I just happened to be flicking through the Tv channels at 11 pm last night and came across
100 YEARS OF WILDLIFE FILMS presented by Bill Oddie. This was apparently the 3rd time it was repeated in 5 days.. Dont know how i missed it the first two times as it was on a lot earlier. I wish they would advertise programmes onthese channels better
What a fantastic programme
I really hope they show it again.. Did anyone one else get to watch it ?
Heres the write up on it.. for those that didnt see it...
Bill Oddie highlights the passionate, eccentric and pioneering individuals who have often risked life and limb to break new boundaries in wildlife films. He charts the extraordinary changes in technology that have driven the industry forward, and reveals how the last hundred years of wildlife films has as much to do with our social attitudes as it has to do with the animals themselves.
With stunning, exciting and sometimes shocking footage, the documentary explores the changing trends throughout the last century, from shooting animals for fun in the 1930s to campaigning to save them from extinction today. As Oddie says: "To me the ultimate aim, the hope, the prayer behind every wildlife film... it's to make us care about the natural world and say 'here's something we love - we don't want to lose it'."
Plus, film-makers explain the challenges that filming animals can pose, we find out more about the pioneers, discover who was first to film underwater - and who narrowly escaped death to get the shots they wanted.