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The problem with wild life films

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numberplease Tue 16-Apr-13 16:04:09

I quite like Bill Oddie

Ella46 Tue 16-Apr-13 09:11:00

Both, according to Wiki.

Ella46 Tue 16-Apr-13 09:08:51

Bill Oddie does have some (mental?) health problems, depression or Bi polar, I can't remember.

Greatnan Tue 16-Apr-13 08:08:56

Diane Fosse and Jane Goodall were serious scientists, rather than presenters, but I did enjoy their programmes.
Bill Oddie has become a miserable old git - perhaps he was a miserable young git, but the other Goodies kept him cheerful!

JessM Tue 16-Apr-13 08:02:02

Never saw the Charlotte ones. Yes Saba did do some presenting and she was great. Unique woman, brought up in Kenya by parents who were studying elephants. The women on springwatch seem to be there as the voice of reason as counterpoint to the male presenters. Bill Oddie was the nightmare presenter from hell - whatserface had the patience of a saint.
It's all those glossy BBC wildlife films from Bristol - I know DA has done far more than his fair share but when they have used someone else to read the script it is always a chap.

Bags Tue 16-Apr-13 07:42:43

Charlotte Uhlenbroek did a few – the cousins ones – and Saba Douglas-Hamilton. I guess they might be both busy with other work at the moment. Perhaps they will come back some time in the future when their other work is done.

Loved Saba – so natural. Charlotte's manner I found a bit annoying, but that's probably just me.

Whatshername who used to be (still?) on Springwatch is good.

But yes, it would be nice if there were more women presenting wildlife progs.

JessM Tue 16-Apr-13 07:08:21

Is it me or is the real problem with wildlife films that they are never narrated by a woman?

Greatnan Tue 16-Apr-13 07:02:43

I know - when I see a lioness taking down a young gazelle it makes me sad - but then I know the lioness had to feed her cubs. It is a very brutal system and I would have devised a better one!

Bags Tue 16-Apr-13 06:00:11

It is a bit edgy, isn't it? But it has been happening like that for millions of years. When you look closely, all life has a competitive edge to it. Survival against the odds.

Greatnan Tue 16-Apr-13 00:52:16

I can't bear to watch the turtle hatchlings struggling to get to the sea and being eaten by the birds!