File this one under the YGTOBFKM (You've Got To Be F***ing Kidding Me) file:
Frozen Planet, on BBC One, is the latest big budget series from the BBC’s Natural History Unit in Bristol, which was made in association with Discovery Channel and The Open University.British viewers will see seven episodes, the last of which deals with global warming and the threat to the natural world posed by man.
However, viewers in other countries, including the United States, will only see six episodes.
On Thin Ice features Sir David Attenborough, 85, talking at length about the melting of the ice and featuring hungry polar bears. Viewers in the United States, where climate change sceptics are particularly strong group, will not see the full episode.
Instead, the BBC said that Discovery, which shows the series in the US, had a “scheduling issue so only had slots for six episodes”, so “elements” of the climate change episode would be incorporated into their final show, with editorial assistance from the Corporation.
“It would be impossible to do a presenter-less version. Only those countries that accept David as a presenter (and there are many where he is well-known – such as Australia, New Zealand and Scandinavia) could be expected to take episode seven as it stands.
“In the case of Discovery in the USA, they had a scheduling issue so only had slots for six episodes and have decided to combine elements of episode seven, On Thin Ice, with episode six, The Last Frontier. The BBC has been consulted on editorial decisions on this.”
[Ed. Note: This has been edited to make the issue clearer, and to comply with "fair use" doctrine]
I'm sure those of you who have been brain-washed to believe in the fiction of climate change will still be able to buy it on DVD or Blu-Ray, once the broadcast has been completed.
Lord, what a lame excuse: Discovery Channel doesn't have enough time slots to broadcast the seventh installment of a documentary which it helped to produce. Get that? The same parent corporation of TLC, which brought us NINE (9) hours of "Sarah Palin's Alaska" doesn't have enough air time for ONE (1) hour of facts about climate change presented by one of the greatest film-makers of all time?
Come on. Is there any more respected nature documentarian in the world today than Sir David Attenborough? The only guy who even comes close, IMO, was Jacques Cousteau, dead these many years.
From Wikipedia
Filmography: Main article: David Attenborough filmographyAttenborough is known foremost for writing and presenting the ten Life series, which are presented in chronological order below:
Life on Earth (1979) The Living Planet (1984) The Trials of Life (1990) Life in the Freezer (1993) The Private Life of Plants (1995) The Life of Birds (1998) The Life of Mammals (2002) Life in the Undergrowth (2005) Life in Cold Blood (2008) First Life (2010)
His voice is synonymous with wildlife documentaries for British audiences, and the principal series with which his narration is associated include:
Wildlife on One (1977–2005) BBC Wildlife Specials (1995–2008) The Blue Planet (2001) Planet Earth (British version) (2006) Nature's Great Events (2009) Life (2009) The Frozen Planet (2011) (in production)
Here's their contact page:
Discovery Viewer Relations page.
You can also find them on Facebook and twitter.
Wouldn't you really like to see Sir David explain, in his inimitable, erudite, and personable manner, the facts of climate change, and its' effect on the polar environment, without having to pay for the damn DVD? Don't you think it should be broadcast, in its' entirety? After all, if they found an hour to do a "clip show" for the finale of Sarah Palin's Alaska, don't you think they could find an hour for something, I don't know, a little more substantive?