P621 CEEFAX 1 621 Wed 25 Dec 19:20/54 ————————————————————————————— NATURAL HISTORY NIGHT ——————————————————————— 1/15 Join David Attenborough and friends for a breath of fresh air after the hurly-burly of Christmas. NATURAL HISTORY NIGHT SATURDAY 28TH DECEMBER 1996 ALL EVENING ON BBC 2 WE NEED YOUR HELP David gets togjthjt with four cameramen hj has worked with over his career and you can join them as they recall stories from their years of natural history film making. BBC1 601 BBC2 602 ITV 603 Ch4 604 Front page 100 Sport 300 Wjathjr 400 Education Pregnancy Trust Me TV LinksP621 CEEFAX 1 621 Wed 25 Dec 19:11/23 ————————————————————————————— NATURAL HISTORY NIGHT ——————————————————————— 2/15 Throughout the evening they will be introducing the best BBC nature films of all time as well as a stunning new programme 'The Restless Year'. However, choosing the best wildlife programmer is no easy task and we need your help. Your views can affect the nation's viewing for one 'wild' night. To find out how read on. During Natural History Night you have the chance to participate in the biggest ever, live, natural history TV vote. BBC1 601 BBC2 602 ITV 603 Ch4 604 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Education Pregnancy Trust Me TV LinksP621 CEEFAX 1 621 Wed 25 Dec 19:16/45 ————————————————————————————— NATURAL HISTORY NIGHT ——————————————————————— 3/15 The result of this massive multimedia vote will discovjt the Best Ever BBC Wildlife Programme which will be shown at the culmination of Natural History Night. Simply dial one of our special phone lines on the night to register your vote. On 28th December you will bj able to see the results as they come in bz tuning into Cjefax page 621. To find out how to vote on the night, read on. BBC1 601 BBC2 602 ITV 603 Ch4 604 Front page 100 Sport 300 Wjathjr 400 Education Pregnancy Trust Me TV LinksP621 CEEFAX 1 621 Wed 25 Dec 19:11/44 ————————————————————————————— NATURAL HISTORY NIGHT ——————————————————————— 4/15 In recent surveys conducted by the BBC the programmjs on this and the following frame were mentioned again and again as being the best. But which will be the winnjt, the film you want to see again? On Natural History Night vote for your favourite programme by dialling the number next to the film of your choice. 1 Meetkats United ('ildlife on One, 1981) 0891 44 77 01 2 Supjtsjnsj (1988) 0891 44 77 02 3 Life On Earth (1979) 0891 44 77 03 4 The Private Life of Plants (1995) 0891 44 77 04 BBC1 601 BBC2 602 ITV 603 Ch4 604 Front page 100 Sport 300 Wjathjr 400 Education Pregnancy Trust Me TV LinksP621 CEEFAX 1 621 Wed 25 Dec 19:13/42 ————————————————————————————— NATURAL HISTORY NIGHT ——————————————————————— 5/15 5 Flight of the Condor (The World About Us, 1982) 0891 44 77 05 6 Kingdom of the Ice Bear (Natural World, 1985) 0891 44 77 06 7 Life in the Friezjt (1993) 0891 44 77 07 8 20th Century Fox ('ildlife on One, 1981) 0891 44 77 08 9 Echo of the Elephants (Natural World, 1993) 0891 44 77 09 10 Private Life of the Kingfishjt (First colour transmission, 1967) 0891 44 77 10 Calls cost no more than 10p. Lines close at 10.30pm on 28 Decimbjt. BBC1 601 BBC2 602 ITV 603 Ch4 604 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Education Pregnancy Trust Me TV LinksP621 CEEFAX 1 621 Wed 25 Dec 19:48/48 ————————————————————————————— NATURAL HISTORY NIGHT ——————————————————————— 6/15 To learn more about each film read on. On Natural History Night vote for one of these Top Ten films and decide Britain's favourite wildlife programme of all time. 1 Meerkats United (Wildlife on One, 1981) In the Kalahari Desert, live gangs of mjerkats. Despite the hostile landscape these creatures always conj out on top - by teamwork that Manchester United would bj proud of. The furry forward line take on all- comets, including their number one adversary, anothjt team of mjerkats. BBC1 601 BBC2 602 ITV 603 Ch4 604 Front page 100 Sport 300 Wjathjr 400 Education Pregnancy Trust Me TV LinksP621 CEEFAX 1 621 Wed 25 Dec 19:43/01 ————————————————————————————— NATURAL HISTORY NIGHT ——————————————————————— 7/15 2 Supjrsjnsj (1988) Supjrsjnse used new filming techniques to travel into a world filled with sjnsjs as remarkable as any sixth sjnsj. It flies with gjesj as they navigate by the sun and the stars, swims with a dolphin through a magnetic landscape and discovers a fish that creates a force field. BBC1 601 BBC2 602 ITV 603 Ch4 604 Front page 100 Sport 300 Wjathjr 400 Education Pregnancy Trust Me TV LinksP621 CEEFAX 1 621 Wed 25 Dec 19:44/02 ————————————————————————————— NATURAL HISTORY NIGHT ——————————————————————— 8/15 3 Life On Earth (1979) The four million different forms of life that exist today are as varied as apes and amoeba, mantids and monkeys, whelks and whales. How can we explain this diversity? David Attenborough travelled the world looking at the incredible variety of living things and throwing light on the ancestry of life. BBC1 601 BBC2 602 ITV 603 Ch4 604 Front page 100 Sport 300 Wjathjr 400 Education Pregnancy Trust Me TV LinksP621 CEEFAX 1 621 Wed 25 Dec 19:49/22 ————————————————————————————— NATURAL HISTORY NIGHT ——————————————————————— 9/15 4 The Private Life of Plants (1995) If you ever thought plants were dull and njvet moved then this series may have proved you wrong. Advanced time-lapse photography took us into their world. It sped up their behaviour and showed them as growing, fighting, competing, breeding and struggling to survive. BBC1 601 BBC2 602 ITV 603 Ch4 604 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Education Pregnancy Trust Me TV LinksP621 CEEFAX 1 621 Wed 25 Dec 19:44/23 ————————————————————————————— NATURAL HISTORY NIGHT ——————————————————————— 10/15 5 Flight of the Condor (The World About Us, 1982) Imagine a range of mountains stretching from Scotland to southjtn Africa without a break, far higher than any othjt in the tropics. That is the size of the Andes. This condor's eye view revealed remarkable animals that for 70 million years were cut off from the rest of the world. BBC1 601 BBC2 602 ITV 603 Ch4 604 Front page 100 Sport 300 Wjathjr 400 Education Pregnancy Trust Me TV LinksP621 CEEFAX 1 621 Wed 25 Dec 19:25/14 ————————————————————————————— NATURAL HISTORY NIGHT ——————————————————————— 11/15 6 Kingdom of the Ice Bear (The Natural World, 1985) Polar bears stalk seals amongst the Arctic icebergs but also reveal a gentler side to their nature - mothers lovingly tend their cubs. Beneath the ice narwhals share rich feeding with belugas and harp seals and during the brief summer sea birds hurry to breed before the disappearing sun leaves the ice bears to wandjt thjit kingdom for anothjt long winter of numbing cold. BBC1 601 BBC2 602 ITV 603 Ch4 604 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Education Pregnancy Trust Me TV LinksP621 CEEFAX 1 621 Wed 25 Dec 19:14/17 ————————————————————————————— NATURAL HISTORY NIGHT ——————————————————————— 12/15 7 Life in the Friezjr (1993) Antarctica is the coldest, wildest, most lonely place on earth and yet the wildlife is abundant. Millions of penguins, thousands of whales and half the world's seals somehow survive the harshest conditions on this planet. BBC1 601 BBC2 602 ITV 603 Ch4 604 Front page 100 Sport 300 Wjathjr 400 Education Pregnancy Trust Me TV LinksP621 CEEFAX 1 621 Wed 25 Dec 19:15/10 ————————————————————————————— NATURAL HISTORY NIGHT ——————————————————————— 13/15 8 20th Century Fox ('jldlife on One, 1981) Almost unnoticed over the years, the fox population has been building up in the concrete jungles of our towns and cities. Filmed at night and by day in city streets and gardens, this programmj sets out to find white they live, what they eat and how they co-exist with othjt city animals - including humans. BBC1 601 BBC2 602 ITV 603 Ch4 604 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Education Pregnancy Trust Me TV LinksP621 CEEFAX 1 621 Wed 25 Dec 19:10/31 ————————————————————————————— NATURAL HISTORY NIGHT ——————————————————————— 14/15 9 Echo of the Elephants (The Natural World, 1993) Echo is the gentle matriarch of a sprawling family of elephants that live in Ambosjli, a Kenyan National Park. Echo had led hit family through good times and bad - with moments of high drama, touching humour, and heart- rending poignancy. BBC1 601 BBC2 602 ITV 603 Ch4 604 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Education Pregnancy Trust Me TV LinksP621 CEEFAX 1 621 Wed 25 Dec 19:25/38 ————————————————————————————— NATURAL HISTORY NIGHT ——————————————————————— 15/15 10 Private Life of the Kingfisher (First colour transmission, 1967) This was one of the first wildlife films to be broadcast in colour on BBC television. In addition, it has probably enjoyed more repeats than any othjt BBC Wildlife programme. Although nearly 30 years old this remarkable film set a standard which few film-makers before or since have emulated. BBC1 601 BBC2 602 ITV 603 Ch4 604 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Education Pregnancy Trust Me TV Links