I am and always will be a sucker for BBC nature Documentaries especially anything coming out of the Natural History Unit based in Bristol. Over the course of my life time they have manage to bring to the small scene the most impressive moving images of natural history the world has ever seen. Even their only real rival National Geographic, seem to be hanging onto the BBC’s Apron strings. Their latest series Nature Great Events, is nothing short of the usual spectacular, in fact it is so boring to review, as its just too good.
Expect the usual amazing landscape shots, close ups, unusual angles, touching stories and making of mini-doc’s at the end. Basically it is standard BBC fair that does exactly what it says on the tin by looking at Nature’s Great Events.
I did find some of the first programme funny as well as spectacular though, probably showing my sixth or should that be sick sense of humour. One part of the programme had a Cormorant Chick fledging, and basically crash landing in a most impressive fashion, as it tumbled down a steep hillside, going arse over tit about eight times before it came to a stop. By which point I was in stitches, as if to add a black tint to this slap stick moment the next thing you see is a fox crushing it for dinner before running onto the next leaner pilot who crash landed, and so on until it can’t even fit them all in there month.
There was a serious message to the programme this even one of the rapid and most substantial thawing of the ice cap ever recorded. A one way trip to global warming. All narrated by that stalwart of the BBC Natural History Unit David Attenborough, anyway if you like nature doc’s then this is another 5 star example, if you don’t it’s probably not for you. If you missed it remember BBC i-Player, will have it for a wee while!