Bushcraft TV

[gillmacca]

I plan to list here (the night before) any programmes relating to bushcraft/survival that are on tv (terrestrial & Sky digital only).
All the programming info I am getting, I have got from Digiguide (http://www.digiguide.com/)
If anyone can add any extra programmes that they know/find, I'm sure people will find it useful, and will also allow me to keep my digiguide configured better

[gillmacca]

03 December 2004

00:00 - Discovery Travel & Adventure - Lost in the Woods
A guide to survival in which ex-SAS man Brummie Stokes shows outdoor novice Andy Collins some essential survival techniques. Brummie demonstrates how to gather water from condensation collected on foliage, and Andy finds himself catching eels for dinner.

09:00 - Discovery Travel & Adventure - Lost in the Woods
Guide to survival in which ex-SAS man Brummie Stokes shows outdoor novice Andy Collins some essential survival techniques. Brummie demonstrates how to make a shelter from bracken and wood after Andy chooses to keep his camp bed over the tarpaulin. They also set traps to snare squirrels and rabbits. Repeated @ 14:00 & 19:00

[CLEM]

03 December 2004

00:00 - Discovery Travel & Adventure - Lost in the Woods
A guide to survival in which ex-SAS man Brummie Stokes shows outdoor novice Andy Collins some essential survival techniques. Brummie demonstrates how to gather water from condensation collected on foliage, and Andy finds himself catching eels for dinner.

09:00 - Discovery Travel & Adventure - Lost in the Woods
Guide to survival in which ex-SAS man Brummie Stokes shows outdoor novice Andy Collins some essential survival techniques. Brummie demonstrates how to make a shelter from bracken and wood after Andy chooses to keep his camp bed over the tarpaulin. They also set traps to snare squirrels and rabbits. Repeated @ 14:00 & 19:00Heck i wish i could watch these,i really enjoyed them when Squidders posted them for all to watch.

[Viking]

Got to get more channels :banghead:

[gillmacca]

You better hurry.
There's quite a lot of bushcraft/survival related programmes on soon

[bushwacker bob]

Thursday 9th december BBC2 9pm. The Natural World is about a year in the life of an English Oak wood. :clock:

[gillmacca]

04 December 2004

00:00 - Discovery Travel & Adventure - Lost in the Woods
Guide to survival in which ex-SAS man Brummie Stokes shows outdoor novice Andy Collins some essential survival techniques. Brummie demonstrates how to make a shelter from bracken and wood after Andy chooses to keep his camp bed over the tarpaulin. They also set traps to snare squirrels and rabbits.

13:00 - Travel Channel - Weekender TV
Charlie Ottley presents a magazine show providing inspirational ideas for weekends away - whether it be resting, relaxing or something out of the ordinary. In North Wales, Charlie explores Snowdonia.

22:00 - Adventure One - Alaska: The Last Wilderness
Climber and writer Marc Helsen undertakes a five-week expedition, trekking and rafting across the vast wilderness of Alaska. He witnesses many of nature's marvels at first hand, including the mass migration of the caribou.

[gillmacca]

05 December 2004

10:00 - Adventure One - Alaska: The Last Wilderness
Climber and writer Marc Helsen undertakes a five-week expedition, trekking and rafting across the vast wilderness of Alaska. He witnesses many of nature's marvels at first hand, including the mass migration of the caribou. Repeating at 14:00 & 18:00

[tomtom]

awww stop it.. some of us dont have SKY! :banghead:

[gillmacca]

06 December 2005

09:00 - Discovery Travel & Adventure - Lost in the Woods
Guide to survival in which ex-SAS man Brummie Stokes shows outdoor novice Andy Collins some essential survival techniques. Brummie meets Andy in the Forest of Dean and teaches him how to build a fire for warmth and cooking.
Repeated at 14:00 & 19:00

[gillmacca]

07 December 2004

00:00 - Discovery Travel & Adventure - Lost in the Woods
Guide to survival in which ex-SAS man Brummie Stokes shows outdoor novice Andy Collins some essential survival techniques. Brummie meets Andy in the Forest of Dean and teaches him how to build a fire for warmth and cooking.

09:00 - Discovery Travel & Adventure - Lost in the Woods
Guide to survival in which ex-SAS man Brummie Stokes shows outdoor novice Andy Collins some essential survival techniques. Brummie demonstrates how to craft domestic implements from antlers and wood, and how to make plates from the bark of a silver birch. Also including the principles of making spears and a bow and arrow.
Repeated at 14:00 & 19:00


Don't worry...this isn't all there is ever going to be on. There are some very good looking programmes coming up soon

[gillmacca]

07 December 2004

00:00 - Discovery Travel & Adventure - Lost in the Woods
Guide to survival in which ex-SAS man Brummie Stokes shows outdoor novice Andy Collins some essential survival techniques. Brummie demonstrates how to craft domestic implements from antlers and wood, and how to make plates from the bark of a silver birch. Also including the principles of making spears and a bow and arrow.

09:00 - Discovery Travel & Adventure - Lost in the Woods
Guide to survival in which ex-SAS man Brummie Stokes shows outdoor novice Andy Collins some essential survival techniques. Andy learns how to survive swimming across a fast-flowing river, making use of the clothes on his back. Brummie also demonstrates how to make a raft.
Repeated at 14:00 & 19:00

[gillmacca]

09 December 2004

00:00 - Discovery Travel & Adventure - Lost in the Woods
Guide to survival in which ex-SAS man Brummie Stokes shows outdoor novice Andy Collins some essential survival techniques. Andy learns how to survive swimming across a fast-flowing river, making use of the clothes on his back. Brummie also demonstrates how to make a raft.

09:00 - Discovery Travel & Adventure - Lost in the Woods
Guide to survival in which ex-SAS man Brummie Stokes shows outdoor novice Andy Collins some essential survival techniques. Brummie shows Andy how to avoid capture when in enemy territory with camouflage tips and advice.
Repeated at 14:00 & 19:00

20:00 - BBC 2 - Natural World
The Wild Wood.
Philippa Forrester spends a year witnessing the secret life of an ancient oak wood in the heart of England, as the sparrowhawk terrorises blue tits, fox cubs learn to stalk rabbits and a buzzard looks for love.

20:50 - BBC 2 - Wild Scotland
Deer Island.
Series in which Gordon Buchanan goes in search of Scottish wildlife. He explores the island of Rum, famous for its red deer, seeking out some particularly clever crows.

[gillmacca]

10 December 2004

00:00 - Discovery Travel & Adventure - Lost in the Woods
Guide to survival in which ex-SAS man Brummie Stokes shows outdoor novice Andy Collins some essential survival techniques. Brummie shows Andy how to avoid capture when in enemy territory with camouflage tips and advice.

09:00 - Discovery Travel & Adventure - Lost in the Woods
Guide to survival in which ex-SAS man Brummie Stokes shows outdoor novice Andy Collins some essential survival techniques. The duo go caving after preparing a worm omelette for sustenance, and Brummie demonstrates how to make clothing from natural materials.
Repeated at 14:00 & 19:00

[arctic hobo]

awww stop it.. some of us dont have SKY! :banghead:

Hear hear :cry:

[tomtom]

20:00 - BBC 2 - Natural World
The Wild Wood.
Philippa Forrester spends a year witnessing the secret life of an ancient oak wood in the heart of England, as the sparrowhawk terrorises blue tits, fox cubs learn to stalk rabbits and a buzzard looks for love.

20:50 - BBC 2 - Wild Scotland
Deer Island.
Series in which Gordon Buchanan goes in search of Scottish wildlife. He explores the island of Rum, famous for its red deer, seeking out some particularly clever crows.

yay normal tv!!

Thanks for doing this gillmacca. very usefull.. i think the mods should stickie it!! :wave:

[gillmacca]

I just thought of doing this, as in the past I have missed alot of good programmes, because I didn't know they were on.
At least this way, everyone knows when the programmes are on, and can include any that I miss (and i'm sure there will be plenty I miss)

[Paganwolf]

I second that TomTom top marks to you gm :wink:

[tomtom]

Plenty of Rep points coming your way matey!

[gillmacca]

11 December 2004

00:00 - Discovery Travel & Adventure - Lost in the Woods
Guide to survival in which ex-SAS man Brummie Stokes shows outdoor novice Andy Collins some essential survival techniques. The duo go caving after preparing a worm omelette for sustenance, and Brummie demonstrates how to make clothing from natural materials.

18:30 - BBC 2 Northern Ireland - Wild Scotland
Otters and Eagles.
Series in which Gordon Buchanan goes in search of Scottish wildlife. He goes home to Mull for a day, hoping to catch a glimpse of a sea eagle.

[giancarlo]

I think it's a great idea, (probably because i did the same thing before, digiguide is great) :wink:
I think it might be worth entering them into the calendar on the front page too or instead?
I'm not sure if you've got access to it though mate, sure a quick chat with Tone or Adi could fix that though.

Cheers ;)
Carlo

[gillmacca]

12 December 2004

16:00 - Sky Travel - Desert Darlings
Series following six British couples on a 28-day survival expedition through the Namibian desert. The second week of the trek sees tinned food, blisters and searing heat contributing to the tensions. To make life even more difficult, trek leader Major Ken Hames splits everyone from their partner and divides the entire group. A gender war threatens, but all squabbles must be put aside when Janie collapses.
Repeated at 21:00 and on Sky Travel Plus 1 at 17:00 & 22:00

16:25 - BBC 1 Northern Ireland - Wild Scotland
Puffins and Seals.
A series in which Gordon Buchanan goes in search of Scottish wildlife set against the breathtaking backdrop of the surrounding countryside. In this first programme, he leaves his home town of Tobermory on the island of Mull to explore some of the neighbouring islands, including Lunga, Staffa and Coll. As well as meeting comical puffins and seals, he also finds time to visit the spectacular Fingal's Cave.

16:35 - BBC 1 Northern Ireland - Wild Scotland
Deer Island.
Series in which Gordon Buchanan goes in search of Scottish wildlife. He explores the island of Rum, famous for its red deer, seeking out some particularly clever crows.

18:10 - BBC 2 - Natural World
The Wild Wood.
Philippa Forrester spends a year witnessing the secret life of an ancient oak wood in the heart of England, as the sparrowhawk terrorises blue tits, fox cubs learn to stalk rabbits and a buzzard looks for love.

[Angus Og]

Discovery Channel

16 December 2004

17:00 - Extreme Survival, Pressure

An athlete tests the human body's response to extremes such as G-force, free-diving and climbing a volcano.

Discovery Channel

23 December 2004

17:00 - Extreme Survival, Heat

Extreme heat can devastate the body and mind. In the Australian desert, Ken Bradshaw explores human physiology at temperatures of 120 degrees.

[gillmacca]

13 December 2004

03:00 - Sky Travel - Desert Darlings
Series following six British couples on a 28-day survival expedition through the Namibian desert. The second week of the trek sees tinned food, blisters and searing heat contributing to the tensions. To make life even more difficult, trek leader Major Ken Hames splits everyone from their partner and divides the entire group. A gender war threatens, but all squabbles must be put aside when Janie collapses.
Repeated on Sky Travel +1 at 04:00

09:00 - Discovery Travel & Adventure - Lost in the Woods
Guide to survival in which ex-SAS man Brummie Stokes shows outdoor novice Andy Collins some essential survival techniques. The duo try out their survival skills in the open environment of the Brecon Beacons, where navigation and avoiding hypothermia are vital elements of survival.
Repeated at 14:00 & 19:00

[gillmacca]

14 December 2004

00:00 - Discovery Travel & Adventure - Lost in the Woods
Guide to survival in which ex-SAS man Brummie Stokes shows outdoor novice Andy Collins some essential survival techniques. The duo try out their survival skills in the open environment of the Brecon Beacons, where navigation and avoiding hypothermia are vital elements of survival.

09:00 - Discovery Travel & Adventure - Lost in the Woods
A guide to survival in which ex-SAS man and survival expert Brummie Stokes shows outdoor novice Andy Collins essential survival techniques. Andy and Brummie take a ride with the Barry RNLI to learn more about survival on the open sea.
Repeated at 14:00 & 19:00

20:30 - Travel Channel - Treks in a Wild World
Trekking in Lapland.
Series exploring some of the world's most dramatic terrain. Holly Morris embarks on a dog-sledding trip across the frozen plains of the icy wilderness known as Lapland and indulges in a traditional Norwegian sauna. She meets the Sami people who have lived in this area for thousands of years and experiences the thrill of a reindeer race.

[gillmacca]

15 December 2004

00:00 - Discovery Travel & Adventure - Lost in the Woods
A guide to survival in which ex-SAS man and survival expert Brummie Stokes shows outdoor novice Andy Collins essential survival techniques. Andy and Brummie take a ride with the Barry RNLI to learn more about survival on the open sea.

09:00 - Discovery Travel & Adventure - Lost in the Woods
Guide to survival in which ex-SAS man Brummie Stokes shows outdoor novice Andy Collins some essential survival techniques. Brummie shares seashore survival tips and cooks a meal of seaweed and mussels.
Repeated at 14:00 & 19:00

20:00 - BBC 2 Wales - Mountain
Mutual Respect.
Stories from the Welsh mountain of Cadair Idris. Following the work of Outward Bound Wales instructor Sally Ozanne and the Mountain Rescue Team in a programme exploring survival on the mountain.

[gillmacca]

16 December 2004

00:00 - Discovery Travel & Adventure - Lost in the Woods
Guide to survival in which ex-SAS man Brummie Stokes shows outdoor novice Andy Collins some essential survival techniques. Brummie shares seashore survival tips and cooks a meal of seaweed and mussels.

09:00 - Discovery Travel & Adventure - Lost in the Woods
Guide to survival in which ex-SAS man Brummie Stokes shows outdoor novice Andy Collins some essential survival techniques. Brummie demonstrates how to attract the attention of a potential rescuer with improvised flares and beacons, using pine branches to produce the maximum amount of smoke.
Repeated at 14:00 & 19:00

[gillmacca]

I think it's a great idea, (probably because i did the same thing before, digiguide is great) :wink:
I think it might be worth entering them into the calendar on the front page too or instead?
I'm not sure if you've got access to it though mate, sure a quick chat with Tone or Adi could fix that though.

Cheers ;)
Carlo

Sounds a good idea, and I would then be able to post programmes not just for tomorrow, but for a couple of weeks in advance
If Tone or Adi could let me know if this is ok, and how I go about doing it

[gillmacca]

17 December 2004

00:00 - Discovery Travel & Adventure - Lost in the Woods
Guide to survival in which ex-SAS man Brummie Stokes shows outdoor novice Andy Collins some essential survival techniques. Brummie demonstrates how to attract the attention of a potential rescuer with improvised flares and beacons, using pine branches to produce the maximum amount of smoke.

06:00 - UKTV Food - Wild Harvest with Nick Nairn
The Highlands.
Chef Nick Nairn sets out in search of the best wild food and local recipes that Scotland has to offer. He makes pearl barley risotto, roast grouse with bread sauce, and heather honey ice cream.
Repeated on UKTV Food at 14:00 & 19:30, & on UKTV Food+1 at 07:00, 15:00 & 20:30

[gillmacca]

18 December 2004

05:30 - UKTV Food - Wild Harvest with Nick Nairn
The Highlands.
Chef Nick Nairn sets out in search of the best wild food and local recipes that Scotland has to offer. He makes pearl barley risotto, roast grouse with bread sauce, and heather honey ice cream.
Repeated at 06:30 on UKTV Food+1

[Paganwolf]

Nice one i love foody programs :biggthump

[nomade]

About Gillmacca's posted dated 12.12 (I think) giving a TV timetable: you mentionned philippa Forrester's film "Wild Wood" which I really loved by the way. No techno background music for one :lol: .

Is it true that by merely having a dog at your side, you frighten off everyone else in the wood?

I am going to have a dog and really look forward to taking him along everywhere. But it would be sad if the wildlife ran away from us...

This is not a TV post strictly speaking but maybe someone here has experience in bushcraft-with-doggy...

Thanks! And sorry guys this post is off topic! Next time I'll stick to TV subjects! :lol:

[gillmacca]

Please note:

I am now listing all tv programmes on the calendar.
Go to calendar then select 'What's on tv'

Many thanks to Tony for this

[ronsos]

I watched lost in the woods avivdly a few years ago-great show imformative and with a fair bit of humor . I cant understand why brummie stokes isnt on tv more,when you consider some of the ex-sas nonsense on.I thought stokes came across as someone with honest respect for the mountains and woodsI loved his quote (as near as I can remember about climbing everest)'you dont beat mother nature,you sneak up when shes not looking'

[Justin Time]

Mon 3 Jan, 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm

New series. Explorer Bruce Parry embarks on a mission to spend a month living with each of the six remotest tribes in the world.

In tonight's programme he is with the Adi people of Arunachal Pradesh in the Himalayas. The Adi were once feared as ruthless warriors. They have been cut off from the rest of the world for centuries, but Bruce learns to live as they do, hunting, eating rats and taking part in sacrificial rituals.

Bruce shares lives and customs increasingly threatened and gives a voice to those the corporate, capitalist world is too swift to ignore.

The Tribe (http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/listings/programme.shtml?day=monday&service_id=4224&filename=20050103/20050103_2100_4224_33669_60)

[Kim]

Bruce Parry, The Adi Tribe...Genius. Completely brilliant. What an amiable bloke to watch.

Wow, when you think about eating everything that can be eaten, they really go for it. Rats claws, tails...fantastic.

I will definately be watching the next one. Really gave you a feel for the tribe as a whole community rather than just focusing on 'bushcraft' type stuff. It was really interesting to see how they killed the ox beasty, saving every part of it and not wasting 'one drop of blood'. I'd never heard of strangulation before as a regular method of killing animals. And the fact that the elderly tribesman was looking forward to getting some concrete to make his house with because foraging for a roof was simply getting too tough I thought was also interesting. We always see tribes as 'victim' but this group seemed very in control of the changes occuring.

And having a pig that doubles as your drainage system....wow... :shock:

Great stuff.

[gillmacca]

hear, hear. It's one of the best programmes I have seen for a while on tv

[bambodoggy]

I watched lost in the woods avivdly a few years ago-great show imformative and with a fair bit of humor . I cant understand why brummie stokes isnt on tv more,when you consider some of the ex-sas nonsense on.I thought stokes came across as someone with honest respect for the mountains and woodsI loved his quote (as near as I can remember about climbing everest)'you dont beat mother nature,you sneak up when shes not looking'

I watched the re-runs of this a couple of weeks ago on one of the satellite channels....great show and top tips from Brummie but did anyone else notice that nearly all his demo's didn't actually work....the fig4 deadfall was hilarious!!!
The other chap....Andy Collins was surely putting it on a bit....it's one thing having a lack on outdoor skills and knowledge and quite another to be such a prat....the producer must have got him to ham it up a bit!!! :o):

Watched the Tribe show last night too....top show and fair play to him for eating everything placed in front of him....I'm not very squeamish but crunching through the tail bone of a rat was too much for me, I've eaten Rat meat before in India and quite like it but not the bone too or the claw!

Sad to see that they are heading the way of the rest of the world though...still you can't stop progress. It's just sad to see Christianity slipping in and changing their traditional ways (nothing against christians.....they were just talked about in the show) and even sadder when they talked about the young people not wanting to do what their parents do and wanting to watch tv and bolliwood films.
Saddest of all was the lack of game for hunting....they used to hunt well and come back with food for the tribe/family...now they get a couple of rats, a squirrel and one monkey!!!!

Best go over there and have a looksy before Tesco's puts up a new store there and Starbucks open a finest coffee shop!!!!!! :yikes:

[nomade]

Bambodoggy wrote the last post 3 weeks ago on this thread...

Why didn't we continue?

I would have liked to know what you guys thought of various TV programs. For instance the Monday night programs on an explorer (surname Parry, can't remember his first name).

He visited last week the Kombai people in Papua new Guinea and this Monday a forest nation in Gabon.

Quite distressing to see how close to an end these cultures are, the Kombai living in the depth of the forest just about escape the missionaries who tell them to discard their old culture and "please wear some clothes" (ever heard anything so stupid?).

And the Gabon pygmees see their forest logged away before their eyes, dream of a big raod reaching their village and fell enormous trees only to get at a bee nest (honey)...

Give me your thoughts!

[Frogo]

Why should these peoples not have the same experiences and opportunity as those in the richer nations? We long to discover and expose those people, so in doing this we are responsible for destroying there way of life, many more people will travel to there land to see them, after watching them on TV, seeing and reading about them in books etc, in return they themselves become curious to our way of life.

If you don’t want to destroy there ways of life, leave them undiscovered.

Frogo

[Moonraker]

Bambodoggy wrote the last post 3 weeks ago on this thread...

Why didn't we continue?

I would have liked to know what you guys thought of various TV programs. For instance the Monday night programs on an explorer (surname Parry, can't remember his first name).

He visited last week the Kombai people in Papua new Guinea and this Monday a forest nation in Gabon.

Quite distressing to see how close to an end these cultures are, the Kombai living in the depth of the forest just about escape the missionaries who tell them to discard their old culture and "please wear some clothes" (ever heard anything so stupid?).

And the Gabon pygmees see their forest logged away before their eyes, dream of a big raod reaching their village and fell enormous trees only to get at a bee nest (honey)...

Give me your thoughts!

All will be revealed on this thread nomade :wink:

I agree it is distressing at times but from most of what the people said themselves they positively welcomed change like the Kombai when he sad something like ' we want [electric] lights like the village and live in peace without fear of the dark [ which inferred the historic dangers of tribal attack and headhunting]

Do we have a right to say to them stay the way you are? The opening up of these tribes to our sadly consumerist ways is almost inevitable (which this series as well filmed and presented as it is makes so clear) and it is the tribes that have to decide how they cope with it.

I think what we can be pro-active on is trying to protect those habitats that are being raped by the incessant demand our society spurs on relentlessly with little regard for the actual cost of such demand (cheap priced products, now) By refusing to purchase exotic hardwoods unless they are clearly produced in sustainable methods (not easy even with the label schemes around but at least they help us) for example.

Really I can't help thinking that until we turn around our own everyday ways with inflated aspiration to ownership and convenience, then why should anyone listen to our hypocritical cries for the 'natives to remain native':?: Only when we fully accept the true costs of what we buy, consume and discard, and bring ourselves down to a more considerate and sustainable level will we deserve to be heard and perhaps then influence how such peoples consider their own futures.

Sorry for the rant; but I feel reasonably helpless and frustrated when the truth is brought home by such an eloquent and insightful programme.

[nomade]

Sorry guys if my post read like I was a "hypocritical Westener" telling hunting-gathering peoples around the world they should just "stay as they are".

If this is how it read, which is possible :lol: , it didn't translate my thoughts properly...

I happen to be of a generation who saw its own quality of life deteriorate and its own culture fade away over the past decades, right here in the West, and inspite of our day and age claiming we never had it so good...

And this in spite of some welcome changes which have occurred.

Younger people may not have such a clear point of comparison.

Therefore I see my brothers and sisters in the forests of Papua New Guinea, Gabon and elsewhere experiencing quite a parallel change in their own lives to what happened and is still happening here in "the West" (to give the industrial world a common name).

These questions would require more space and time then I have here writing this post. But in short, what I find the most upsetting is, not only the logging industry pulling the rug under these people's feet, literally...but very active and financially powerful protestant missionaries who continue to force our own religion, or rather a particular and questionable brand of it, down everyone's throat in many parts of the world.

I was raised a Christan and a protestant. I would describe my own set of values largely "Christian" in spirit.

But I don't approve of missionaries because, particularly in the documentary on the Kombai people in P.N. Guinea, as they were misleading the forest people into thinking that they would continue to "live in fear" if they stuck to their old ways and would on the other hand find peace if they embraced our ways and our Christianity (or the version of it taught by these particular protestant churches).

Aren't war and fear not part of our modern world? And as abhorrent as these people's cannibalism may be perceived by us, aren't some aspects of our world just as cruel? Come on!

The documentary showed some forest people already converted by the missionaries to their own brand of christianity (with emphasis on wearing clothes in a climate where being naked is the healthiest and most comfortable way to cope with humidity!). These converts kept saying how wondeful it would be if all forest peoples renounced their ways and beliefs, they would then be in peace ever after...this showed clearly that the missionaries made the forest people believe that our world was a world of constant peace while theirs a world of constant tribal wars and fear...which is a lie.

I just say it as I see it. A lot of "their ways" are good and were greatly appreciated by Parry. The fact that the disappearance of their culture is perhaps inevitable doesn't make it a good thing.

There is a lot in our modern world I am unhappy with, from many different angles, so why should I wish it to people who look happy, healthy and in harmony with their environment and not more cruel than any of us? At the cost of losing forever this legacy of their ancestors?...

[bambodoggy]

Bambodoggy wrote the last post 3 weeks ago on this thread...

Why didn't we continue?

I would have liked to know what you guys thought of various TV programs. For instance the Monday night programs on an explorer (surname Parry, can't remember his first name).

He visited last week the Kombai people in Papua new Guinea and this Monday a forest nation in Gabon.

Quite distressing to see how close to an end these cultures are, the Kombai living in the depth of the forest just about escape the missionaries who tell them to discard their old culture and "please wear some clothes" (ever heard anything so stupid?).

And the Gabon pygmees see their forest logged away before their eyes, dream of a big raod reaching their village and fell enormous trees only to get at a bee nest (honey)...

Give me your thoughts!

Hey Nomade..... we all are talking about it...lol...:) Just on a defferent thread...
Do a search on "Tribe".... I think it's very interesting to hear what others makes of bushcraft tv too :wave:

[gillmacca]

Just to let you know that there may be some programmes I don't add, due to the calendar currently being unavailable. I will try to catch up when it becomes available again

[Tony]

Yep, sorry about that mate, I'll let you know as soon as we're sorted. Thanks for all the effort you put into keeping the TV Calendar up to date :You_Rock_

[gillmacca]

No problem. Luckily digiguide lets me look at what new programmes have been added to the database from whatever date I select, so I should have no problems bringing it up to date

[Tony]

:biggthump

[gillmacca]

Currently the tv calendar is unavailable. Hopefully it will return soon.
In the mean time, over the next few days I will be posting the tv programmes here, but just to let you know starting this Thursday (21 April) BBC 2 at 8pm, Ray Mears is back with his new series:

Birchbark Canoe.
Ray Mears explores the world of bushcraft, the art of living outdoors relying on a knowledge of the natural world. Ray builds a traditional canoe made from birchbark, cedar and spruce roots using only traditional tools. It's time consuming, requiring skill, judgement by hand and eye and patience, a true bushcraft experience.