so basically its a wildlife show with a new presenter - I told you he wanted john cravens job. Half an hour is probably all the attention span itv can hope for based on its current audience and having to squeeze it between the useless moron and overpriced ego shows - I dont think the format is that extendable to the hour (45min) show for eden but would probably work for the bbc2 audience who like david attenborough.
I doubt you'll see any more bushcrafty programs from him again till he's in his 60's and needs the money so expect some wildlife companion and photography books for the xmas market coming up (as ewmntioned in the article the 'ray mears field guide to britain' is likely to make an appearance) - 7 odd series of bear grylls with more coming and with newer shows like dual survival and man woman wild I think he knows he cant compete with the modern format that sells in america now les stroud has hung up his wellies. you might get the odd celebrity special again. I cant say his hour long shows managed to hold my attention for a few years now and I doubt he has the budget of the likes of blue planet which is aimed for a global audience so I expect a lot of close up nature shows with panoramic helicopter views of a fat rambler wandering through the country side with an easy to overdub in hungarian voice over telling you how beautiful it is and how it must be protected for future generations
as its has been commisioned by the factual and daytime section it will be on par with the latest lot of programs after the emmerdale workers collective show and before coronation road.
Cant say I'm surprised he moved to itv though as he has to rely on most of his audience from the confused adrian chiles fans and they are doing the natural britain thing with any celebrity they can get their hands on but I'm still waiting for world of newts with ken livingston
I did find it interesting when it was revealed that itv2 3 and 4 have better audience figures showing old shows than itv1 does - I struggle to watch any of them. they do seem to commission shows with aim of showing once on terrestrial then
if you want it then no doubt it will wind up on filesharing as usual where at least they cut the ads out for you. Mind you it'll be interesting to see who does decide to sponsor the show as advertisers are choosy now.
still there's allways bear grylls and the bearcraft format to fall back on when dave finally wear out the world of survival tapes. hopefully we might get some myke hawke as his book isnt bad.
