The old man and I are documentary lovers, and we love things like the Planet Earth and Blue Planet documentaries. Nature shows are our favorites. We also watch a lot of history, and how things work or are made ones as well, and we were talking about all this today.
Well, we've come to a conclusion on the matter. When it comes to documentaries and nature shows, the BBC is king.
We gotta hand it to the Brits. They really know how to do a nice, entertaining, and informative documentary on a variety of interesting subjects.
Hats off to you ladies and gents. (nod)
It is one of the things that they're best at, certainly. I do worry about what will happen to the nature ones when Attenborough finally croaks, the ones with other presenters aren't as good.
I quite liked the Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice one narrated by David Tennant, but that was probably because it was fairly amusing with the little pods rolling around the ice.
I liked the Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice one... oh, what Ant said.
...I dunno. Guest presenters? Maybe that's for the best until we get a natural successor after a bit of time. Brian Cox is alright too, but it's not really something anybody could measure up to I suppose.
Brian Cox is a tit. Can't stand him on TV.
I do like BBC, a lot - but Ken Burns also does some great documentaries.
I think I prefer Brian Cox in more Physics based stuff.
Stephen Fry is a reasonable narrator for nature docs.
I didn't think you'd have to wait until Attenborough croaks. Didn't he say that the last was his last?