Cast and Crew of Natural World

Natural World

"Natural World" is an acclaimed nature documentary television series that has been a staple of BBC Two’s programming since its debut in 1983. Celebrated as the BBC's flagship natural history brand, the series holds the distinction of being the longest-running of its kind on British television. Over the years, it has captivated audiences with more than 400 episodes that explore the diverse and often breathtaking landscapes and wildlife of our planet. Each installment offers viewers an immersive experience into the wonders of the natural world, showcasing the intricate relationships between various species and their environments.

Produced by the renowned BBC Natural History Unit based in Bristol, "Natural World" features a mix of in-house productions and collaborations with other broadcasters and independent filmmakers. This diverse approach allows the series to present a wide array of themes and subjects, from the majestic creatures that roam vast savannas to the delicate ecosystems hidden within lush rainforests. As part of its international appeal, many of the episodes have also been repackaged as PBS Nature episodes in the United States, further extending its reach and influence in promoting environmental awareness to a global audience.

Since 2008, "Natural World" has embraced technological advancements by primarily filming and broadcasting its content in high definition. This has enhanced the viewing experience, allowing audiences to fully appreciate the stunning visuals and detailed cinematography that characterize the series. With its commitment to high-quality production and storytelling, "Natural World" continues to be a vital source of information and inspiration, encouraging viewers to learn more about the natural world and the importance of conservation efforts in preserving it for future generations.

Main Cast of Natural World

David Attenborough as Narrator

David Attenborough

as Narrator (23 episodes) , Narrator (voice) (28 episodes)

Sir David Attenborough (8th May 1926) is a broadcaster and naturalist. His career as the respected face and voice of ...

Barry Paine

as Narrator (20 episodes)

Secondary Cast of Natural World

John Hannah as Narrator

John Hannah

as Narrator (3 episodes) , Narrator (voice) (9 episodes)

John Hannah (born 23 April 1962) is a Scottish actor of film and television. He has appeared in Stephen Sommers Mummy...

Juliet Stevenson as Narrator

Juliet Stevenson

as Narrator (5 episodes) , Narrator (voice) (9 episodes)
Ian Holm as Narrator

Ian Holm

as Narrator (7 episodes)

Sir Ian Holm Cuthbert CBE (12 September 1931 – 19 June 2020) was an English actor. After beginning his career on the ...

Honor Blackman as Narrator

Honor Blackman

as Narrator (1 episode)
John Hurt as Narrator

John Hurt

as Narrator (2 episodes)

Sir John Vincent Hurt (22 January 1940 – 25 January 2017) was an English actor whose career spanned over five decades...

Geraldine James

Geraldine James

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Geraldine James, OBE (born 6 July 1950) is an English actress. Description ab...

Robert Lindsay

Robert Lindsay

Art Malik as Narrator

Art Malik

as Narrator (1 episode)

Athar ul-Haque Malik (born 13 November 1952), known professionally as Art Malik, is a Pakistani-born British actor wh...

Eleanor Bron as Narrator

Eleanor Bron

as Narrator (1 episode)
Peter Jones as Narrator

Peter Jones

as Narrator (1 episode)
Miranda Richardson as Narrator

Miranda Richardson

as Narrator (1 episode)
Richard Briers

Richard Briers

Anthony Hopkins

Anthony Hopkins

Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins CBE (born December 31, 1937) is a Welsh actor, film director, and film producer. He is the...

Tim Pigott-Smith as Narrator

Tim Pigott-Smith

as Narrator (6 episodes)
Nigel Hawthorne as Narrator

Nigel Hawthorne

as Narrator (1 episode)
Bill Oddie as Narrator

Bill Oddie

as Narrator (1 episode)
Charles Dance

Charles Dance

Charles Dance (born October 10, 1946) is an English actor, screenwriter and director. He typically plays assertive bu...

Martin Jarvis as Narrator

Martin Jarvis

as Narrator (2 episodes)

Martin Jarvis OBE is one of Britain's most versatile leading actors. His distinguished career continues to encompass ...

John Shrapnel as Narrator

John Shrapnel

as Narrator (10 episodes)
Bernard Hill

Bernard Hill

Born in 1944, Bernard Hill is a British actor of film, stage and television. He is best known to British television v...

Patricia Routledge as Narrator

Patricia Routledge

as Narrator (1 episode)
Denis Lawson as Narrator

Denis Lawson

as Narrator (1 episode)

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Denis Stamper Lawson (born 27 September 1947) is a Scottish actor and directo...

Tony Robinson

Tony Robinson

Richard Kiley

Richard Kiley

Richard Paul Kiley (March 31, 1922 – March 5, 1999) was an American actor. He is best known for his distinguished the...

Gareth Armstrong

as Narrator (1 episode)
Brian Blessed

Brian Blessed

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Brian Blessed (born 9 October 1936) is an English actor. He is known for his ...

Roshan Seth as Narrator

Roshan Seth

as Narrator (2 episodes)
Lenny Henry as Narrator

Lenny Henry

as Narrator (1 episode)

Sir Lenworth George Henry CBE, known as Lenny Henry, is an English stand-up comedian, actor, singer, writer and telev...

Magnus Magnusson as Narrator

Magnus Magnusson

as Narrator (1 episode)
Richard E. Grant

Richard E. Grant

Richard E. Grant (born 5 May 1957) is a Liswati-English actor and presenter. He made his film debut as Withnail in th...

Hywel Bennett

Hywel Bennett

Michael Portillo

Michael Portillo

Imelda Staunton as Narrator

Imelda Staunton

as Narrator (1 episode)

Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton (born 9 January 1956) is an English actress and singer. After training at t...

Joss Ackland as Self - Narrator (voice)

Joss Ackland

as Self - Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Andrew Sachs as Narrator

Andrew Sachs

as Narrator (2 episodes) , (7 episodes) , Self - Narrator (voice) (13 episodes)
Josette Simon

Josette Simon

Josette Patricia Simon OBE is a British actress. She trained for the stage at the Central School of Speech and Drama ...

Kristin Scott Thomas

Kristin Scott Thomas

Adrian Edmondson as Narrator

Adrian Edmondson

as Narrator (1 episode)
Meera Syal as Narrator

Meera Syal

as Narrator (1 episode)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Meera Syal MBE (born Feeroza Syal on 27 June 1961) is a British comedienne, w...

Simon King as Presenter

Simon King

as Presenter (1 episode) , (3 episodes)

Sally Magnusson

as Narrator (1 episode)
Stuart McQuarrie as Narrator

Stuart McQuarrie

as Narrator (1 episode)
Richard Armitage as Narrator

Richard Armitage

as Narrator (2 episodes)

Richard Armitage was born and raised in Leicester, England. He attended Pattison College in Binley Road, Coventry, an...

John Nettles

John Nettles

Mark Strickson

Mark Strickson

Paul Young as Narrator

Paul Young

as Narrator (2 episodes)
Simon MacCorkindale

Simon MacCorkindale

Julian Pettifer

Louis Mahoney as Narrator

Louis Mahoney

as Narrator (1 episode)

Gambian Louis Felix Danner Mahoney came to England ostensibly to train as a doctor. However, he abandoned medicine fo...

Ian McShane as Narrator

Ian McShane

as Narrator (3 episodes)

Ian David McShane (born 29 September 1942) is an English actor. Although he has appeared in numerous films, it is by ...

Stephen Fry as Narrator

Stephen Fry

as Narrator (3 episodes)

Stephen John Fry is an English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presen...

Andy Serkis as Narrator

Andy Serkis

as Narrator (1 episode)

Andrew Clement Serkis (born 20 April 1964) is an English actor, director and producer of Iraqi and Armenian descent. ...

Rob Brydon as Narrator

Rob Brydon

as Narrator (2 episodes)
Zoë Wanamaker

Zoë Wanamaker

Zoë Wanamaker, CBE (born 13 May 1949) is an American-British actress. She has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Co...

Geoffrey Palmer as Narrator

Geoffrey Palmer

as Narrator (1 episode)
Kenneth Cranham

Kenneth Cranham

Anthony Quayle

Anthony Quayle

Charlotte Rampling

Charlotte Rampling

Tessa Charlotte Rampling OBE (born 5 February 1946) is an English actress, model and singer, known for her work in Eu...

John Lynch as Narrator

John Lynch

as Narrator (1 episode)
Paul Herzberg as Narrator

Paul Herzberg

as Narrator (1 episode)
Alisdair Simpson as Narrator

Alisdair Simpson

as Narrator (1 episode)
Emily Richard as Narrator

Emily Richard

as Narrator (1 episode)
James Grout as Narrator

James Grout

as Narrator (1 episode)
Michael Praed

Michael Praed

Robert Macfarlane

as Narrator (1 episode)

Michael Parfit

as Narrator (1 episode)

Fergus Beeley

as Narrator (2 episodes)
David Attenborough as Self - Narrator

David Attenborough

as Self - Narrator (1 episode) , Presenter (1 episode) , Host (9 episodes)

Sir David Attenborough (8th May 1926) is a broadcaster and naturalist. His career as the respected face and voice of ...

Lynn Rogers

as Narrator (1 episode)
Bonnie Greer as Narrator

Bonnie Greer

as Narrator (1 episode)
Virginia McKenna as Participant

Virginia McKenna

as Participant (1 episode)

Phillippa Forrester

as Narrator (1 episode)

Ingrid Visser

as Narrator (1 episode)

Anna Nekaris

as Narrator (1 episode)

Chris Morgan

as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

Erik Patel

as Participant (1 episode)
Charlie Hamilton James as Narrator

Charlie Hamilton James

as Narrator (1 episode)
Sean Bean as Narrator

Sean Bean

as Narrator (2 episodes)

Shaun Mark Bean (born 17 April 1959) is an English actor. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Be...

Sanjeev Bhaskar as Presenter

Sanjeev Bhaskar

as Presenter (1 episode) , (1 episode)

Sanjeev Bhaskar OBE (born 31 October 1963) is a British actor, comedian and television presenter. He is best known fo...

Martyn Colbeck

as Participant (1 episode) , Narrator (2 episodes)

Holley Muraco

as Participant (1 episode)
Toby Jones as Narrator

Toby Jones

as Narrator (1 episode)

Tobias Edward Heslewood Jones OBE (born 7 September 1966) is an English actor. Jones made his film debut in Sally Po...

Bill Bailey as Narrator

Bill Bailey

as Narrator (2 episodes)
David Harewood as Narrator

David Harewood

as Narrator (1 episode)

David Harewood is an English actor, known for playing David Estes in Homeland and Hank Henshaw in Supergirl.

Jessica Whittaker

as Narrator (1 episode)

Francisco Garrett

as Narrator (1 episode)

Mike Rutzen

as Narrator (1 episode)
Colin Stafford-Johnson as Presenter

Colin Stafford-Johnson

as Presenter (2 episodes) , Narrator (4 episodes)

Sandesh Kadur

as Participant (1 episode)
Peter Guinness as Narrator

Peter Guinness

as Narrator (1 episode)

Peter Guinness (born 14 August 1950) is an English film, television, and theatre actor. He has appeared in over fift...

Mike Chase

as Presenter (1 episode)
Anthony Valentine as Narrator

Anthony Valentine

as Narrator (1 episode) , (2 episodes)

Rebecca Hosking

as Presenter (2 episodes)

Mark Bowler

as Narrator (1 episode)

Satish Kumar

as Presenter (1 episode)
Simon Poland as Narrator

Simon Poland

as Narrator (1 episode)

Jeffrey Schaeffer

as Narrator (1 episode)

Roy Dennis

as Narrator (1 episode) , Presenter (2 episodes)
Russell Boulter as Narrator

Russell Boulter

as Narrator (1 episode)

Cynthia Moss

as Presenter (1 episode) , Narrator (2 episodes)
Ernest Thompson Seton as Clint Youngreen

Ernest Thompson Seton

as Clint Youngreen (1 episode)
Jeremy Northam as Participant

Jeremy Northam

as Participant (1 episode) , Narrator (4 episodes)
Garrick Hagon as Voice of Seton

Garrick Hagon

as Voice of Seton (1 episode)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Garrick Hagon (born September 27, 1939) is an English film, stage and televisi...

Flip Stander

as Presenter (2 episodes)
Jimmy Doherty as Presenter

Jimmy Doherty

as Presenter (1 episode)
Hugh Quarshie as Narrator

Hugh Quarshie

as Narrator (2 episodes)

Hugh Anthony Quarshie (born 22 December 1954) is a Ghanaian-born British actor of stage, television, and film. Some o...

Dilly Barlow

as Narrator (2 episodes)

Charlie Russell

as Participant (1 episode)
Alan Titchmarsh as Narrator

Alan Titchmarsh

as Narrator (1 episode)
Gordon Buchanan as Presenter

Gordon Buchanan

as Presenter (1 episode)

Jeff Turner

as Narrator (1 episode) , Presenter (2 episodes)

Ed Trucco

as Narrator (1 episode)
Amanda Root as Narrator

Amanda Root

as Narrator (1 episode)

Amanda Root (born 1963 in Chelmsford, Essex) is an English stage and screen actor and a former voice actor for childr...

Steven Berkoff as Narrator

Steven Berkoff

as Narrator (2 episodes)

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Steven Berkoff (born 3 August 1937) is an English actor, writer and direct...

Fergal Keane as Narrator

Fergal Keane

as Narrator (2 episodes)
Dan Snow as Narrator

Dan Snow

as Narrator (1 episode)

Kenny Salwey

as Presenter (1 episode)

Bert Pence

as Narrator (1 episode)
Tom Baker as Narrator

Tom Baker

as Narrator (2 episodes)

Pradip Krishen

as Presenter (1 episode)
Robert Hardy as Narrator

Robert Hardy

as Narrator (1 episode)

Valmik Thapar

as Narrator (2 episodes)

Romulus Whitaker

as Presenter (1 episode) , Participant (1 episode) , Narrator (1 episode)

Sue Turner

as Presenter (1 episode)

Anne Orlando

as Participant (1 episode)

Paul Schullery

as Narrator (1 episode)

Nat Benchley

as Narrator (1 episode)

John Lynch

as Narrator (2 episodes)

Karen Archer

as Narrator (1 episode)

Chris McCalphy

as Narrator (1 episode)

J.Weldon McNutt

as Presenter (1 episode)

Robert Llewellen

as Narrator (1 episode)
Sean Pertwee

Sean Pertwee

Sean Barrett as Narrator

Sean Barrett

as Narrator (2 episodes)

Veronika Hyks

as Narrator (1 episode)
George McGavin as Self

George McGavin

as Self (1 episode)
Christian Rodska as Narrator (voice)

Christian Rodska

as Narrator (voice) (3 episodes)

Philippa Forrester

as Narrator (1 episode) , Presenter (1 episode) , Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
Jonathan Scott as Presenter

Jonathan Scott

as Presenter (2 episodes)

Hugo Kitching

as Narrator (1 episode)
Vianet Djenguet as Narrator

Vianet Djenguet

as Narrator (1 episode)
Paul McGann as Narrator

Paul McGann

as Narrator (5 episodes)
Julie Walters as Narrator

Julie Walters

as Narrator (1 episode)

Dame Julia Mary Walters DBE (born 22 February 1950), known professionally as Julie Walters, is an English actress, au...

David Tennant as Narrator

David Tennant

as Narrator (1 episode)

David John Tennant is a Scottish actor known for his roles in Doctor Who, Casanova, Hamlet, Harry Potter and the Gobl...

John James

Aldo Kane as Presenter

Aldo Kane

as Presenter (1 episode)
John Peel

John Peel

Alec Newman as Narrator

Alec Newman

as Narrator (1 episode)
Miles Jupp as Narrator

Miles Jupp

as Narrator (1 episode)

Miles Hugh Barrett Jupp is an English comedian and actor. He began his career as a stand-up comedian. Although Jupp ...

Peter Capaldi as Narrator

Peter Capaldi

as Narrator (2 episodes)

Peter Dougan Capaldi (born 14 April 1958) is a Scottish actor, writer and director. He portrayed the twelfth incarnat...

Ivanno Jeremiah as Narrator

Ivanno Jeremiah

as Narrator (1 episode)

Ivanno Jeremiah is a British stage, film and television actor, best known for playing regular character Max in the Br...

Olivia Colman as Narrator

Olivia Colman

as Narrator (1 episode)

Sarah Caroline Sinclair CBE (January 30, 1974), known professionally as Olivia Colman, is an English actress. Known f...

Paul Young

as Narrator (1 episode)
Tamsin Greig as Narrator

Tamsin Greig

as Narrator (1 episode) , Narrator (voice) (1 episode)

Tamsin Margaret Mary Greig (/ˈtæmzɪn ˈɡrɛɡ/; born 12 July 1966) is an English actress, known for both dramatic and co...

Tico McNutt

as Self (1 episode)

Aicha Kossoko

Juliet Stevenson

as Narrator (1 episode)

Barry Paine

as Self - Narrator (1 episode)

Juliet Stevenson

as Narrator (1 episode)

Tony Fitzjohn

as Self (1 episode)

David Allen

as George Adamson (1 episode)

Keith Mitchell

as George Adamson (voice) (1 episode)

David Hughes

as Narrator (1 episode)

Thomas Eisner

as Self (1 episode)
Robert Powell as Narrator

Robert Powell

as Narrator (1 episode)

Trevor Philpott

as Self (1 episode)

Laurie Emberson

as Self (1 episode)

Jeff Goodman

as Self (1 episode)
Jane Goodall as Self

Jane Goodall

as Self (1 episode)

Dame Jane Morris Goodall DBE (born Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall on 3 April 1934), formerly Baroness Jane van Lawick-Go...

Iain Guest

as Narrator (1 episode)

Walter Sigl

as Narrator (1 episode)

Peter France

as Narrator (1 episode)

John Hedges

as Narrator (1 episode)

Bryan Fry

as Self (1 episode)

Joe Hutto

as Narrator (1 episode)

Jeff Turner

as Narrator (1 episode)
Adrian Lester as Narrator

Adrian Lester

as Narrator (1 episode)

David Johnson

as Narrator (1 episode)
Rupert Penry-Jones as Narrator

Rupert Penry-Jones

as Narrator (1 episode)

​Rupert William Penry-Jones  (born 22 September 1970) is an English actor, the son of Welsh actor Peter Penry-Jones a...

Iain Glen as Narrator

Iain Glen

as Narrator (2 episodes)

Iain Alan Sutherland Glen (born 24 June 1961) is a Scottish actor. Glen is best known for his roles as Dr. Alexander ...

Crew of Natural World

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