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David Attenborough

Louise Theroux

Michael Palin

Michael Moore

Ross Kemp


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David AttenboroughSir David Attenborough is eighty seven years old, his documentarian

career has spanned over sixty years. Mr. Attenborough has wrote and

presented numerous documentaries in conjunction with the BBC; his

most successful being Life series (ten series). During the last twenty

five years David Attenborough has established himself as the world's

best and most prolific natural history documentarian. Through several

pioneering BBC series, including: Life on Earth (1979), The Living

Planet (1984), The Trials of Life (1990), The Private Life of Plants

(1995), The Life of Birds (1998), The Life of Mammals (2002) and Life

in the Undergrowth (2005). He is the only person to have won a

BAFTA in black and white, color, HD and 3D. David has been called

"the great communicator, the peerless educator and the greatest

broadcaster of our time.


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Louis TherouxLouis Theroux is an English journalist, broadcaster and

documentarian. He has wrote thirty documentarys and produced nine-teen; he is best know for his series Louis Theroux weird weekends

and When Louis meets... Louis Theroux has collaborated with the

BBC on numerous occasions, with documentaries including: Louis and

the Nazis(2003), Americas Medicated Kids(2010), A Place for

Pedophiles(2009) and When Louis Theroux Met Jimmy Seville.

He has won several prestigious awards such as two BAFTA Awards

and one Royal Television Society Television Award. Mr. Thoraxdocumentaries are more often than not Participatory for example

Louis Theroux and the Nazis. His documentarys are broadcast not

only on the BBC, but around the world on other channels.


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Michael PalinMichael Palin is an English actor, writer, documentarian and television

presenter; he has seen much success with his travel and history

documentaries. Michael has collaborated with the BBC on several

occasions series, series including: Brazil with Michael Palin(2004),

Pole to Pole (1992), Full circle with Michael Palin(1997), Sahara with

Michael Palin(2002) and Himalaya with Michael Palin. His career as a

documentarian started in 1989 when he appeared as a presenter in a

series of travel programs. He has won a number of prestigious awards

including four BAFTA awards and one Writers' Guild of Great Britain.


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Michael Moore

Michael Francis Moore is an American filmmaker, author, writer,

actor documentarian and social critic. He has had an extremely

successful career; his documentary, Fahrenheit 9/11, is the highest-

grossing documentary of all time (while two other of his

documentaries are in the top ten). Moore's criticize areas

concerning; globalization, assault weapon ownership, the Iraq War,

American health care and perhaps most prolifically capitalism.

Michael has won a number of prestigious awards including one

Oscar. His documentarys are more often than not ofthe

participatory mode.


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Ross Kemp

Ross Kemp is a BAFTA award-winning documentarian, journalist,

actor and author. Mr. Kemp has received international recognition for

his series Ross Kemp on Gangs, he has since seen much success

with he new series. Ross Kemp has collaborated with the SKY on

several occasions series, series including: Ross Kemp on Gangs,

Ross Kemp in Afghanistan, Ross Kemp: in Search of Pirates and Ross

Kemp: Middle East. His documentaries are more often than not of the

Participatory, Reflexive and Expository Modes, Ross Kemp in

Afghanistan being a prime example.

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