Autumnwatch is back for three seasonal specials on The One Show (1 Viewer)

[Euan Buchan]

This year Chris will be live at Wytham Woods in Oxford, often referred to as the most studied woodland in the world
Back by popular demand Autumnwatch will be returning to screens on The One Show on Tuesday 29, Wednesday 30 and a with a special Halloween edition on Thursday 31 October 2024 with presenter Chris Packham, celebrating the most vibrant of seasons.

This year Chris will be live at Wytham Woods in Oxford, often referred to as the most studied woodland in the world. It’s the perfect spot to delve into the wildlife, science and beauty of the season.

The badgers of Wytham Woods are Chris’ first woodland A-lister. With live thermal cameras poised to capture footage of them as they leave the sett at dusk, Chris investigates how their diet will be changing at this time of year to make the most of the seasonal offerings.

Chris also explores the mental health benefits of being in an autumnal woodland and why it’s worth taking the time to stop and notice the hidden treasures. When you do – all sorts of wildlife wonders are revealed, as Chris finds out when he meets moth expert Liam Crowley and they explore the science of camouflage.

Thursday’s Autumnwatch offering falls on Halloween, so Chris explores why some of our favourite animals have become synonymous with the season. Bats, owls, corvids and toads, to name a few, have become firmly written into our folklore, so Chris explores the roots of each story and whether these species deserve to be demonised.

Autumnwatch presenter Chris Packham says: “Autumn is one of the most magical phases in our seasonal calendar. It may feel like things are shutting down but far from it. It’s a time for nature to recycle and prepare. Those rich autumn colours are a sign of nature at its very best and I’m excited to be telling the stories of the season in one of my favourite woodlands in the UK.”

Tune in for a dose of live autumnal wildlife in this spectacular setting on The One Show, BBC One and iPlayer at 7pm, 29, 30 and 31 October 2024.

 

[delia todd]

Thanks Euan.

The One Show isn't on BBC One Scotland for most of this week. But it is on some of the others like BBC One London/NW/YKS/Y&L/WM/EMID/EAST/SE/WST/STH/SW/CINI.

But Wales has football.

Scotland has River City! Tomorrow is a prog about Alex Salmond, Thursday is River City. It's not until Friday that the One Show is on Scotland!

 

[Jos Stratford]

Tomorrow is a prog about Alex Salmond

Alex Salmond instead of badgers ...how lucky you are 😅😅😅

 

[delia todd]

Alex Salmond instead of badgers ...how lucky you are 😅😅😅

Yeah... indeed!!

 

[Farnboro John]

Hey BBC, I've got a better idea, bin the One Show and its tedious celebrities plugging their projects and put Autumnwatch on from 1 September to 15 November instead.

John

 

[Georgebirds]

Do you know if the whole episodes are given over to Autumnwatch for the entire runtime, or is it more likely to be a few Autumnwatch features scattered through between the usual type of content? Cos I'm not sitting through howeverlong of normal One Show waffle just for a few naturey clips, but if it's entire episodes on the theme for those three days, I'll switch on!

 

[delia todd]

It's only a half hour programme. My guess is a part of the show where they just put in some highlights.

Frustrating after what we've been used to. Maybe better than nothing.

I never seem able to manage to get into IPlayer. Just seem to forget it's there somehow.

 

[Green Sandpiper]

Damning indictment of the BBC. Scrap the full series of Autumnwatch, but patronise us with a few brief tidbits in amongst inane celebrities and mindless pap.

 

[moose1991]

Just put it on iPlayer , that way we can fast forward it.

Edit. Was that it ?
5 minutes on badgers .

 

[Euan Buchan]

Was hardly worth it tbh 5 mins of Chris rushing and talking about badgers in the dark

 

[aeshna5]

I'd forgotten about it as I've never watched the show. From this I won't bother!

 

[Monahawk]

A pointless exercise. Just 5 or so minutes of Chris getting excited about badgers and in particular their poo.
If the BBC really want to reserect Autumn Watch then do it properly and not palm off wildlife fans with cheap, lame bite sized programmes which tell us nothing.

Si.

 

[Euan Buchan]

Sorry Chris this isn’t what we pay our license fees for for 5 mins of nature

 

[Farnboro John]

It's not Chris's fault and all he's doing is grabbing what air he can for wildlife.

But in a world where the BBC rotates around Eurovision and Strictly; where there is such a thing as "The Soap Awards"; where there's a desperate emphasis on participatory television instead of the pursuit of excellence and science (where's Horizon? where's Tomorrow's World? Why, for all her charm as a presenter, is Hannah Fry telling us about the things we have and not what we are going to get?) the wildlife unit is not paying British wildlife proper attention. And even programmes about foreign wildlife now have to have (far too much) stuff about people in them: the trails on radio for the new Asia series talk about the hordes of people in the continent as if they were a highlight rather than a source of despair. There's no hope.

John

 

[davercox]

Actually I found last night's piece quite good. Agree with FJ, he's doing his best.

 

[moose1991]

Just watched the other 2 segments on iplayer.
The cheek of it to call it Autumnwatch as if it was a thing & not just a filler piece.
Bit embarrassing really.