About Natural World
- Released on October 30, 1983
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.
Main Cast of Natural World
David Attenborough plays Narrator (23 episodes) , Narrator (voice) (28 episodes)
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Secondary Cast of Natural World
John Hannah plays Narrator (3 episodes) , Narrator (voice) (9 episodes)
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Ian Holm plays Narrator (7 episodes)
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John Hurt plays Narrator (2 episodes)
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Art Malik plays Narrator (1 episode)
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Peter Jones plays Narrator (1 episode)
Miranda Richardson plays Narrator (1 episode)
Richard Briers
Anthony Hopkins
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Nigel Hawthorne plays Narrator (1 episode)
Bill Oddie plays Narrator (1 episode)
Charles Dance
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Bernard Hill
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Denis Lawson plays Narrator (1 episode)
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Richard Kiley
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Brian Blessed
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Lenny Henry plays Narrator (1 episode)
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Richard E. Grant
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Michael Portillo
Imelda Staunton plays Narrator (1 episode)
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Andrew Sachs plays Narrator (2 episodes) , (7 episodes) , Self - Narrator (voice) (13 episodes)
Josette Simon
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Adrian Edmondson plays Narrator (1 episode)
Meera Syal plays Narrator (1 episode)
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Simon King plays Presenter (1 episode) , (3 episodes)
Stuart McQuarrie plays Narrator (1 episode)
Richard Armitage plays Narrator (2 episodes)
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Mark Strickson
Paul Young plays Narrator (2 episodes)
Simon MacCorkindale
Julian Pettifer
Louis Mahoney plays Narrator (1 episode)
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Zoë Wanamaker
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Kenneth Cranham
Anthony Quayle
Charlotte Rampling
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Paul Herzberg plays Narrator (1 episode)
Alisdair Simpson plays Narrator (1 episode)
Emily Richard plays Narrator (1 episode)
James Grout plays Narrator (1 episode)
Michael Praed
Robert Macfarlane plays Narrator (1 episode)
Michael Parfit plays Narrator (1 episode)
Fergus Beeley plays Narrator (2 episodes)
Lynn Rogers plays Narrator (1 episode)
David Attenborough plays Self - Narrator (1 episode) , Presenter (1 episode) , Host (9 episodes)
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Virginia McKenna plays Participant (1 episode)
Phillippa Forrester plays Narrator (1 episode)
Ingrid Visser plays Narrator (1 episode)
Anna Nekaris plays Narrator (1 episode)
Chris Morgan plays Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Erik Patel plays Participant (1 episode)
Charlie Hamilton James plays Narrator (1 episode)
Sean Bean plays Narrator (2 episodes)
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Martyn Colbeck plays Participant (1 episode) , Narrator (2 episodes)
Toby Jones plays Narrator (1 episode)
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David Harewood plays Narrator (1 episode)
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Francisco Garrett plays Narrator (1 episode)
Mike Rutzen plays Narrator (1 episode)
Colin Stafford-Johnson plays Presenter (2 episodes) , Narrator (4 episodes)
Sandesh Kadur plays Participant (1 episode)
Peter Guinness plays Narrator (1 episode)
Peter Guinness (born 14 August 1950) is an English film, television, and theatre actor. He has appeared in over fift...
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Anthony Valentine plays Narrator (1 episode) , (2 episodes)
Rebecca Hosking plays Presenter (2 episodes)
Mark Bowler plays Narrator (1 episode)
Satish Kumar plays Presenter (1 episode)
Simon Poland plays Narrator (1 episode)
Jeffrey Schaeffer plays Narrator (1 episode)
Russell Boulter plays Narrator (1 episode)
Roy Dennis plays Narrator (1 episode) , Presenter (2 episodes)
Cynthia Moss plays Presenter (1 episode) , Narrator (2 episodes)
Ernest Thompson Seton plays Clint Youngreen (1 episode)
Jeremy Northam plays Participant (1 episode) , Narrator (4 episodes)
Garrick Hagon plays Voice of Seton (1 episode)
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Jimmy Doherty plays Presenter (1 episode)
Hugh Quarshie plays Narrator (2 episodes)
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Charlie Russell plays Participant (1 episode)
Alan Titchmarsh plays Narrator (1 episode)
Gordon Buchanan plays Presenter (1 episode)
Ed Trucco plays Narrator (1 episode)
Jeff Turner plays Narrator (1 episode) , Presenter (2 episodes)
Amanda Root plays Narrator (1 episode)
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Dan Snow plays Narrator (1 episode)
Kenny Salwey plays Presenter (1 episode)
Bert Pence plays Narrator (1 episode)
Tom Baker plays Narrator (2 episodes)
Pradip Krishen plays Presenter (1 episode)
Robert Hardy plays Narrator (1 episode)
Valmik Thapar plays Narrator (2 episodes)
Romulus Whitaker plays Presenter (1 episode) , Participant (1 episode) , Narrator (1 episode)
Sue Turner plays Presenter (1 episode)
Anne Orlando plays Participant (1 episode)
Paul Schullery plays Narrator (1 episode)
Nat Benchley plays Narrator (1 episode)
John Lynch plays Narrator (2 episodes)
Karen Archer plays Narrator (1 episode)
Chris McCalphy plays Narrator (1 episode)
J.Weldon McNutt plays Presenter (1 episode)
Robert Llewellen plays Narrator (1 episode)
Sean Pertwee
Sean Barrett plays Narrator (2 episodes)
Veronika Hyks plays Narrator (1 episode)
George McGavin plays Self (1 episode)
Christian Rodska plays Narrator (voice) (3 episodes)
Philippa Forrester plays Presenter (1 episode) , Narrator (1 episode) , Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Jonathan Scott plays Presenter (2 episodes)
Hugo Kitching plays Narrator (1 episode)
Vianet Djenguet plays Narrator (1 episode)
Paul McGann plays Narrator (5 episodes)
Julie Walters plays Narrator (1 episode)
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Aldo Kane plays Presenter (1 episode)
John Peel
Alec Newman plays Narrator (1 episode)
Miles Jupp plays Narrator (1 episode)
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Tico McNutt plays Self (1 episode)
Tamsin Greig plays Narrator (1 episode) , Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
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Juliet Stevenson plays Narrator (1 episode)
Barry Paine plays Self - Narrator (1 episode)
Juliet Stevenson plays Narrator (1 episode)
Tony Fitzjohn plays Self (1 episode)
David Allen plays George Adamson (1 episode)
Keith Mitchell plays George Adamson (voice) (1 episode)
David Hughes plays Narrator (1 episode)
Thomas Eisner plays Self (1 episode)
Robert Powell plays Narrator (1 episode)
Trevor Philpott plays Self (1 episode)
Laurie Emberson plays Self (1 episode)
Jeff Goodman plays Self (1 episode)
Jane Goodall plays Self (1 episode)
Dame Jane Morris Goodall DBE (born Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall on 3 April 1934), formerly Baroness Jane van Lawick-Go...
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Walter Sigl plays Narrator (1 episode)
Peter France plays Narrator (1 episode)
John Hedges plays Narrator (1 episode)
Bryan Fry plays Self (1 episode)
Joe Hutto plays Narrator (1 episode)
Jeff Turner plays Narrator (1 episode)
Adrian Lester plays Narrator (1 episode)
David Johnson plays Narrator (1 episode)
Rupert Penry-Jones plays Narrator (1 episode)
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Discover the backstage crew of Natural World →
- John Hannah
- Juliet Stevenson
- Ian Holm
- Honor Blackman
- John Hurt
- Geraldine James
- Robert Lindsay
- Art Malik
- Eleanor Bron
- Peter Jones
- Miranda Richardson
- Richard Briers
- Anthony Hopkins
- Tim Pigott-Smith
- Nigel Hawthorne
- Bill Oddie
- Charles Dance
- Martin Jarvis
- John Shrapnel
- Bernard Hill
- Patricia Routledge
- Denis Lawson
- Tony Robinson
- Richard Kiley
- Gareth Armstrong
- Brian Blessed
- Roshan Seth
- Lenny Henry
- Magnus Magnusson
- Richard E. Grant
- Hywel Bennett
- Michael Portillo
- Imelda Staunton
- Joss Ackland
- Andrew Sachs
- Josette Simon
- Kristin Scott Thomas
- Adrian Edmondson
- Meera Syal
- Sally Magnusson
- Simon King
- Stuart McQuarrie
- Richard Armitage
- John Nettles
- Mark Strickson
- Paul Young
- Simon MacCorkindale
- Julian Pettifer
- Louis Mahoney
- Ian McShane
- Stephen Fry
- Andy Serkis
- Rob Brydon
- Zoë Wanamaker
- Geoffrey Palmer
- Kenneth Cranham
- Anthony Quayle
- Charlotte Rampling
- John Lynch
- Paul Herzberg
- Alisdair Simpson
- Emily Richard
- James Grout
- Michael Praed
- Robert Macfarlane
- Michael Parfit
- Fergus Beeley
- Lynn Rogers
- David Attenborough
- Bonnie Greer
- Virginia McKenna
- Phillippa Forrester
- Ingrid Visser
- Anna Nekaris
- Chris Morgan
- Erik Patel
- Charlie Hamilton James
- Sean Bean
- Sanjeev Bhaskar
- Holley Muraco
- Martyn Colbeck
- Toby Jones
- Bill Bailey
- David Harewood
- Jessica Whittaker
- Francisco Garrett
- Mike Rutzen
- Colin Stafford-Johnson
- Sandesh Kadur
- Peter Guinness
- Mike Chase
- Anthony Valentine
- Rebecca Hosking
- Mark Bowler
- Satish Kumar
- Simon Poland
- Jeffrey Schaeffer
- Russell Boulter
- Roy Dennis
- Cynthia Moss
- Ernest Thompson Seton
- Jeremy Northam
- Garrick Hagon
- Flip Stander
- Jimmy Doherty
- Hugh Quarshie
- Dilly Barlow
- Charlie Russell
- Alan Titchmarsh
- Gordon Buchanan
- Ed Trucco
- Jeff Turner
- Amanda Root
- Steven Berkoff
- Fergal Keane
- Dan Snow
- Kenny Salwey
- Bert Pence
- Tom Baker
- Pradip Krishen
- Robert Hardy
- Valmik Thapar
- Romulus Whitaker
- Sue Turner
- Anne Orlando
- Paul Schullery
- Nat Benchley
- Karen Archer
- Chris McCalphy
- J.Weldon McNutt
- Robert Llewellen
- Sean Pertwee
- Sean Barrett
- Veronika Hyks
- George McGavin
- Christian Rodska
- Philippa Forrester
- Jonathan Scott
- Hugo Kitching
- Vianet Djenguet
- Paul McGann
- Julie Walters
- David Tennant
- John James
- Aldo Kane
- John Peel
- Alec Newman
- Miles Jupp
- Peter Capaldi
- Ivanno Jeremiah
- Olivia Colman
- Tico McNutt
- Tamsin Greig
- Aicha Kossoko
- Barry Paine
- Tony Fitzjohn
- David Allen
- Keith Mitchell
- David Hughes
- Thomas Eisner
- Robert Powell
- Trevor Philpott
- Laurie Emberson
- Jeff Goodman
- Jane Goodall
- Iain Guest
- Walter Sigl
- Peter France
- John Hedges
- Bryan Fry
- Joe Hutto
- Adrian Lester
- David Johnson
- Rupert Penry-Jones
- Iain Glen