Bill Oddie Quits

[birding dave]

Great news. Might take up watching Springwatch again. Now all that needs to be done is get rid of Simon and Kate and get some decent presenters and the show will be excellent

[Jason Green]

Out of interest, what's wrong with Simon? I thought he put across his enthusiasm well with the ospreys last year! A certain someone on this thread, ahem TBs, will disagree!

[camo]

I think both Kate Humble and Simon King are good and not just as eye candy. Simon in particular deserves support his quiet and gentle approach to conveying an atmosphere as well as his his technical competence are underpinned with a clear passion for both British and World wildlife. Kates skills are less technical but still to be admired as she offers a Personal style that compliments those around her, for me she was the foil for Oddie's quirky approach and is required for continuity.

Roy

[tameblackbirds]

Originally Posted by Jason Green

Out of interest, what's wrong with Simon? I thought he put across his enthusiasm well with the ospreys last year! A certain someone on this thread, ahem TBs, will disagree!

Hey I was not here to defend myself

[Kayleigh]

I think we should have a vote on who would you choose from WAB.
I'm sure some on here could do it a lot better..

[Gill Catton]

whoever its is please its someone who already knows about our wildlife and isn't just A N other presenter.

I for one will miss Bill Oddie quality British Excentricity not unlike myself

[ron1863]

Originally Posted by Gill Catton

whoever its is please its someone who already knows about our wildlife and isn't just A N other presenter.

I for one will miss Bill Oddie quality British Excentricity not unlike myself

I won't miss him one little bit. I enjoyed him in on his own wildlife programme where he was knowledgeable and informative and on occasions, entertaining but when he has a fellow presenter he always interrupts or witters on trying to hard to be funny.

[demicav]

I'm coming into this discussion a bit late but I will miss Bill. He's very much a part of Spring watch for me now. It won't seem the same without him there.

[Gaina]

I just hope he's feeling ok. We tend to forget that when he's not doing Spring Watch he's often filming something else, like the series he did travelling America last year.

I have been watching Johnny Kingdom a lot on 'Horse and Country' Channel recently, and I would love to see him do it.

Just no more 'Wildlife Girlies/Tottie' please! (insert 'trying not to vomit' smiley here).

...and if Titchmarsh or Clarkeson get the job I'm SELLING my television!

[tameblackbirds]

Originally Posted by galanthus

I think I'd be fed up trying to do an interview in the howling wind with my earpiece not working properly and having some daytime television bloke, who know's nothing about wildlife, sighing and making rude noises over the air How rude

Shame people can't acknowledge how many young people he's made laugh and become interested in wildlife. I understand why some peeps here think he's too silly, but as someone mentioned earlier, there's a wealth of difference between preaching to the converted and trying to win people over to the idea there's more to life than a wii or pc games. That's 2 different types of presenter needed to please both types surely.

Originally Posted by demicav

I'm coming into this discussion a bit late but I will miss Bill. He's very much a part of Spring watch for me now. It won't seem the same without him there.

I agree