The veteran broadcaster has started filming his introductory scenes and recording the narration of the much-anticipated landmark wildlife series, due to air on BBC1 in the autumn
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How David Attenborough Became Nature s Voice of Reason (Column)
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There’s little in this world more soothing than turning on a nature documentary and hearing David Attenborough’s calm, steady voice. Even as a disembodied narrator, the 94-year-old presenter has become such a ubiquitous presence that watching any nature doc without him feels strange, as if trying to put on a shoe before realizing it’s on the wrong foot. This month, in fact, Attenborough’s voice anchors two separate productions: Apple TV Plus’ documentary “The Year the Earth Changed” (out April 16) and Netflix’s “Life in Color” (out April 22). In both, he proves why he has become the go-to authority on the natural world as he highlights wonder and warnings with equal urgency.
hd televisions were rolling out to america and there was nothing more spectacular than natural history documentaries showcasing this new technology. so people were buying these tvs and natural history program connected with that moment. fast forward a decade or so, and i think the natural history programming is connecting again for a different reason. less maybe about the spectacular, and more maybe about some deeper reasons. is that because cnn and lots of other channels like this one are covering bad news all day? yeah, when we launched planet earth ii in january of 2017, it was two days before the trump inauguration, and it was the biggest new series launch we ever had on bbc america. and we were seeing before we launched it this huge division and we had this idea that this program connected in a way that was kind of transcendent. so the way we launched it was with lines like gather together