{"id":32775,"date":"2023-05-14T09:01:34","date_gmt":"2023-05-14T07:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1829868"},"modified":"2023-05-14T23:51:13","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T21:51:13","slug":"prehistoric-planet-producer-recalls-magical-david-attenborough-moment","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/prehistoric-planet-producer-recalls-magical-david-attenborough-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"Prehistoric Planet producer recalls \u201cmagical\u201d David Attenborough moment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> The Apple TV+ show&#8217;s producers Tim Walker and Mike Gunton spoke about working with David Attenborough on season 2. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Lauren Morris\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Sunday, 14 May 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>The producers of <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/documentaries\/prehistoric-planet-review-david-attenborough\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Prehistoric Planet<\/a> have teased David Attenborough\u2019s role in the upcoming second season, revealing that his narration on the <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/appletv\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Apple TV+<\/a>\u00a0show is \u201cabsolutely magical\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The nature documentary, produced by The Mandalorian\u2019s Jon Favreau, returns for a second season at the end of this month with Attenborough back to narrate more sequences featuring computer-generated dinosaurs.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <strong><a href=\"&quot;http:\/\/RadioTimes.com&quot;\">RadioTimes.com<\/a><\/strong> in an exclusive interview, producer Tim Walker opened up about working with Attenborough on the show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we do our voiceover records with him, it is one of the most magical moments.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/05\/PrehistoricPlanetPhoto020201-208f741.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/05\/PrehistoricPlanetPhoto020201-208f741.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> A Baby Velociraptor in Prehistoric Planet season 2.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"\/><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe worked with him on the script, obviously, the voiceover scripts, and then it gets to the day when you\u2019re going to do it and when he records, he records it in one go. So you press start, he reads it and then press stop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a few pickups afterwards and what have you, but basically, it\u2019s like having the world\u2019s best storyteller reading you a bedtime story of the images that you\u2019ve spent years creating. It\u2019s just absolutely magical.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a class=\"&quot;standard-card-new__article-title\" qa-card-link=\"\" href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/documentaries\/queen-cleopatra-inspire-young-girls-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Queen Cleopatra star hopes casting will inspire young girls of colour<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"&quot;standard-card-new__article-title\" qa-card-link=\"\" href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/documentaries\/prehistoric-planet-review-david-attenborough\/&quot;\">Prehistoric Planet review: Taking nature docs into a different jurassic ballpark<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p>Executive producer Mike Gunton, who has worked with Attenborough on Dynasties, Planet Earth II and Life among other programmes, said that Prehistoric Planet season 2 features one of the broadcaster\u2019s \u201cbest narrations\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I\u2019ve done a lot,\u201d he said. \u201cThese are some of the best narrations he\u2019s ever done and it\u2019s been an absolute pleasure to work with him because he\u2019s brought such enthusiasm to it.\u201d<\/p> <p>He continued:\u00a0\u201cIn fact, when we did the very last commentary recording of the last of this series, he said, \u2018Great \u2013 well, that\u2019s fantastic. So when\u2019s the next one?\u2019 and I said, \u2018Well that\u2019s it, David. That\u2019s the last one.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said, \u2018No, it can\u2019t be, this makes my week when I get a new one of these coming through.\u2019 I think he\u2019s fascinated in the subject anyway. To be honest, how could you ever do this without him? It just would not be the same.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Season 2 of Prehistoric Planet is set to introduce never-before-seen apex predators based on new studies, herbivores like the Tarchia and giant ocean-dwellers like the Mosasaurus.<\/p> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove\" embed=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed__intrinsic&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove__player\" vjs-playlist-player-container=\"\"> <video data-video-id=\"&quot;6326748688112&quot;\" data-account=\"&quot;69912529001&quot;\" data-player=\"&quot;ByeOf0VZEl&quot;\" data-embed=\"&quot;default&quot;\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"&quot;video-js&quot;\"\/><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"&quot;\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js&quot;\"\/><p><strong>Prehistoric Planet season 2 will arrive on Apple TV+ on Monday 22nd May.\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Find out how to\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/apple.sjv.io\/c\/1236178\/435298\/7615?itsct=RadioTimes_TV&amp;itscg=30200&amp;at=1000l36Fi&amp;subId1=radiotimes-1647063&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Ftv.apple.com%2Fchannel%2Ftvs.sbd.4000%3Fitsct%3DRadioTimes_TV%26itscg%3D30200%26at%3D1000l36Fi&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" sponsored=\"\">sign up for Apple TV+ here<\/a>\u00a0or find something to watch with our\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\">TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Streaming Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Try Radio Times magazine today and get 12 issues for only \u00a31 with delivery to your home \u2013\u00a0<a title=\"&quot;http:\/\/radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article&quot;\" href=\"\/\/radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-safelink=\"&quot;true&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;0&quot;\">subscribe now<\/a>. 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