In ‘Our Great National Parks’, by the makers of ‘Blue Planet’, he can be heard as a commentary but also to be seen. Like Sir David Attenborough, he travels to Hawaii, Kenya, Chile, the United States and Indonesia to describe the wonders of nature, looking straight into the lens and gesticulating calmly. A job Obama was offered because he has protected more wildlife in the US than any president before or after him. Although the lucrative Netflix deal with his production house ‘Higher Ground’ undoubtedly also has something to do with it. But hey, did you know that there are primates with venom glands in their elbows? Undoubtedly looked up in a meticulously arranged library.
‘Our Great National Parks’, now on Netflix