Ditter created a thread about voice overs and animals in British TV. Being a Brit and a reasonable ancient one at that, I fondly remember a brilliant chap called Johnny Morris who was a zoo keeper at Bristol Zoo and made lots of TV programmes about animals.
He was fantastic with animals and the conversations with them he had! Oh, it was so entertaining.
You can get a glimpse of his genius here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP5CQ...eature=related