune. 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!' [195], At least 20 species and genera, both living and extinct, have been named in Attenborough's honour. [213], The Materpiscis fossil is believed to be the earliest organism capable of internal fertilisation. In State of the Planet (2000), he used the latest scientific evidence and interviews with leading scientists and conservationists to assess the impact of human activities on the natural world. [153] Utilizing Voice Talent to Enhance Your Brand Image, 3 Essential Components of an Effective Radio Ad, 4 Voice Exercises To Help You Maintain Your Voice, How To Find Voice Over Work as a Voice Over Artist, How the Right Voice Over Artist Can Help Give Your Brand a Voice. [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. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud. [91][92] This was followed by Extinction: The Facts, which is partly based on the 2019 IPBES report on the decline of biodiversity. [212] In 2015, a species of tree from Gabon (in the Annonaceae family) Sirdavidia Couvreur & Sauquet was named with his title. We're looking for a voice actor that can do a really convincing David Attenborough. If you are an aspiring voice talent,contact us nowfor more info. 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. [51] This time, Attenborough built his series around the theme of ecology, the adaptations of living things to their environment. Search for jobs related to David attenborough voice over or hire on the world's largest freelancing marketplace with 21m+ jobs. 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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. No, he wasn't ensconced in a cozy studio while he was narrating. Try out a sample of some of the voices that we currently have available. He wrote and presented a series on man's influence on the natural history of the Mediterranean Basin, The First Eden, in 1987. 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. He's not nearly as well known in the US. The models can be used to narrate other texts, here is David Attenborough reading the opening lines of Genesis. He has honorary Doctor of Science degrees from Durham University (1982)[175] and the University of Cambridge (1984)[176] and honorary Doctor of Philosophy degrees from the University of Oxford (1988)[176] and the University of Ghent (1997). 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. [161], Although he said Birt's policies had poor results, Attenborough also acknowledged "the BBC had to change. 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. [2], Attenborough's contribution to broadcasting and wildlife film-making has brought him international recognition. Say goodbye to robotic sounding voices. [33], BBC Two was launched in 1964, but had struggled to capture the public's imagination. Featuring high fidelity TTS WaveNet voices, our text to speech tool reads text aloud and enables you to download voice audio in MP3 format. And when he goes on site to share the screen with one of his subjects, it's magical. [48], Beginning with Life on Earth in 1979, Attenborough set about creating a body of work which became a benchmark of quality in wildlife film-making, and influenced a generation of documentary film-makers. [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. He has been called "the great communicator, the peerless educator"[170] and "the greatest broadcaster of our time. I always advise you direct the session, so we get it just right. "[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. [2] He is widely considered a national treasure in the UK, although he himself does not like the term. A US-made documentary narrated by Walter Cronkite might very well be expected to be dubbed over in the UK for the same reason: Cronkite was a famous US broadcaster, and while his voice is distinctive (as is Attenborough's), it might not be expected to . When he could, he was always on location with the rest of the filming crew, not only narrating but also writing. [142][143] In a 2013 interview with the Radio Times, Attenborough described humans as a "plague on the Earth",[144][145] and described the act of sending food to famine-stricken countries as "barmy" for population reasons. His voice has also been described as the gold standard forintroducing ASMRreactions in listeners. 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