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OTOH from the OPTessa K wrote: ↑Sat Mar 11, 2023 8:20 amThe BBC says Attenborough wasn't cancelled.
This is totally inaccurate, there is no ‘6th episode’. Wild Isles is – and always was - a 5 part series. We acquired a separate film for iPlayer from the RSPB, WWF and Silverback Films about people working to preserve and restore the biodiversity of the British Isles.
https://twitter.com/bbcpress/status/163 ... ioa5Q&s=19
Given Wild Isles is likely the last major Attenborough documentary, is likely to be a huge hit and "Episode 6" is therefore likely to be Attenborough's final farewell, how likely is it the BBC decide unprompted "yeah this is no big deal, let's only make it available in Cyberia."Senior sources at the BBC told the Guardian that the decision not to show the sixth episode was made to fend off potential critique from the political right. This week the Telegraph newspaper attacked the BBC for creating the series and for taking funding from “two charities previously criticised for their political lobbying” – the WWF and RSPB.
One source at the broadcaster, who asked not to be named, said “lobbying groups that are desperately hanging on to their dinosaurian ways” such as the farming and game industry would “kick off” if the show had too political a message.
They added: “Frankly, this idea that you sort of put it in a separate programme to almost parcel it to one side is disingenuous.
Thanks for clarifying. I was wondering if they'd made a separate 'making of' or episode about the people involved. Sometimes they do a ten minute slot at the end that can be cut and packaged separately as an episode when they sell to countries that have ad breaks.Little waster wrote: ↑Sat Mar 11, 2023 11:02 amOTOH from the OPTessa K wrote: ↑Sat Mar 11, 2023 8:20 amThe BBC says Attenborough wasn't cancelled.
This is totally inaccurate, there is no ‘6th episode’. Wild Isles is – and always was - a 5 part series. We acquired a separate film for iPlayer from the RSPB, WWF and Silverback Films about people working to preserve and restore the biodiversity of the British Isles.
https://twitter.com/bbcpress/status/163 ... ioa5Q&s=19
Given Wild Isles is likely the last major Attenborough documentary, is likely to be a huge hit and "Episode 6" is therefore likely to be Attenborough's final farewell, how likely is it the BBC decide unprompted "yeah this is no big deal, let's only make it available in Cyberia."Senior sources at the BBC told the Guardian that the decision not to show the sixth episode was made to fend off potential critique from the political right. This week the Telegraph newspaper attacked the BBC for creating the series and for taking funding from “two charities previously criticised for their political lobbying” – the WWF and RSPB.
One source at the broadcaster, who asked not to be named, said “lobbying groups that are desperately hanging on to their dinosaurian ways” such as the farming and game industry would “kick off” if the show had too political a message.
They added: “Frankly, this idea that you sort of put it in a separate programme to almost parcel it to one side is disingenuous.
Their account doesn't add up.
Remember the beeb is currently so strapped for decent broadcast material it recently devoted a whole Saturday(?) evening to a compilation clip show of old episodes of TOTP, Jools Holland and even the musical sections of Morecambe and Wise!
They'd normally sell their firstborn for an extra primetime hour of everyone's favourite TV grandad.
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I was a teacher at the time the pollution episode aired and you couldn't overstate the impact it had on the kids who saw it.
Paul Whitehouse's two parter about pollution in rivers really doesn't pull its punches about government responsibility. I'm surprised it wasn't pulledLittle waster wrote: ↑Sat Mar 11, 2023 4:25 pmI was a teacher at the time the pollution episode aired and you couldn't overstate the impact it had on the kids who saw it.
Clearly in hindsight it should never have aired as it clearly breaches the BBC's guiding principles to entertain and inform.
There's a certain irony that even ITV's new series of The Bay has the topical sub-plot on how 13 years of Tory "efficiency savings" has left the police and social services incapable of providing even the minimum of expected service levels.Tessa K wrote: ↑Sat Mar 11, 2023 4:38 pmPaul Whitehouse's two parter about pollution in rivers really doesn't pull its punches about government responsibility. I'm surprised it wasn't pulledLittle waster wrote: ↑Sat Mar 11, 2023 4:25 pmI was a teacher at the time the pollution episode aired and you couldn't overstate the impact it had on the kids who saw it.
Clearly in hindsight it should never have aired as it clearly breaches the BBC's guiding principles to entertain and inform.
I'm feeling a little slow today. Is this an actual thing, or a reference to the distincly not nice bloke's hideous politics?
Joe Lycett has said he’s available for ...Grumble wrote: ↑Sat Mar 11, 2023 9:50 amJoe Lycett has said he’s available for MOTD
https://twitter.com/joelycett/status/16 ... 26498?s=20
I don't watch MOTD but I would watch the f.ck out of that.Grumble wrote: ↑Sat Mar 11, 2023 9:50 amJoe Lycett has said he’s available for MOTD
https://twitter.com/joelycett/status/16 ... 26498?s=20
Ooooh. There are 2 comedians in Australia, 'Roy Greenslade' and 'HJ Nelson' who regularly broadcast commentary during various major rugby and AFL fixtures. The idea is you watch the game on TV, turn the sound down and listen to Roy & HJ lovingly take the piss out of the whole thing on the radio.
Just watching this.Tessa K wrote: ↑Sat Mar 11, 2023 4:38 pmPaul Whitehouse's two parter about pollution in rivers really doesn't pull its punches about government responsibility. I'm surprised it wasn't pulledLittle waster wrote: ↑Sat Mar 11, 2023 4:25 pmI was a teacher at the time the pollution episode aired and you couldn't overstate the impact it had on the kids who saw it.
Clearly in hindsight it should never have aired as it clearly breaches the BBC's guiding principles to entertain and inform.
Oceania is at war with Eastasia. Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia.Trinucleus wrote: ↑Sat Mar 11, 2023 9:17 amWow.Fishnut wrote: ↑Sat Mar 11, 2023 9:11 amCountryfile originally said there were six episodes, though they've since edited the site to say it's five.
They've gone full Soviet
It was a joke, and I didn't get it quite right (it was a 10 minute filler on BBC Two rather than a replacement for MOTD), but they *did* show an episode of Coast with Neil Oliver this weekend:
I was recently re-watching the Seven Worlds, One Planet series (from 2019) and the same thing was being brought up, so it's not just a decision for this series - the BBC Natural History Unit have been trying to educate us in this for years.Fishnut wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 9:01 pmJust finished the first episode of Wild Isles. It's the first Attenborough doc I've watched in a good while because I've felt they've got a bit too 'look at the pretty animal' and let the educational aspects slip. But it's the first one he's done focused on our local wildlife so I've had to watch.
My concerns about the lack of in depth info still stand but my goodness did it look pretty, particularly the banded demoiselles which were stunning. I was also surprised by the strength of the closing comments made by Attenborough, both at the end of the main episode and the 'making of' section. It's made me more convinced that regardless of what the BBC says about the sixth episode, the production team has decided to make this series as a plea for us to care more about protecting our wildlife. Pretty much every species and/or habitat they showed in tonight's episode are under threat in one way or another.