Who Misses Spring Watch!

[AnnMercia]

I do. Sob. I get so addicted each year and then they take it away.

[pressld2]

Sorry, but not me...

This forum, and the world in general, seems to be split between those who love Bill Oddie and those who can't stand him. I'm afraid I'm in the second camp and so never watch it. I'm told the filming is wonderful so next spring (or this autumn if they do an Autumn Watch series) I shall give it a try with the sound turned off.

Dave P.

[AnnMercia]

i don't hate the man - but i do find him abit grating sometimes - I miss it because i could go on the internet at work and watch the webcams of the baby birds, - i work as a receptionist in a hotel and all the guests loved it. I had the sound turned on for the swallows when people checked in, was lovely! I could also come in from work late at night and see live owl footage - I loved that (my partner wasnj't that impressed has to be said!). Bill Oddie was definately not an option to turn on for!

[agrumpycow]

I wish there was Summer and Winter Watch as well, although, I am at least getting some sleep now, the night time programme had me hooked and I was in severe sleep deprivation for a while there
Nature's Calendar helps me get my daily 'fix' though, although I do find some of those presenters irritating.........but let's not go there.

[AnnMercia]

HMMMM there seems to be a running theme here - perhaps just get rid of the annoying presenters and just have the informative and sometime funny antic of the wildlife! All I have to watch at the moment is animal park on a day time - dear oh dear

[pressld2]

Originally Posted by agrumpycow

Nature's Calendar helps me get my daily 'fix' though, although I do find some of those presenters irritating.........but let's not go there.

Oh we could make a brief detour, surely?

I quite like Chris Packham but have occassionally found Mike Dilger slightly irritating. Very mild compared to Bill though.

I missed the first one in the current series (the one that included Minsmere) but have seen the rest. The good old Beeb are trying to make me miss the last two by switching them to 1.30pm this coming Monday and Tuesday and not bothering to mention this at the end of the last episode. Typical!

Dave P.

[clover green]

I really miss Springwatch too. I am an avid fan of it and have watched almost all of the programmes, plus Autumnwatch aswell.

[JoeF]

I really enjoyed it too, though I never manage to watch all the progs. I don't mind the presenters at all, I think it's best to accept that TV thrives on celebrity and at least someone famous is representing UK wildlife. Maybe we would prefer real experts, but they don't grab the wider population in the same way an enthusiastic amateur does. For me it's the artifice thats harder to swallow, ie sitting in some nice looking country kitchen when you know it's probably a studio or just bumping into wildlife at times. But they are clearly quite honest about this and I thought the final programmes when they showed all the equipment, cabling and people who make the programme work was fascinating.

Anyway, if you really do want a Summer and Winter watch, why not dress appropriately, grab the binoculars and a camera, and make your own

Joe

[AnnMercia]

ooo! what a plan! we could post our little films on here for people to see

[Meles meles]

Ah nightwatch, memories of staying up later than the programme finished because my mind was busy thinking about the next time i would go for one of my Badger watching trips. Dont think my previous boss thought much of it at the time. There was at least four of us going to work in the mornings almost still asleep.

I dont think Mr Oddie is that bad on springwatch, At least he explains things so that any of us can understand. But what is the point of his lady co-presenter. Really someone needs to tell her that joe public would rather watch more of the mammals than hear about her non - mammal opinions.

On the subject of Spring watch, Would that not be the greatest job as the camera man (sorry person), Being paid to spend your days watching mammals.

ah what i dream off - sad really (LOL)