There is just the one planet Earth – and it is a fantastically amazing place. I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else. Last night’s opening programme in the new Attenborough series was breathtaking in its beauty – ‘that’s where I live’ we all should have been shouting. ‘I love that place!’. ‘What can I do…
Tag: BBC
Planet Earth 2
I’m looking forward to Planet Earth 2 which starts this weekend (Sunday BBC1 8pm) – the trailer is amazing and so are these images. What if? What if you could only watch this programme if you could prove that you had done something for wildlife this year? Or this week? It’s not a serious suggestion…
The BBC and driven grouse shooting
The week before last there was copious coverage of driven grouse shooting before, on and after the inglorious 12th in the media – quite a lot of that was on BBC channels. This post is about how the BBC handled it and whether or not they were fair. I’d give the BBC only 5 out…
Countryfile last night
I didn’t watch Countryfile live last night as I was doing some work – but I caught up with it in the evening. I thought Bob Elliot from the RSPB was great (as always) and I also thought that the edit was fair. It was filmed on 28 July at Geltsdale in Cumbria (and the…
What I said on Farming Today
Yesterday I took part in a discussion with Andrew Gilruth of GWCT for this morning’s BBC Farming Today programme. Our discussion followed nearly four minutes (3:42 I make it) of a positive piece about grouse moor management with the Chair of the Moorland Association and a gamekeeper. There then followed a four minute discussion. Of…
Countryfile
On Thursday last week, it now seems like a long time ago, I drove to the RSPB nature reserve at Geltsdale where one of only three English pairs of Hen Harriers is nesting this year. My chat with Andrew Gilruth (GWCT) and Charlotte Smith (presenter), and presumably our waving of our hands at midges and…
The alternative Countryfile interview.
On Sunday Countryfile sank lower than even I thought was possible with a hopeless piece about grouse moors. Here is the link and the piece starts at about 22 minutes into the programme. Presumably, in the interests of BBC balance, Springwatch will be showing this image of how Mountain Hares are looked after on grouse…
Countryfile 2
Yesterday’s blog on the item on heather burning on Sunday’s Countryfile clearly chimed with a lot of people. It was read by over 5000 folk yesterday evening and attracted a lot of comments both here and on social media. Controlled burning to stop wildfires has been likened to throwing away all your money to prevent…
Dear Countryfile
Dear Countryfile I’m pretty sure I am the type of person you think you are appealing to – interested in nature and the countryside – but I rarely watch you because you have such a blatant agenda of trying to paint a small subset of those of us who live in the countryside as…
Should the BBC sack Chris Packham ?
Apparently not, judging by the outpouring of support for him over the last few days. This e-petition calls on the BBC to sack him – and has been signed by c.2,500 people. This e-petition calls on the BBC to keep him – and has been signed by over 60,000 people It’s obviously a close-run thing…