Wonderland tonight BBC2 9.50pm

[werdnal]

Not sure if its on all regions, and we will record as himself is watching the footy, but the "roadkill" man is on tonight, plus some other eccentric looking chaps from Bodmin Moor!

[ChrisJB]

I'm looking forward to this. I like the nation's oddballs, especially rural ones.

Regards, Chris

[Feather]

Had to watch some of it without my specs! What amazes me is that they managed to persude a woman to marry them in the first place.
Men, can't live with them, can't kill'em ... but if you did just call 'em 'roadkill'

[naturelover]

i watched it,bit gruesum in places as he even had dead meat in his freezer that had sort of gone past its sell by date,but said that will be fine when its cooked,the fat on the animal had gone green yuk,he even picked up a flat animal that had been run over more than once i know, by the state of it,didnt know what it was though,i felt sorry for his wife who we never saw,she shut herself in her bedroom.

[Dan Salter]

I watched it and recorded it...i thought the whole thing was goign to be about the guy that eats Badgers and roadkill, but it was more like some cult indie documentary about the amount of oddballs that seem to live on bodmin moor. Even the so called (clueless) private detective was about as genuine as i am a football lover!

Quality stuff but i do feel sorry for all the normal ( there must be some?) normal people who live in this part of cornwall who probably will never be ableo to sell their houses now?

Hands up who thinks the beast of bodmin moor hunter bloke probably killed his wife and kids and has buried them up there somewhere? ha ha...nutcase.

[naturelover]

i must admit i was a bit dissapointed,i too thought it was going to be about the road kill meat eater,also i thought that detective was rather strange too, bit creepy for a detective looked more like he should be living there too.

[werdnal]

The whole point of the "Wonderland" programme is just that - its about the oddballs in society, people who generate interest in them purely for not fitting the "normal" category everyone likes to be put in these days. Who decides what "normal" is anyway?

I feel really sorry for Mr Boyt (and his wife for that matter). The people who take it upon themselves to ring and accuse him of being a crank are cranks themselves. What really is he doing wrong - he's not out mugging old ladies for their pension, molesting children or stabbing schoolboys. He does come across as a bit of a "mad professor" and seems to revel in the preparation of the animals he picks up, but I suppose he is passionate that what he is doing is right for him.

To be honest, I'm far too squeamish to skin and gut an animal myself, but if someone offered me some ready prepared Badger, deer etc, I'd be more than happy to try it. Country folk often ate Badger - my father in law for instance was brought up in deepest Dorset, and the local romany community were well known for offering "Badger hams" to locals. He said it tastes very much like pork.

As for the others, there are people like this all over the country, we are not the exception or the rule down here. I'm sure there will be a few heated calls to our local radio phone in at lunchtime, saying its just adding to the stereotype of the Cornish as being uneducated, interbred country-bumkins, but taking the programme as it is meant to be viewed, a hefty pinch of salt goes a long way!

[Stewy]

Gutted, I missed it!

[stripee]

I found the road kill man creepy. And the contents of his freezer disturbing. It was obviously an obsession rather than a desire for healthy eating. I can see why his wife stayed locked in her bedroom. Although the nuisance phone calls were nasty. The other man who spent his nights looking for black panthers and the other two farmers were eccentric oddballs, who can be found in many rural areas and probably some towns too. They don't bother brushing their hair very often! And don't wear smart clothes, cept when looking for a new wife. The programme did highlight some of the problems of isolation....

[ChrisJB]

It was decent enough, a bit Louis Therouxish really. Unfortunately some of the characters on it were a bit too close to home. They reminded me of some of the folk who live in a village not too far from me.....

Regards, Chris

[hobble]

It was an interesting insight into the way some people choose to live their lives. I thought the roadkill man was a bit odd, but each to his own and he was doing no one any harm, perhaps except for his wife. I loved the quote the "TV Masses" said it all really as I was one of them.
Living in Cornwall for 30 years now I have and still know of many older people who live strange lives. Their old tumble down cottages and barns are being rapidly pulled down by developers. Not to live on the land, but to live the dream.
Who will be the characters of the future?

[Meta menardi]

Originally Posted by hobble

Who will be the characters of the future?

THAT is an extremely important question. We probably know the horrible fate that society will help them to achieve, but will they be allowed to slip into their own little niche before they get assessed, advised and sanitised. Don't want a problem next door (just thought, could be one this door), but a world without the tangentially thoughtful would be a pale world.