Born to be wild BBC 4

[deer boy]

Originally Posted by mh68

One thing puzzling me is why the majority of the people covered in the programmes are in such a narrow age group?

When they showed the young lad helping his gran with the snakes i thought the same.
I hadn't really took any notice until i saw him then thought that there wasn't many youngsters in it.
Perhaps that could be there next tv programme, youngsters that love wildlife

Just pm me Mr BBC person

[mh68]

Originally Posted by deer boy

When they showed the young lad helping his gran with the snakes i thought the same.
I hadn't really took any notice until i saw him then thought that there wasn't many youngsters in it.
Perhaps that could be there next tv programme, youngsters that love wildlife

Just pm me Mr BBC person

Thats exactly it. Even just on this site there are younger members who know their stuff and could have been just as good "subjects" as the people who`ve been shown so far. I think the programmes so far cater more to those already interested in wildlife, rather than encouraging newcomers into the hobby.Like I said, I`ve enjoyed the programmes, all of them, but its been a bit like "attack of the clones" when it comes to those who`ve been included so far (not meant in a derogatory way)

Mark H

[Tracey.A]

Originally Posted by deer boy

For those of you that missed this, you can watch it here

BBC iPlayer - Born to be Wild: Mammals

Thank you, yes I'd missed it, but was able to watch it on my pc thanks to your link. Fantastic!

Tracey

[deer boy]

No probs glad u enjoyed it

[djackso]

Well at least the Adder woman's grandson was featured. But, yes, the program concentrates on older people (I hadn't noticed this....but then again, maybe I wouldn't; policemen DO look younger to me these days )

[Dan Salter]

Hmmm..the age thing...something that i have noticed throughout the industry.

The truth is that the industry or naturalist world is way dominated by the silver and blue rinse age bracket....lovely as they are (well some of you anyway).
Infact other than this series i have always thought the tv programs paint a FALSE picture of what its really like out there...it fooled me into getting into volunteering and doing a degree in this stuff after watching an endless bevvy of lovely 20 to 35 yr old girls who according to series like nature of britian, british isles, autumn watch, and all the rest of them seem to work or volunteer throughout the country....as well as guys in the same age bracket...well im damned if i havent come across a single one in my 3 or 4 years now of volunteer/study of natural history!.
Obviously the directors of those series search for the very very few minority of young attractive people to use in their programs but in reality they are as rare as an Adonis Blue on a shingle beach.

You only have to look through the members....ok...the 'active members' on WAB to see which side of the first LIVE AID (87) members are weighted on...those that were there or watched it live on tv?...and those that were not born then!

So if anything i like this new series for showing that actually...these are the people who are out there....mostly retired folk...surveying for free...so that people like me getting a degree in the same subject cant get a job or get paid to do the same thing....when Arthur from scunthorpe will do it happily for free!.

[deer boy]

Ok this is a reminder for Dan & anyone else who forgets, 7:30 BBC4