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  • The World About Us (1967–1987)
  • TV Series | 60 min | Documentary
The World About Us (1967–1987)
TV Series | 60 min | Documentary

A documentary series with a broad remit of geography, anthropology, and natural history subjects.
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Seasons
15   |   14   |   13   |   12   |   11   |   10   |   9   |   8  | …   See all
Creator
David Attenborough (compiled by)
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Status
Edit Released
Updated Dec 3, 1967

Release date (First episode)
Dec 3, 1967 (United Kingdom)

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Cast

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333 cast members
Name Episodes Known for
Hugh Falkus
Self - Narrator / Self - Presenter Self - Narrator / Self - Presenter   See fewer
38
David Attenborough
Self - Narrator / Self - Presenter / Narrator / Self Self - Narrator / Self - Presenter / Narrator / Self   See fewer
26
Barry Paine
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
25
23
Derek Jones
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
16
Anthony Smith
Self - Narrator / Self - Presenter Self - Narrator / Self - Presenter   See fewer
15
Alan Gibson
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
12
Duncan Carse
Self - Narrator / Self - Presenter Self - Narrator / Self - Presenter   See fewer
10
John Hedges
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
10
Andrew Faulds
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
9
John Stockbridge
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
9
Patrick Allen
Self - Narrator / Sir James Brooke Self - Narrator / Sir James Brooke   See fewer
7
Gary Watson
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
7
Robert Powell
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
6
Julian Pettifer
Self - Narrator / Self - Reporter Self - Narrator / Self - Reporter   See fewer
6
Alexander Scourby
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
6
Tony Soper
Self - Presenter / Self - Narrator Self - Presenter / Self - Narrator   See fewer
6
Michael Dean
Self - Narrator / Self - Reporter Self - Narrator / Self - Reporter   See fewer
6
5
Peter Scott
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
5
Joss Ackland
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
5
Kenneth Allsop
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
5
Tom Fleming
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
5
Clare Francis
Self / Self - Presenter Self / Self - Presenter   See fewer
5
Ian Wooldridge
Self - Narrator / Self - Reporter Self - Narrator / Self - Reporter   See fewer
5
Richard Mabey
Self - Presenter / Self Self - Presenter / Self   See fewer
4
Desmond Morris
Self - Narrator / Self / Self - Presenter Self - Narrator / Self / Self - Presenter   See fewer
4
Dick Graham
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
4
Edward Woodward
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
4
Jim Douglas Henry
Self - Narrator / Narrator Self - Narrator / Narrator   See fewer
4
James Cameron
Self - Narrator / Self - Presenter Self - Narrator / Self - Presenter   See fewer
4
Chris Bonington
Self - Presenter / Self Self - Presenter / Self   See fewer
4
Ian Holm
Self - Narrator / Words of David Sheldrick spoken by Self - Narrator / Words of David Sheldrick spoken by   See fewer
4
Robert Rietty
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
3
Jack Pizzey
Self - Reporter / Self - Narrator Self - Reporter / Self - Narrator   See fewer
3
William Franklyn
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
3
Blain Fairman
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
3
Heinz Sielmann
Self / Self - Presenter Self / Self - Presenter   See fewer
3
3
Douglas Botting
Self / Self - Narrator Self / Self - Narrator   See fewer
3
3
Bill Travers
Self - Judge / Self - Narrator Self - Judge / Self - Narrator   See fewer
3
Ron Pickering
Self - Presenter / Self - Narrator Self - Presenter / Self - Narrator   See fewer
3
Colin Blakely
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
3
Anthony Valentine
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
3
Hugh Sykes
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
3
Bob Saunders
Self - Judge / Self - Interviewer Self - Judge / Self - Interviewer   See fewer
3
Harold Williamson
Self - Narrator / Self - Reporter Self - Narrator / Self - Reporter   See fewer
3
David Gulpilil
Self / Self - Actor & Dancer Self / Self - Actor & Dancer   See fewer
2
John Gooders
Self / Self - Narrator Self / Self - Narrator   See fewer
2
Paul Rogers
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
2
Brian Branston
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
2
Orson Welles
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
2
Gerald Durrell
Self - Presenter Self - Presenter   See fewer
2
Stanley E. Brock
Self - and Narrator Self - and Narrator   See fewer
2
2
2
Robert Hardy
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
2
Martin Jarvis
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
2
William Lucas
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
2
Tony Beamish
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
2
André Maranne
Paul Gauguin / Self - Narrator Paul Gauguin / Self - Narrator   See fewer
2
Michael Flanders
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
2
Derek Cooper
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
2
2
Jeffery Boswall
Self - Presenter Self - Presenter   See fewer
2
2
John Rowe
James Morrison / Self - Narrator James Morrison / Self - Narrator   See fewer
2
Leslie Nielsen
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
2
Michael Griffiths
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
2
Frank Windsor
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
2
Anthony Mayer
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
2
Ann Menuhin
Self / Self - Narrator Self / Self - Narrator   See fewer
2
Krov Menuhin
Self / Self - Narrator Self / Self - Narrator   See fewer
2
Lourens van der Post
Self / Self - Presenter Self / Self - Presenter   See fewer
2
John Percival
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
2
Robert Cushman
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
2
Robert Raymond
Self - Presenter Self - Presenter   See fewer
2
John Shrapnel
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
2
Benny Green
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
2
Robert Beatty
Self - Narrator / Self - Verse spoken by Self - Narrator / Self - Verse spoken by   See fewer
2
2
Wally Herbert
Self - Judge Self - Judge   See fewer
2
Simon Winchester
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
2
Robin Ellis
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
2
Dick Smith
Self / Self - Reporter Self / Self - Reporter   See fewer
2
Jeremy Bennett
Self - Interviewer Self - Interviewer   See fewer
1
Nicholas Jones
Gavin Maxwell Gavin Maxwell   See fewer
1
Christopher Hitchens
Narrator / Self Narrator / Self   See fewer
1
Tim Preece
Alfred Russel Wallace Alfred Russel Wallace   See fewer
1
1
Vivian Pickles
Rowan Tree Woman Rowan Tree Woman   See fewer
1
Osho
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh   See fewer
1
Tony Steedman
Charles Darwin Charles Darwin   See fewer
1
1
Vivien Heilbron
Lavinia Lascelles Lavinia Lascelles   See fewer
1
Jeremy Steyn
Terry Nutkins Terry Nutkins   See fewer
1
Eric Dodson
Spenser St. John Spenser St. John   See fewer
1
Mark Farmer
Jimmy Watt Jimmy Watt   See fewer
1
John Horsley
Sir Charles Lyell Sir Charles Lyell   See fewer
1
1
Daniel Moynihan
Richard Frere Richard Frere   See fewer
1
Neville Barber
Joseph Hooker Joseph Hooker   See fewer
1
Steven Benton
Andrew Scott Andrew Scott   See fewer
1
Alexander Knox
Thomas Bell Thomas Bell   See fewer
1
Mark Eadie
Young Maxwell Young Maxwell   See fewer
1
Celestine Randall
Emma Darwin Emma Darwin   See fewer
1
John Leeson
Schoolmaster Schoolmaster   See fewer
1
Jan Harvey
Fanny Sims Fanny Sims   See fewer
1
Robert McBain
Gamekeeper Gamekeeper   See fewer
1
Arthur Blake
Mr. Stevens Mr. Stevens   See fewer
1
John Young
Minister Minister   See fewer
1
Paul Hargreaves
Charlie Allen Charlie Allen   See fewer
1
Margot Gillies
American Tourist American Tourist   See fewer
1
1
Keith Bratt
American Tourist American Tourist   See fewer
1
Michael Burrell
Kew botanist Kew botanist   See fewer
1
James Boyce
Lorry Driver Lorry Driver   See fewer
1
Dennis Edwards
Museum curator Museum curator   See fewer
1
Dennis Jennings
Abbey canon Abbey canon   See fewer
1
Cy Grant
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Burgess Meredith
Self - Storyteller Self - Storyteller   See fewer
1
James Mason
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Leo McKern
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
James Robertson Justice
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
John Nettleton
Self - Reader Self - Reader   See fewer
1
Clifford Evans
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Arnold Diamond
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Norman Shelley
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Lister Sinclair
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Robert Gardner
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Phil Oxnam
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Geoffrey Hext Sutherland Bushnell
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
1
1
Fitzroy McLean
Self - Presenter Self - Presenter   See fewer
1
1
1
Niko Tinbergen
Self - Presenter Self - Presenter   See fewer
1
Wilfred Thesiger
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
1
1
David Howarth
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Lloyd Bochner
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Carl Jaffe
Humboldt Humboldt   See fewer
1
1
1
David Cabot
Self - Presenter Self - Presenter   See fewer
1
Robert Cundy
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
1
1
1
Charles Boyer
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Eric Porter
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Patrick Barr
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Leslie Sands
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Pétur Einarsson
Icelandic actor Icelandic actor   See fewer
1
Derek Hart
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Peggy Gosschalk
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Edda Þórarinsdóttir
Icelandic actress Icelandic actress   See fewer
1
James Stewart
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
1
Janet Suzman
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Hugh Griffith
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Cliff Richard
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Bernard Archard
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Frank Singuineau
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Yavar Abbas
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
1
Stanley Jackson
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
1
1
Joseph Campanella
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Bernard Hepton
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Ralph Michael
Jean-Henri Fabre Jean-Henri Fabre   See fewer
1
Richard Bebb
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
1
Merdelle Jordine
Actress Actress   See fewer
1
Robert Dryden
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
1
1
Hans Hass
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Basil Boothroyd
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Murray Sayle
Self - Presenter Self - Presenter   See fewer
1
Felix Greene
Self - Presenter Self - Presenter   See fewer
1
Lawrence Shove
Self - and Narrator Self - and Narrator   See fewer
1
Donald Houston
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Roger Delgado
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
James Smillie
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
John Abineri
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Peter Dyneley
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Marc Smith
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
Andrew Salkey
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Hugh Gibb
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
1
Shusha Guppy
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
1
1
Cliff Michelmore
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
1
Robert Redford
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
1
Michael Rodd
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Bill Mason
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
H.R.F. Keating
Self - Presenter Self - Presenter   See fewer
1
John Holmstrom
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
1
1
Hal Holbrook
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Stefan Kalipha
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
1
Magnus Magnusson
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
1
1
Tim Slessor
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Caroline Medawar
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Densey Clyne
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Frank Page
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
1
1
1
Roy Lewis
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Roy Dennis
Self - Ornithologist Self - Ornithologist   See fewer
1
Fulton Mackay
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Jonathan Adams
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Roland Culver
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
1
1
1
Robert Hunter
Self (Greenpeace) Self (Greenpeace)   See fewer
1
Finlay J. Macdonald
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
1
Patrick O'Donovan
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Ednaldo Lucena
Herod / Judas Herod / Judas   See fewer
1
1
Jeremy Hornsby
Self - Commentary by Self - Commentary by   See fewer
1
1
Peter Marinker
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Jamila Massey
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Elizabeth Bell
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Anna Ford
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Gerda Havertong
Self - Surinam folk songs Self - Surinam folk songs   See fewer
1
Tim Severin
Self - Presenter Self - Presenter   See fewer
1
Tom Salmon
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
1
Robin Pellow
Self - Presenter Self - Presenter   See fewer
1
1
Eleanor Bron
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Desmond Wilcox
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
1
John M. MacKenzie
Self - Presenter Self - Presenter   See fewer
1
Jonathan Raban
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Reyner Banham
Self - and Narrator Self - and Narrator   See fewer
1
Gavin Young
Self - Presenter Self - Presenter   See fewer
1
Peter Weir
Self - Director Self - Director   See fewer
1
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Self - Singer & Songwriter Self - Singer & Songwriter   See fewer
1
1
Olu Jacobs
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
1
Koko
Self Self   See fewer
1
1
Hugh David
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
1
Hugh Rule
Self - Producer Self - Producer   See fewer
1
1
Julian Cooper
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
1
1
Helen Horton
Self - Verse spoken by Self - Verse spoken by   See fewer
1
1
1
1
John Paling
Self - Presenter Self - Presenter   See fewer
1
Richard Briers
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Keith Barron
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Saeed Jaffrey
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Philip Madoc
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
1
1
Robyn Williams
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Trevor Philpott
Self - Reporter Self - Reporter   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
Judy Parfitt
Words of Daphne Sheldrick spoken by Words of Daphne Sheldrick spoken by   See fewer
1
John Castle
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Andrew Sachs
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Meredith Edwards
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
1
Eugene Fraser
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
1
Roger Lovegrove
Self - Presenter Self - Presenter   See fewer
1
1
Richard Attenborough
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
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Indira Joshi
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
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Bruce Barry
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
1
1
1
Malcolm Florence
Self - Presenter Self - Presenter   See fewer
1
Bob Fisher
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
1
Faye Dunaway
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
1
Anneka Rice
Self - Presenter Self - Presenter   See fewer
1
1
1
Glynn Christian
Self - Reporter Self - Reporter   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
1
Tony Cozier
Self - Cricket Commentator Self - Cricket Commentator   See fewer
1
1
1
1
Malcolm Richards
Self - Viv Richards Father Self - Viv Richards Father   See fewer
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1
1
1
Gretel Richards
Self - Viv Richards Mother Self - Viv Richards Mother   See fewer
1
1
1
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