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BBC 2 |
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24/02/03 (129 review reads) |
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Advantages: good TV.
Disadvantages: none
BBC 2 here is a sample nights veiwing Feb 14th had one of my Favourites *Bill Oddie* With his talent for a birds eye view of the country (spot the accidental joke*:) Not only does He share his moments with different birds ,He notices the flowers and greenery ,if not by comment with His camera . A recent program had him on a hoist up a tree looking at Herons,He had to wait for the camera man to get Him down it was amusing with unique footage. He also went to a private Home in one program to show that there are some parrots in that area London to be precise. His gentle and knowledgable ways make this a very relaxing program to watch. * Katy my little black cat likes to watch with facination too *. Then came Essential Poems (To fall in Love With ) beautiful romantic Poetry recited by Men and women sometimes the Author ,very refreshing . Then another lovely program *The winter flying gardener*Chris Beardshaw* is flown in a Helicopter all round the Country to visit and help People plan their gardens. This program was set in gardens in Somerset and Devon to help 2 ladies plan their spring gardens,very pleasant and educational for us garden lovers.You have a chance to see the landscape on his journeys as well. He daoes different plants in every program . Then a really facination and moving program:*Motherland a genetic Journey *in this proprogram Afro-carribean have smples of there DNA taken from cells on a swab from their mouths ,and then a computer is used to map out matches from other sampling to find where the person originated . This traces several men and women going on this Journey which once they fing their Country of origen becomes a real journey. One woman finds Her tribe and visits them and has a real welcome from them,she ends up claiming some land for herself . Another does similar but finds the actual journey a bit taxing.It is a very emotional experience for them
. A man does similar and dresses in the national garb takes part in a ceremony and adopts a new name for Himself. What was very eye opening is all these people had European genetic links too they were quite suprised it agrees with something I said in my English language opinion. We are all related to everyone else. BBB 2 Well worth watching .
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- 29/03/03 Hi, i agree, BBC 2 do produce some of my favourite programmes on tv, esp newsnight, the recent A Country Parish and well i could go on and on.....
Sean |
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- 05/03/03 Excellent review. |
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- 05/03/03 The genetics program was interesting although the finding that many Affro-Caribbeans have white European genetic descent if unfortunately not surprising, in many cases (not all) this is due to the rape and abuse of black women by slave owners and traders in colonial times and unfortunately represents a shameful chapter in the European history. |
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