I quite like the primate-related ones presented by Charlotte Uhlenbroek, but she seems to have vanished from the screens.
Perhaps no one could pronounce her name.
It's almost a pity that Keith Harris is dead, really.
Personally, I like to get all my spacey related news from Richard Hoagland. He's always good for a laugh.
Also, Alice Roberts has done a couple of goodies (and Coast here and there) for the OU...and she's purdy.
I like him. Finally got around to watching Rise of the Planet of the Apes with him in.
Oohh yeah, I like her too. Seen a few things she has done.
Quite like him on the radio (infinite monkey cage) where I can't see his shiny, smug face.
Not the BC I meant but yes, I do like IMC. He does come across as a tit sometimes though, but I also enjoy his spacey documentaries.
It nice when you find something that is not only educational, but well done and entertaining as well. Not all companies put in the effort they should.
Like for the nature ones, we don't really care for the ones where they've got someone talking another language as you're watching them speak, and you either have to read it, or they have voice overs that don't match up.
Some of the ones with the voice overs put me in mind of the old Kung Fu Theater they had on when I was a kid. The guys mouth would stop moving, but you could still here the voice over going on and on, or their lips were going at breakneck speed, and you just got something like "Hi".
I want to see what the documentary is about, and not who thinks they should be on camera all the time. I don't mind a few shots of someone explaining something in depth, but you don't need a visual person throughout something like a nature documentary. People want to see the animals and where they live. It's why we watch them. :)
The BBC really gets some beautiful shots of some wonderful places. :)
There are some good ones out there, and I think the industry should concentrate on working with them.
We tried to watch one on oceans a while ago, and it had this guy on it with voice overs for him. They spent more time on him, then on the oceans and what lives in them. The whole thing was very poorly done.
I grew up watching Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom and Jacques Cousteau. They were my all time favorite shows as a kid. We never missed an episode of them at my grandparents. Everyone in the house loved them. They'd come on and the whole family was in the livingroom for the whole time. :)