30 countries + five years + lots of high-def = Discovery Atlas
By Matt Burns 
posted Jul 13th 2006 10:16AM
posted Jul 13th 2006 10:16AM
Discover is setting out on their most ambitious high-def project yet. They are planning on visiting 30 countries over five years for this new 60-hour series. Discovery Atlas, as it is going to be called, is set to launch on October 1 at 9 p.m. with Discovery Atlas: China Revealed. They have enlisted the help of Boston Legal star, no not William Shartner, the other one - James Spader. He will be narrating at least the first one and honestly, we would like to 'hear' him do the rest of the series. That first episode will be followed by Italy Revealed on Oct. 8, then Brazil Revealed on Oct. 15 and finally Australia Revealed on Oct. 22. Quality, new high-def programming can be hard to come by and we are looking forward to this new Discovery series.
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I was excited to hear about this ambitious project and am really looking forward to seeing these shows. James Spader has a charming, intelligent voice and I hope the producers will hire him to narrate more than just one program. Damn, why not all of them? I'd listen to Jimmy read the phone book. And I'm not alone in admiring his talent.
Check out my idea for another project involving Jimmy's dulcet voice:
http://rawstyle.blogspot.com/2006/02/james-spader-sings-love-songs.html
I first admired James Spader's narrating ability when his voice graced the audio version of Dean Koontz's Strange Highways. He has a way of drawing you in and keeping you there from start to finish. Having him as a part of this project with Discover Channel will give viewers the opportunity to see why he's one of the hardest-working and best-loved actors of his generation.
I'm looking forward to traveling to China on October 1, and anywhere else james Spader narrates his way through around the world!
James Spader has the perfect voice for this type of work! His voice is like velvet chocolate with that polished seductive tone! A mighty fine speaking voice! I hope he narrates the Australian version in October!
His voice has recently been heard on several car ads in the U.S. Silky smooth voice of culture! We want more!