Wildlife & Nature Programmes from the BBC
Mr.Whippy
Wildlife on Two
Sat, 10 Mar, BBC2, 1300-1335
Clowns of the Air: David Attenborough narrates this look at the puffin, with
its Chaplin-like walk and tear-drop eyes, one of the world's most loveable
birds. Like the clown, its life is both comic and tragic. The programme
tracks the puffin from Scotland to Iceland, explores its burrows and follows
it under the sea where the bird is transformed into a fish-chasing marine
hunter
The Living World
Sun, 11 Mar, BBC Radio 4, 0635-0657
Dungarvan Bay: Lionel Kelleway joins the brent geese, godwits and plovers as
they feast on the mudflats of Dungarvan Bay in Ireland, undeterred by
gale-force winds and mist.
Countryfile
Sun, 11 Mar, BBC1, 1130-1200
Countryside stories from across Britain, with John Craven and Michaela
Strachan. This edition features a preview of the world's biggest greenhouse
shortly before it opens to the public - the Eden Project in Cornwall. Plus
the latest on the foot and mouth disease crisis
Do Animals...
Sun, 11 Mar, BBC KNOWLEDGE, 2350-0000
Know Who They Are?: Series of short programmes investigating complex and
controversial scientific issues that determine the way we perceive and treat
animals. In this edition, do animals have the capacity of
self-consciousness?
The Scarecrow
Tue, 13 Mar, BBC Radio 4, 0930-0945
A history of the scarecrow
Wood for the Trees
Tue, 13 Mar, BBC Radio 4, 1100-1130
Abernethy Forest: Through the stories of four woods, Jeremy Cherfas explores
the state of woodland in Britain today and its meaning in our lives. The
largest remaining tract of the ancient Caledonian Forest, Abernethy Forest
is now owned and managed by the RSPB, for the benefit of the many threatened
species living there.
Eye of Nature
Tue, 13 Mar, BBC Radio 4, 2100-2130
Seeing Sense: An insight into vision and colour perception, exploring the
different visual worlds of humans and animals. In the first of three
programmes, Dr Gillian Rice examines the eye's role in communication and
recognition, explains how visual stimuli are deciphered by the brain, and
details the special visual capabilities of some species.
Do Animals...
Wed, 14 Mar, BBC KNOWLEDGE, 2250-2300
Lie?: Series of short programmes investigating complex and controversial
scientific issues that determine the way we perceive and treat animals. In
this edition - are animals able to deliberately deceive?
The North Sea: Managing the Common Pool
Thu, 15 Mar, BBC2, 0600-0630
A look at how environmental problems in the North Sea are handled
Open Country
Thu, 15 Mar, BBC Radio 4, 1330-1400
Daniel Butler meets the people and wildlife of mid-Wales.
Seal Secrets
Fri, 16 Mar, BBC2, 0600-0630
Examining the physiology behind the diving abilities and feeding habits of
grey, common and elephant seals
Book of the Week R4 In five parts "A Primate's Memoir". Robert M Sapolsky's
hilarious and illuminating account of the 20 years he
spent in the company of a troop of baboons.
1) Mon 0945-1000 & Tue 0030-0048;
2) Tue 0945-1000 & Wed 0030-0048;
3) Weds 0945-1000 & Thurs 0030-0048;
4) Thurs 0945-1000 & Fri 0030-0048;
5) Fri 0945-1000
Ed.
Andy Mabbett
d.freeserve.co.uk> writes
>BBC
and:
Wild Britain
BBC 2
Saturday 10th March 2001; 20:05 to 20:15
Otters - usually elusive creatures which, uncharacteristically,
swim among the tankers at Sullom Voe terminal in Shetland.
The Natural World
BBC 2
Saturday 10th March 2001; 20:15 to 21:05
A family of tigers over the course of a year in the Bandhavgarh
National Park in India.
Wild Tales
BBC Radio 4
Sunday 11th March 2001; 14:45 to 15:00
Martyn Colbeck has a close encounter with some mountain gorillas
in Rwanda.
Rolf's Amazing World of Animals
BBC 1
Sunday 11th March 2001; 18:25 to 18:55
Rolf Harris with three young supporters of the Kindness Clubs in
Kenya. Rhodri Williams finds out about Canadian grizzly bears;
Humble at Bristol Zoo.
[There is no "Wildlife on 2", due to Athletics. Boo! Hiss!]
Wild Europe
BBC Radio 4
Monday 12th March 2001; 21:00 to 21:30
In the heart of one of Europe's most heavily managed landscapes,
conservationists are carrying out a controversial experiment
with wild cattle and wild horses to see what happens when nature
is left to itself.
March of the Crabs
Channel 4
Tuesday 13th March 2001; 03:05 to 04:00
The annual crab invasion on Christmas Island in the Indian
Ocean, when the monsoon rains in November cause 80 million red
crabs to pour out of the mountain forest.
Heart of The Country
ITV
Tuesday 13th March 2001; 19:30 to 20:00
Tony Francis toughs it out on the Grand Union Canal in arctic
temperatures.
Pet Rescue
Channel 4
Wednesday 14th March 2001; 17:00 to 17:25
A new method of treating sea birds affected by oil pollution.
Animal Hospital
BBC 1
Wednesday 14th March 2001; 19:30 to 20:00
A badger that has succeeded in climbing into a tank without
reckoning on the difficulty of getting back out. Rhodri Williams
has a close encounter with two rare red squirrels.
[clashes with]
California Bay
Channel 5
Wednesday 14th March 2001; 19:30 to 20:00
Scientists attempt to discover the reason for the decline in sea
otters.
O'Shea's Dangerous Reptiles
Channel 5
Wednesday 14th March 2001; 20:00 to 20:30
In Papua New Guinea, seeking out a lizard whose blood runs green
due to a poisonous pigment that flows through its veins.
Changing Places
BBC Radio 4
Thursday 15th March 2001; 16:00 to 16:30
The arguments for and against a proposed wind farm in South
Wales.
Pet Rescue
Channel 4
Thursday 15th March 2001; 17:00 to 17:25
An aggressive, badly behaved, one-footed seagull proves a
handful for the RSPCA.
The Next Big Thing
BBC 2
Friday 16th March 2001; 01:30 to 02:00
Will satellites help us to save the Earth?
Seal Secrets
BBC 2
Friday 16th March 2001; 06:00 to 06:30
The physiology, diving abilities and feeding habits of grey,
common and elephant seals.
Walking the Pyrenees
BBC Radio 4
Friday 16th March 2001; 11:00 to 11:30
An encounter with a lizard.
Andes to Amazon
BBC 2
Friday 16th March 2001; 21:50 to 22:00
The dramatic impact of El Nino on the huge seabird colonies of
the Pacific coast.
This series may also be of interest:
Bushman Tales
BBC Radio 4
Sue Armstrong presents a portrait of the Bushman hunter-
gatherers of southern Africa.
Monday 12th March 2001; 15:45 to 16:00
Cattle ranching, farming and tourism are squeezing the Bushmen
off their traditional hunting grounds.
Tuesday 13th March 2001; 15:45 to 16:00
Modern education is often a painful process.
Wednesday 14th March 2001; 15:45 to 16:00
Bushmen are ill-prepared to cope with consumerism.
Thursday 15th March 2001; 15:45 to 16:00
Traditional communal, non-materialist culture is replaced by a
modern, money-driven economy.
Friday 16th March 2001; 15:45 to 16:00
The conflict between traditional and modern medicine.
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Andy Mabbett
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Edwin Hutton
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> In article <98814k$1fp$1...@news6.svr.pol.co.uk>, Mr.Whippy <edi@whippyworl
> d.freeserve.co.uk> writes
> >BBC
>
> and:
> Heart of The Country
> ITV
> Tuesday 13th March 2001; 19:30 to 20:00
>
> Tony Francis toughs it out on the Grand Union Canal in arctic
> temperatures.
Andy, are you aware that this slot is always one of those which has
different programmes on different ITV regions? In this case we had:-
Carlton: Heart of The Country.
Anglia: Riddles of the River (Welland) - could have been nice.
Meridien: Country Ways (Pimperne Down, Dorset) - would have liked that.
Carlton London: Forking out for the Scots (financial programme comparing
Scotland and England) - which is what I would get if
I watched ITV at that time.
Most disappointing for me. Carlton London seem to think that the
south east are not interested in natural history. This sort of thing
happens every week. Perhaps I should move north of Watford.
(perhaps not - Watford is the end of civilization as we know it:-))
.)
--
Edwin Hutton
...Grant we beseech Thee that, ... during our journeys through the
Internet we will ... treat with charity and patience all those souls
whom we encounter. Amen.
Andy Mabbett
<e.hu...@ic.ac.uk> writes
>> Heart of The Country
>> ITV
>> Tuesday 13th March 2001; 19:30 to 20:00
>Andy, are you aware that this slot is always one of those which has
>different programmes on different ITV regions?
I did suspect that, but when I asked a few weeks ago, nobody answered!
>Carlton London seem to think that the south east are not interested in
>natural history. This sort of thing happens every week. Perhaps I should
>move north of Watford.
Sounds sensible.
>(perhaps not - Watford is the end of civilization as we know it:-))
From where I'm sitting, you're right.