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Natural World

Natural World is a nature documentary television series broadcast annually on BBC Two and regarded by the BBC as its flagship natural history brand. It is currently the longest-running series in its genre on British television, with more than 400 episodes broadcast since its inception in 1983. Natural World is produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol, but individual programmes can be in-house productions, collaborative productions with other broadcasters or films made and distributed by independent production companies and purchased by the BBC. Natural World programmes are often broadcast as PBS Nature episodes in the USA. Since 2008, most Natural World programmes have been shot and broadcast in high definition.

Credits

Cast

Name Character
Andy Serkis He was 19 , now 59 years old as Narrator
Anthony Hopkins He was 45 , now 86 years old
Sean Bean He was 24 , now 64 years old as Narrator
David Harewood He was 17 , now 58 years old as Narrator
Charles Dance He was 37 , now 77 years old
John Hurt He was 43 , 77 years old when he died as Narrator
Kristin Scott Thomas She was 23 , now 63 years old
Ian Holm He was 52 , now 92 years old as Narrator
Ian McShane He was 41 , now 81 years old as Narrator
Honor Blackman She was 58 , now 98 years old as Narrator
Richard E. Grant He was 26 , now 66 years old
Charlotte Rampling She was 37 , now 78 years old
John Lynch He was 21 , 57 years old when he died as Narrator
Steven Berkoff He was 46 , now 86 years old as Narrator
Brian Blessed He was 47 , now 87 years old
Juliet Stevenson She was 27 , now 67 years old as Narrator
Rob Brydon He was 18 , now 58 years old as Narrator
Zoë Wanamaker She was 34 , now 74 years old as Narrator
Zoë Wanamaker She was 34 , now 74 years old
Stephen Fry He was 26 , now 66 years old as Narrator
Kenneth Cranham He was 38 , now 79 years old
Miranda Richardson She was 25 , now 66 years old as Narrator
Denis Lawson He was 36 , now 76 years old as Narrator
Imelda Staunton She was 27 , now 68 years old as Narrator
Toby Jones He was 17 , now 57 years old as Narrator
David Tennant He was 12 , now 52 years old as Narrator
John Hannah He was 21 , now 61 years old as Narrator
Bill Bailey He was 18 , 54 years old when he died as Narrator
Bernard Hill He was 38 , now 79 years old
David Attenborough He was 57 , now 97 years old as Narrator
David Attenborough He was 57 , now 97 years old
Meera Syal She was 22 , now 62 years old as Narrator
Virginia McKenna She was 52 , now 92 years old as Participant
Anthony Quayle He was 70 , 76 years old when he died
Nigel Hawthorne He was 54 , 72 years old when he died as Narrator
John Shrapnel He was 41 , 77 years old when he died as Narrator
Richard Armitage He was 12 , now 52 years old as Narrator
Geraldine James She was 33 , now 73 years old
Joss Ackland He was 55 , now 96 years old
Adrian Edmondson He was 26 , now 67 years old as Narrator
Michael Praed He was 23 , now 63 years old
Peter Capaldi He was 25 , now 65 years old as Narrator
Jeremy Northam He was 21 , now 62 years old as Participant
Richard Briers He was 49 , 79 years old when he died
Jeremy Northam He was 21 , now 62 years old as Narrator
Roshan Seth He was 41 , now 81 years old as Narrator
Patricia Routledge She was 54 , now 95 years old as Narrator
Andrew Sachs He was 53 , 86 years old when he died as Narrator
Andrew Sachs He was 53 , 86 years old when he died
Geoffrey Palmer He was 56 , now 96 years old as Narrator

Crew

Name Job title
Frédéric Fougea Directing He was 22 , now 63 years old Director
Bruce Reitherman Directing He was 28 , now 68 years old Director
Robin Smith Directing Director
Alastair Fothergill Directing He was 23 , now 63 years old Director
Mark Linfield Directing He was 33 , now 74 years old Director
Rick Rosenthal Directing He was 34 , now 74 years old Director
David Attenborough Writing He was 57 , now 97 years old Writer
Robert Poole Camera Director of Photography
Nigel Marven Directing He was 22 , now 63 years old Director
Nicolas Noxon Writing He was 47 , 79 years old when he died Writer
John Brown Camera He was 183 , 157 years old when he died Director of Photography
John Brown Directing He was 183 , 157 years old when he died Director
Ian Gray Directing He was 20 , 46 years old when he died Director
Ian Gray Production He was 20 , 46 years old when he died Producer
Mike Birkhead Directing Director
Mike Birkhead Production Producer
John-Paul Davidson Directing He was 20 , now 61 years old Director
Linda Bella Directing She was 8 , now 31 years old Director
Suzanne Chisholm Directing Director
George Chan Directing Director
Neil Nightingale Directing He was 23 , now 64 years old Director
Andrew Graham-Brown Directing Director
Andrew Graham-Brown Production Executive Producer
David Johnson Directing He was 156 , 80 years old when he died Director
Vanessa Berlowitz Directing Director
Brian Leith Directing Director
Brian Leith Writing Writer
Christian Baumeister Directing He was 11 , now 52 years old Director
Oliver Goetzl Directing He was 15 , now 55 years old Director
Ivo Nörenberg Directing He was 13 , now 54 years old Director
Tuppence Stone Directing Director
Mark Flowers Directing Director
Sally Thomson Directing Director
Sally Thomson Production Producer
David Pearce Editing He was 16 , now 24 years old Editor
Natural World poster
Natural World (40 years)

Returning Series

  • First Air Date: 1983-10-30
  • Runtime: [59,49] minutes
  • Number of Episodes: 526