Britain nil... Nov. 16, 2006

Now I know a thing or two about photography (and even if I didn’t) I say that the “Planet Earth” series on BBC television is the best semi-factual photography/film programme ever. I say semi-factual because in the end it is story-telling, choosing certain animals and certain situations, with the programme-makers slant. And what a slant by the voice-over of commentator David Attenborough making us care for our World.

In contrast, the programme that precedes it, “Great British Summer”, though a good idea, is a missed opportunity if ever there was one as, despite the nice photography and the intrinsic beauty of the British countryside (and the time of year), the programme is dreadful and made doubly so by the Daily Mail styled commentary by Alan Titchmarsh that reduces us to a flattened people with a flattened landscape.

Robbing us of our heritage.

Britain 0 – The World 1