Hey guys,
if anyone in the UK is interested there's an new BBC Natural History series 'Human Planet' starting tonight. The first episode is about peoples relationship with the sea, it sounds pretty interesting.
Andy
Here's the blurb from the Radio Times.
Human Planet (Oceans: Into the Blue)
Thursday 13 January
8:00pm - 9:00pm
BBC1
1/8, series 1
Although we humans have evolved for a life on land, we've adapted to all sorts of extreme surroundings and habitats. This series celebrating our remarkable relationship with the natural world starts with the most challenging: the sea. In the waters off Papua New Guinea a traditional shark caller lands his prey with a shell, a noose and a plank of wood; a sea gypsy holds his breath for a lung-busting three minutes to spear fish in the Sulawesi Sea; and a band of Palawan compressor divers in the Philippines (with a hose clamped between their teeth supplying air via an antiquated engine) risk a painful death for a pitiful haul. It's not all fishing, though. There's breathtaking footage of Hawaiian surfers riding the waves and a charming snippet about the Bajau Laut people, who live on houseboats (getting landsick if they set foot ashore) or in huts raised on stilts above the coral seas near Borneo. The only jarring note is the cliché-filled script - although narrator John Hurt manages to give it some dignity.
if anyone in the UK is interested there's an new BBC Natural History series 'Human Planet' starting tonight. The first episode is about peoples relationship with the sea, it sounds pretty interesting.
Andy
Here's the blurb from the Radio Times.
Human Planet (Oceans: Into the Blue)
Thursday 13 January
8:00pm - 9:00pm
BBC1
1/8, series 1
Although we humans have evolved for a life on land, we've adapted to all sorts of extreme surroundings and habitats. This series celebrating our remarkable relationship with the natural world starts with the most challenging: the sea. In the waters off Papua New Guinea a traditional shark caller lands his prey with a shell, a noose and a plank of wood; a sea gypsy holds his breath for a lung-busting three minutes to spear fish in the Sulawesi Sea; and a band of Palawan compressor divers in the Philippines (with a hose clamped between their teeth supplying air via an antiquated engine) risk a painful death for a pitiful haul. It's not all fishing, though. There's breathtaking footage of Hawaiian surfers riding the waves and a charming snippet about the Bajau Laut people, who live on houseboats (getting landsick if they set foot ashore) or in huts raised on stilts above the coral seas near Borneo. The only jarring note is the cliché-filled script - although narrator John Hurt manages to give it some dignity.