Attenborough’s calming narration comes to Netflix in 2019 doc Our Planet

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Two of the main people behind the BBC's modern wave of nature documentary series, including their iconic narrator, have signed on to make their next documentary project with Netflix.
The soothing, British-accented tones of narrator Sir David Attenborough, along with Blue Planet and Planet Earth creator, director, and executive producer Alastair Fothergill, are the headline names for a new project, dubbed Our Planet. Netflix says this eight-part 'natural history' documentary series will debut exclusively on its service on April 5, 2019.
The series includes a partnership with the World Wildlife Fund, along with statements from Attenborough about the 'beauty and fragility' of our planet and the claim that humanity is 'the greatest threat to the health of our home,' but this all merely implies that Our Planet will heavily focus on conservation. The series' released teaser trailer instead largely resembles recent BBC docuseries—meaning, dramatic, crystal-clear shots of wildlife in its natural habitat. We'll always take more of those, and Netflix is advertising 4K-ready video content for this one.
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