{"id":618073,"date":"2023-03-15T01:57:24","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T06:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/15\/wild-isles-review-david-attenborough-turns-focus-to-uk-and-ireland\/"},"modified":"2023-03-15T01:57:24","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T06:57:24","slug":"wild-isles-review-david-attenborough-turns-focus-to-uk-and-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/15\/wild-isles-review-david-attenborough-turns-focus-to-uk-and-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild Isles review: David Attenborough turns focus to UK and Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Science &#038; Nature <\/p>\n<div>\n<article id=\"2363982\" data-js-page-layout>\n<div data-js-grid-layout>\n<div>\n<header>\n<h4>\n                                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/subject\/comment\/\" data-analytics-hook=\"article-header-subject-link\">Comment<\/a><br \/>\n                                <\/h4>\n<p>Wild Isles, a new BBC nature documentary, has spent a Planet Earth-sized budget a little closer to home. Some of its footage even managed to surprise the show&#8217;s host, David Attenborough, despite all his experience, finds <b>Bethan Ackerley<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                <span><span>By <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/author\/bethan-ackerley\/\">Bethan Ackerley<\/a><\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/build\/images\/svg\/icons\/calendar.475d84c5.svg\" alt=\"Science &amp; Nature Calendar icon\"><\/p>\n<p>\n                                    14 March 2023\n                                                                    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header><\/div>\n<section>\n<figure data-method=\"caption-shortcode\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/13121622\/SEI_145340051.jpg?width=300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/13121622\/SEI_145340051.jpg?width=100 100w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/13121622\/SEI_145340051.jpg?width=200 200w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/13121622\/SEI_145340051.jpg?width=249 249w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/13121622\/SEI_145340051.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/13121622\/SEI_145340051.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/13121622\/SEI_145340051.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/13121622\/SEI_145340051.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/13121622\/SEI_145340051.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/13121622\/SEI_145340051.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/13121622\/SEI_145340051.jpg?width=900 900w\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"Science &amp; Nature Wild Isles,16-08-2022,Sir David Attenborough,Sir David Attenborough, filming for Wild Isles series, next to Common puffins (Fratercula arctica), Skomer Island, off Pembrokeshire coast, Wales, UK, June 2022,?Alex Board\/Silverback Films,Alex Board WARNING: Use of this copyright image is subject to the terms of use of BBC Pictures&#039; Digital Picture Service (BBC Pictures) as set out at www.bbcpictures.co.uk\/terms-and-conditions\/. 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For any other purpose whatsoever, including advertising and commercial, prior written approval from the copyright holder will be required.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" previous-src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/13121622\/SEI_145340051.jpg?width=300\"><\/p><figcaption>\n<div>\n<p>Sir David Attenborough, filming for Wild Isles series.<\/p>\n<p>BBC\/Alex Board\/SIlverback Films<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p0f0tcfq\"><em><strong>Wild Isles<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>BBC1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>In UK from 12 March <\/em><\/p>\n<p>THE UK\u2019s forests are incredibly diverse, and no one understands this better than Chris Howard. A veteran of the BBC\u2019s <i>Springwatch<\/i> series, Howard has filmed British wildlife for over a decade \u2013 and has just spent three years delving into its woodlands for a new landmark documentary, <i>Wild Isles<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Howard was volunteering in Scotland\u2019s pine woods, a place close to his heart, in 2019 when he received an offer he couldn\u2019t refuse: the BBC and  \u2026<\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<div id=\"subscription-barrier\" data-js-subscription-barrier><a id=\"subscription-button\" href=\"https:\/\/subscription.newscientist.com\/packages\/brain-original?promCode=19489,19490&#038;packageCodes=WAT&#038;offerCode=51i,6M&#038;skipTerms=51i\" target=\"_blank\" tabindex=\"0\" data-sub-link=\"article subscription barrier\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>View introductory offers<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>No commitment, cancel anytime*<\/p>\n<p>Offer ends 14th April 2023.<\/p>\n<p>*Cancel anytime within 14 days of payment to receive a refund on unserved issues.<\/p>\n<p>Inclusive of applicable taxes (VAT)<\/p>\n<p><span>or<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Existing subscribers<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/login\/?_target_path=\/article\/mg25734300-800-wild-isles-review-david-attenborough-turns-focus-to-uk-and-ireland\/\">Sign in to your account<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>Science &#038; Nature<br \/>\n                            More from <i>New Scientist<\/i><br \/>\n                            <\/h2>\n<p>\n                            Explore the latest news, articles and features\n                            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-analytics-hook=\"popular-articles\">\n<header>\n<div>\n<h4>\n                            Popular articles<br \/>\n                        <\/h4>\n<p>\n                            Trending New Scientist articles\n                        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg25734300-800-wild-isles-review-david-attenborough-turns-focus-to-uk-and-ireland\/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=home\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Blythe Mcnaught<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comment Wild Isles, a new BBC nature documentary, has spent a Planet Earth-sized budget a little closer to home. Some of its footage even managed to surprise the show&#8217;s host, David Attenborough, despite all his experience, finds Bethan Ackerley By Bethan Ackerley 14 March 2023 Sir David Attenborough, filming for Wild Isles series.BBC\/Alex Board\/SIlverback Films<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":618074,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[120318,661,536],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-618073","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-isles","8":"category-review","9":"category-science-nature"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=618073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/618074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}