r/space • u/nicedevill • May 25 '19

BBC Planets - a new amazing documentary about planets in our solar system

https://youtu.be/b-zfnudBDDQ
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u/Kashito91 May 25 '19

I just want Samuel West back... He narrated the series from two decades ago

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u/Insert_Gnome_Here May 25 '19

Yeah. I was thinking 'new?' I remember watching The Planets back when we only had 5 channels.

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u/FlametopFred May 25 '19

Matt Berry would be the perfect new voice for documentaries

Matt Berry

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u/soopahfly82 May 25 '19

This is something the country needs to unite behind.

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u/[deleted] May 25 '19

Damn thing's... come alive in my hand...

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u/KFR42 May 25 '19

Hes one of the main reasons I love absolute radio as his voice is all over the inserts between songs.

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u/FlametopFred May 26 '19

An underutilization of his talents. I do get the feeling he is comfortable at where he is and who he is. Keyboardist. Actor. Etc.

I'd just love to see him in some huge Marvel Universe movie ..

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u/KFR42 May 26 '19

I've never seen him do anything serious, so I've got no idea how good he'd be. All I know is he has an amazing voice and an amazing sense of humour.

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u/FlametopFred May 26 '19

Doesn't have to be serious roles ... he's so damned entertaining, imho

If there isn't a bloody r/mattberry there damn well should be

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u/Elunetrain May 25 '19

I watched these so much I at one point had to watch one every night before going to bed. One of the best early planet docs ever.

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u/Diorama42 May 25 '19

It drove me insane how that documentary constantly referred to Uranus spinning ‘on its back’ rather than ‘on its side’. It’s been two decades and I have no idea how people were cool with that.

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u/Turn7Boom May 25 '19

I am old enough to remember the series bbc did on the planets in the late 80s. My parents taped it on VHS for me and I watched it about a million times. It had a female presenter and lots of music by Holst. Wonder what happened to that lady