Polar Bear:Spy on the Ice 20.00pm-21.00pm BBC1 29/12/2010 (1 Viewer)

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Peewit

Once a bird lover ... always a bird lover

• Dec 27, 2010

• #1

Hi there

Just watched a trailer for this wildlife programme.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wylng

Looks good with the latest 'mini-camera' technology at hand, and it has a big write up in the Radio Times.

Regards
Kathy
x

 

JTweedie

Well-known member

• Dec 28, 2010

• #2

Should be good, the tiger one was very well-done.

 

Penny Clarke

Well-known member

• Dec 29, 2010

• #3

Watch this now!!!!!!!

On BBC1 8pm until 9pm.

One of the most fascinating natural history documentaries I have EVER seen!!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wylng

"Shot mainly using spy cameras, this film gets closer than ever before to the world's greatest land predator.

Icebergcam, Blizzardcam and Snowballcam are a new generation of covert devices on a mission to explore the Arctic islands of Svalbard in Norway. Backed up by Snowcam and Driftcam, these state-of-the-art camouflaged cameras reveal the extraordinary curiosity and intelligence of the polar bear."

 

Veracocha

Well-known member

• Dec 29, 2010

• #4

Awesome so far!

 

rockfowl

Mark Andrews

• Dec 29, 2010

• #5

Fantastic Stuff, thoroughly enjoyed this rather unique approach.

I wonder how many cameras actually survived?

 

christineredgate

Winner of the Copeland Wildlife Photographer of th

• Dec 29, 2010

• #6

Brilliant,amazing photography.

 

JTweedie

Well-known member

• Dec 29, 2010

• #7

I've just realised this wasn't on in Scotland, instead it was Holby City! I'll need to catch up using i-Player.

 

Veracocha

Well-known member

• Dec 29, 2010

• #8

If it hadn't been for the heads up on this forum I would never have caught this program. Why was there no previews to make viewers aware or did I just miss them? Outstanding footage and I thought Tennant's narration was first class.

 

dantheman

Bah humbug

• Dec 29, 2010

• #9

JTweedie said:

I've just realised this wasn't on in Scotland, instead it was Holby City! I'll need to catch up using i-Player.

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That would make for good tv viewing - take the cast of of a few soaps and release them into the frozen wastes to fend for themselves ...

Good prog (excellent). Always a bit dubious that the commentary gets made up a bit to make the story fit, but I guess in this case I do actually believe them. Guess there's hope yet ...

 

Penny Clarke

Well-known member

• Dec 29, 2010

• #10

Penny Clarke said:

Watch this now!!!!!!!

On BBC1 8pm until 9pm.

One of the most fascinating natural history documentaries I have EVER seen!!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wylng

"Shot mainly using spy cameras, this film gets closer than ever before to the world's greatest land predator.

Icebergcam, Blizzardcam and Snowballcam are a new generation of covert devices on a mission to explore the Arctic islands of Svalbard in Norway. Backed up by Snowcam and Driftcam, these state-of-the-art camouflaged cameras reveal the extraordinary curiosity and intelligence of the polar bear."

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Also being broadcast on the following dates:

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Thu 30 Dec 2010
20:00
BBC HD
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Fri 31 Dec 2010
00:30
BBC HD
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Fri 31 Dec 2010
20:40
BBC One (Scotland only)
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Sun 2 Jan 2011
00:55
BBC HD
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Mon 3 Jan 2011
02:25
BBC One

 

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Peewit

Once a bird lover ... always a bird lover

• Dec 29, 2010

• #11

Hi Penny and everyone

I have to agree that the quality and the filming off this documentary was top notch tonight, and I really enjoyed all aspects of it

Loved the bit when the female bear climbed up the snowy slope with the Male bear hot on her heals. The poor male looked tired out LOL when he flopped to the bottom of the hill once more.

Regards
Kathy
x

 

Last edited: Dec 29, 2010

JTweedie

Well-known member

• Jan 3, 2011

• #12

Finally caught up with this. The filming was really interesting, but I did get annoyed by the way the programme was scripted and edited together (although I was able to suspend my disbelief while watching it).

They were supposed to be showing scenes of bears almost coming to conflict, but in actual fact they were totally different scenes. One example when the mother with the single cub was eating the seal - they were all covered in blood, but then apparently the bear that killed the seal returned and the mother and her cub ran off, but by then they were miraculously clear of blood!

 

John Cantelo

Well-known member

• Jan 3, 2011

• #13

Great photography, but I was disappointed that there was nothing about the concerns that many conservationists have voiced about the species' future. More to the point, I understood that the recent plundering of goose eggs/young by Polar Bears reflected a worrying problem they have in catching their traditional prey. The reasons for an potential consequences of this change in behaviour wasn't mentioned. I'm not saying that it should have all been 'doom-and-gloom', but a couple of nods in that direction wouldn't have gone amiss,

 

Farnboro John

Well-known member

• Jan 4, 2011

• #14

I enjoyed the programme and found the doom and gloom hints more than enough for the intelligent viewer (are we not normally complaining about dumbing down?), the sparks of humour a welcome relief after the first months of the new government and the end-piece showing the fates of the various camera platforms absolutely hysterical.

Top-notch viewing of a species expensive to visit and under severe pressure - although the pressure on the vast populations of Arctic seals is also high and they rarely get air-time except as Polar Bear mobile buffet!

John