Bill Oddies Wildside

[Kymba]

Bill Oddie's Wild Side Bill Oddie delves into the quirkier side of British wildlife and, with the help of wildlife cameraman John Aitchison and sound recordist Chris Watson, reveals normally hidden natural worlds. Every week Bill will be taking on a tough 24hr challenge - such as being buried in shingle beneath 30,000 birds!

BBC2 WEDNESDAY 9th JANUARY AT 8.00PM

[ron1863]

Originally Posted by Kymba

Bill Oddie's Wild Side. Every week Bill will be taking on a tough 24hr challenge - such as being buried in shingle beneath 30,000 birds!

BBC2 WEDNESDAY 9th JANUARY AT 8.00PM

If he continues in the same manner as he does on the Autumnwatch with interruptions, moustache licking etc. then buried in shingle sounds good to me.

[Kymba]

Originally Posted by ron1863

If he continues in the same manner as he does on the Autumnwatch with interruptions, moustache licking etc. then buried in shingle sounds good to me.

Haha I know what you mean... But I do have a real soft spot for Bill he has such a passion for all wildlife, I wouldnt mind a day out wildlifing with him

[ron1863]

Originally Posted by Kymba

Haha I know what you mean... But I do have a real soft spot for Bill he has such a passion for all wildlife, I wouldnt mind a day out wildlifing with him

Yep, same here. Bill's fine when on his own and I enjoy his nature programmes but definitely not the seasonal "watch" programmes when he seems to want to be the centre of attention.

[GME]

watched the last couple of installments of Bill and as usual he's still bonkers! Just look at his garden!! The crazy Jesus-stealing fox was amusing though

Some parts of the programme were really enjoyable - I have particularly liked the camera filming tasks set with John Aitchison - but he (Bill) can be just as annoying as ever when he tries to be funny but clearly isn't!

Still, as has been pointed out - he is certainly enthusiastic for wildlife and that can't be knocked

[rlchew]

Yes, some of Bill's behaviour can be a bit erratic but on balance I would still rather see him on TV than not.

I think that John Aitchison is excellent .... his short films and accompanying narration that have been shown on Springwatch and Autumnwatch are brilliant .

Richard

[wmgray]

hi folk i am new here . I think bill oddie is brill he bring humour to our screens while transmitting an important massage to his veiwers

[The Black Rabbit]

Originally Posted by wmgray

hi folk i am new here . I think bill oddie is brill he bring humour to our screens while transmitting an important massage to his veiwers

[stripee]

hi wmgray, yes I agree with you. However silly B Oddie may appear, and his garden is very very silly, his enthusiasm for all creatures, even those rats, is infectious and informative. The filming on the rubbish dump was good too

[oxycera]

I was a great fan of his early series. I suppose everything evolves but I just don't think his recent stuff is as interesting (or entertaining).