Wild Ireland: The Edge of the World

MisterAnarchy

Just after watching Wild Ireland: The Edge of the World on BBC 2 ,and was simply blown away by it.

The cinematography is stunning and Ireland looks amazing in it ,its up there with Planet Earth in production value.
Cant wait for episode 2 next week.

In the first of this two-part doc, wildlife cameraman Colin Stafford-Johnson travels along Ireland’s spectacular western coastline, from Skellig Rocks to Clew Bay (where he now lives). As well as golden eagles, humpback whales and the island’s last herd of red deer, he sees vast numbers of seals coming ashore to fight and mate, as well as a lonely dolphin who has set up residence off the striking Burren region.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWQTb9OZe9Y

shooter69

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

Just after watching Wild Ireland: The Edge of the World on BBC 2 ,and was simply blown away by it.

The cinematography is stunning and Ireland looks amazing in it ,its up there with Planet Earth in production value.
Cant wait for episode 2 next week.

In the first of this two-part doc, wildlife cameraman Colin Stafford-Johnson travels along Ireland’s spectacular western coastline, from Skellig Rocks to Clew Bay (where he now lives). As well as golden eagles, humpback whales and the island’s last herd of red deer, he sees vast numbers of seals coming ashore to fight and mate, as well as a lonely dolphin who has set up residence off the striking Burren region.

Just watched it too , absolutely fantastic , camera work was first class . What a beautiful country we live in ...

Cortina_MK_IV

It's on BBC1 NI on Sunday at 8pm. Only seen the trailers but it looks good and did remind me of the Planet Earth style.

Actually just noticed it is on BBC2 tomorrow (Saturday) at 6:30pm also.

MisterAnarchy

Cortina_MK_IV wrote: »

It's on BBC1 NI on Sunday at 8pm. Only seen the trailers but it looks good and did remind me of the Planet Earth style.

Yes,the presenter worked on Planet Earth too it seems.

One of the best shows Ive seen in years

ms34

Great show but did anyone see the wildlife show on tg4 in the last few weeks. It featured every bit of what's going on now on bbc1. Baskets, skelligs, red deer, hump back whales, frogs in Castlegregory, lizards in the Burren, kestrels at the abandoned abbey in Co clare.
The shots are very very similar. The presenter in the tg4 one spent his time on a kayak on the Atlantic while on the beeb he's rowing himself along the Atlantic.
Maybe the shots are a bit better on BBC but I'd love to know if the same production company are responsible for both programmes.
Or if one of the other have been totally ripped off.

bobbyss

MisterAnarchy wrote:

In the first of this two-part doc, wildlife cameraman Colin Stafford-Johnson travels along Ireland’s spectacular western coastline, from Skellig Rocks to Clew Bay (where he now lives). As well as golden eagles, humpback whales and the island’s last herd of red deer, he sees vast numbers of seals coming ashore to fight and mate, as well as a lonely dolphin who has set up residence off the striking Burren region.

MisterAnarchy wrote:

The cinematography is stunning and Ireland looks amazing in it ,its up there with Planet Earth in production value. Cant wait for episode 2 next week.

MisterAnarchy wrote:

Just after watching Wild Ireland: The Edge of the World on BBC 2 ,and was simply blown away by it.

It was lovely. I also liked the presenter a lot. Very easy and soft spoken. At first I thought he was Fergal Keane. I never heard of him before. Has he ever worked for RTE? Saturday's programme was shown in mainland Britain I think and the repeat was shown on BBC NI only.
Excellent programme.

HeidiHeidi

Just watching this now. I'm sure I've seen previous programmes by him before, not sure what channels though.

Amazing photography. Especially the whales - I've seen humpbacks close up and they are just incredible beasts - utterly beautiful.

And the puffins - how can one little creature be that beautiful/cute/tragic/comical all at once? Was lucky enough to see a colony of those on Tory Island many years ago, and I spent literally hours lying on the edge of a cliff just watching them.

But what I want to know is how many years it took to make the programme, and where on earth they found the weather :eek:

Cortina_MK_IV

Some nice images can be used as wallpaper on here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08jprh0

Colin Stafford-Johnson's IMDB profile: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1934569/

hmmm

Those were two of the best nature documentaries I have seen of anywhere, let alone Ireland. Absolutely stunning. Bord Failte should buy the rights and get this shown around the world.

I wonder if the BBC have CSJ lined up as a potential Attenborough replacement.

bobbyss

hmmm wrote:

Those were two of the best nature documentaries I have seen of anywhere, let alone Ireland. Absolutely stunning. Bord Failte should buy the rights and get this shown around the world.

hmmm wrote:

I wonder if the BBC have CSJ lined up as a potential Attenborough replacement.

I don't know what his background is:whether he's a scientist or whatever like Attenborough. But he has a unique way of communicating that I find pleasant and engaging. The part about the salmon was great too. I never saw eggs hatching before. I only wish he spent more time on them. His easy manner and, dare I say it, easy charm , were drawing me in.

And this is outside of the great photography too! Outstanding.

daisybelle2008

Another great programme. Just beautiful. Would love a full episode on the animals, wanted to know much more about the basking sharks, pine marten and eagle, and their history in Ireland.

Elvisjuice

ms34 wrote: »

Great show but did anyone see the wildlife show on tg4 in the last few weeks. It featured every bit of what's going on now on bbc1. Baskets, skelligs, red deer, hump back whales, frogs in Castlegregory, lizards in the Burren, kestrels at the abandoned abbey in Co clare.
The shots are very very similar. The presenter in the tg4 one spent his time on a kayak on the Atlantic while on the beeb he's rowing himself along the Atlantic.
Maybe the shots are a bit better on BBC but I'd love to know if the same production company are responsible for both programmes.
Or if one of the other have been totally ripped off.

was wondering the same some of shots seemed to be the exact same , did you find anymore info ?

Thundercats Ho

Crossing the line productions were behind the TG4 one, Eire Fhiain.
They've also produced some of the wildlife documentaries that Colin S.J. did for RTE, so i'd say there's a fair chance they were involved in the BBC one too.

I only saw clips of the BBC one, as it looked identical to Eire Fhiain, but i'll check it out over the weekend.

ms34

This is being repeated on bbc4 tonight at eight if anyone is interested.

Thundercats Ho

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

Crossing the line productions were behind the TG4 one, Eire Fhiain.
They've also produced some of the wildlife documentaries that Colin S.J. did for RTE, so i'd say there's a fair chance they were involved in the BBC one too.

I only saw clips of the BBC one, as it looked identical to Eire Fhiain, but i'll check it out over the weekend.

Caught the end of it on BBC4 last night, and crossing the line were the production company so that's why a lot of the shots looked the same (because they were).

Asus X540L

Hi
Could anybody please tell me if this is available anywhere online.
It seems to be gone from tng player

Cortina_MK_IV

Here ya go...

Asus X540L

Cortina_MK_IV wrote: »

Here ya go...

Sound, thanks.