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ashling

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Thu Feb 20, 2014, 10:01 PM Feb 2014

Sir David Attenborough Narrates Women's Olympic Curling Event, And It Is Pure Gold

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/19/sir-david-attenborough-olympic-curling_n_4818347.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009

Sir David Attenborough, a legend in nature documentary narration, was recently asked by BBC Radio 1 to narrate a women’s curling event from the Winter Games.

Suffice it to say we’re very grateful he obliged.

Attenborough’s iconic voice gently guides viewers through a face-off between the United States and Great Britain. At the beginning of the video (above), he says, “Watch as the alpha female displays her dominance over the herd by tapping the end of the frisking broom to check for rogue insects.”

As Great Britain's Anna Sloane casts her team’s stone across the ice, Attenborough explains her movements in his signature soothing tone: “Off she goes, gently, but flamboyantly launching the oversized walnut down the frozen river









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Sir David Attenborough Narrates Women's Olympic Curling Event, And It Is Pure Gold (Original Post) ashling Feb 2014 OP
That was funny!! And the kittehs are really cute! madinmaryland Feb 2014 #1
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