Autumnwatch on at a new time

[ChrisR]

Originally Posted by Jadeyduck

There will never be another David Attenborough, brillant guy one of a kind, everyone else can only hope to match him. xxxx

Agreed 100% Though I though Aubrey Manning did an excellent job with "Earth Story" and I'd happily listen to him for hours.

[vole-woman]

Nice to hear your views, Jadeyduck.

[Stinky Bob]

The last time I had watched this, we had Bill Oddie spending most of the program talking about Kate Humble Blue Tits, Kate Humble was getting excited about a hole in the ground where nothing ever happened and two snail were copulating along to a dirty french song, I decided there and then that someone had lost the plot. So, imagine my surprise last Friday whilst washing up and I heard the Perfumed Ayatollah gravelly tones wafting in from the living room (lounge to you posh ones ) saying that Bird Poo man was on tele (she is useless with peoples names - she sometimes calls me Jeff ).

I quite liked this format and it is infinitely better than watching empty holes, I like the enthuasism that Chris brings to it, its up their with Bird Poo man but without the deadpan voice. Nine O'clock is a lot better for me but I do hope they dont use this as an excuse that it is past the watershed and they can now show more sha**ing snails.

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[And]

Why in the name of all that is two, four, six and eightlegged are they covering the rut AGAIN? Apart from the fact that one of the stags is a bit odd looking with one antler and a killer, what on earth can we be told about rutting that we haven't heard before? Yawn, yawn, yawn. I loved the Sparrowhawk in the studio, now that WAS interesting, especially with the added frisson of the thought that she might go ape at any moment... (I'm glad she didn't, she was too lovely to be stressed...)

[pressld2]

Originally Posted by And

Why in the name of all that is two, four, six and eightlegged are they covering the rut AGAIN?

Possibly for those, like me, who haven't watched the programme in previous years.

Dave P.

[ChrisJB]

Originally Posted by pressld2

Possibly for those, like me, who haven't watched the programme in previous years.

Dave P.

And me, who has watched it in previous years and who likes it very much indeed. I've got my eye on the one-horned assassin.

Regards, Chris

[And]

Hmmm..... do you think the post watershed spot will add any interesting angles, Chris? Disembowelments, perhaps? You'll probably enjoy it if it's new to you, Dave P. It was very entertaining the first time I watched it. The second was quite amusing too. The third time....

[loripo]

Funny you should say that - I've just read on teletext that one of the stags died while they were filming for this Fridays program. Wonder if it was the one horned stag that made the coup de grace?
JUst seen it on BBC Earthwatch page - one does get disembowelled. Do yoy have the second sight And?

[ChrisJB]

Originally Posted by And

Hmmm..... do you think the post watershed spot will add any interesting angles, Chris? Disembowelments, perhaps? ..

Nah, not really, but one lives in hope. Tee hee.

Regards, Chris

[loripo]

Well you get your wish - this is from the BBC report - Ive changed the names.
[i]Two resident stags named AAA and BBBB squared up to one another in an area containing sloping wet rocks. The weather had turned wild with big heavy showers coming through.
The stags locked horns as usual, to push against each another in a test of strength.
"The next thing I saw was BBBB must have somehow slipped," says Mr Morris.
"So BBBB ended up on his back with all four legs up in the air and AAA just carried on fighting, with his head down into the belly area of BBBB and BBBB was struggling to get up.
"And this all happened within less than two minutes."
At first Morris thought that was the end of the fight, which occurred too quickly to be caught on camera.

"BBBB managed to stand up and I thought he was OK, but I then saw his innards hanging out below his belly.
"Then just seconds after that he started to stagger like he was drunk and then he just fell into a gully out of sight where we couldn't see and AAA ran off and started rounding up hinds."
I wonder if theyll show that on the Saturday repeat.