Blue Planet II
Superb TV. Doesn't get any better than this does it? 
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I think I would prefer a decent detective story! Don't get me wrong it's all wonderful photography and must take months to film. At least now I know why there are never any herrings in Waitrose thanks to, was it, Humped Back Whales eating them by the ton? I don't mind watching the odd section of the programme but it's not my idea of an evenings entertainment. I accept I am probably in a minority of one on this!
David
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I think you could be right David as for me I am not keen on detective programmes to many of them as I say we are all different, a lot of wildlife featured I will never see except on tv. OH hardly watches tv only if it has got some technology in ex electronics and still main hobby today.
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And therein lies the problem as far as I'm concerned
.There is a superb array of Wild Life T.V. out there, much aimed at the larger audiences around in the darker days of Winter. But sadly many of us, even the keen ones, have only limited time spare for sitting and viewing ! even with the different systems for "catch up" t.v. I never quite see all I want to, so I just have to be Super Selective.
Now if altering the clocks really did give us extra hours ,, ,, ,, ,, ,,
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Sadly, not for me either. I love wildlife, I love natural history and nature programmes, but I like to find out about things that I might actually see someday. I'm not all that interested in denizens of the deep, huge fish, the sex life of a dolphin, or why a female fish changes into a male, but give me fabulous footage of a murmuration of starlings, and the location, a magnificent film of a perigrine, or 'fostered' kestrels, a wild boar family, deer rutting, flowers, grasses, and trees, and you've captured an audience.
(Or even a pod of dolphin in the harbour at Pwhelli -- which we've seen........ and which was amazing).
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Well, each to their own, obviously, Val. And I think the likes of Springwatch, Autumnwatch etc do just what you're saying and very well too.
But if I think there's a chance of seeing any of those things with my own eyes I'd actually go out and try to see them for myself. I think the beauty of programmes like Blue Planet is precisely that they allow me to view things which I'm never going to be able to see for myself.
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Whilst it might not be essential viewing for me I wholeheartedly support the BBC in providing such programmes, not only from the educational point of view but these are the sort of programmes that the BBC excel at and probably wouldn't be made by anyone else.
David
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I liked it Moulesy! The photography and commentary was excellent. So was information about sea bed geology and the lack of exploration. We can get to outer space but still don't know what's under us. I don't watch much TV but this had armchair appeal for me.
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Zombie Worms & Ethereal Snail Fish-what’s not to like, astounding TV. I sat watching in total awe at things I’d never heard of, now I’ve seen them. Education
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I was about to say how interesting it was and how frightening the amount of bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef. But unfortunately ruined by the fact they feel necessary to subtitle the French diver who is speaking in excellent but accented English. What Next subtitles for anyone who doesn’t speak RP, like me?
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One interesting fact was that parrot fish excrete the waste coral as sand. Next time you are lounging on that idyllic beach remember it's a pile of fish poo.
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This 'rock' of ours, and by ours I mean all forms of life living here, is unique. We individuals can only hope for a minute first hand experience of this most complex planet. We are here only once and then only for the briefest of encounters. Programmes like this provide spell binding and wonderful insights for the majority of us visitors, the likes of which we can only dream of.
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