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Alan LeHun · November 17th 11, 08:14 PM posted to uk.sci.weather

In article 0c413c0c-a436-4ffc-a97a-052d5482bc05
@p9g2000vbb.googlegroups.com, says...

What do you mean 'dumb down to Horizon levels'!?
It is very much targeted at the mass BBC 1 audience.

Well it would be less factual and more dramatised. The Polar bear cubs
would be fluffy and be given names and the mother would have been
'distraught' when that first cub died.

That might not be how Horizon would do it but it is at the same level.
(Horizon would have added fire and brimestone to the explosive iceberg
calving in the first episode)

I am not saying it is already dumbed down, but it is just excellent
eye candy.

As I've said elsewhere in a previous Frozen Planet thread, it is the
superb camera work that now sets Attenborourgh's work above all others.
It is dumbed down, it has to be, but fortunately not so much as to
reduce the enjoyment of it.

Entertainment for the most part.

The best bit for me is the last 10 minutes when you get to see, at
least in part, how they film it.

The last episode showed some wonderful underwater shots of the Emperors
that didn't make it in to the actual episode. Great stuff!

A problem would exist if the series was to have a programme putting it
all in the context of AGW.
Climate change over all time scales would have to be looked at and
statistical significance. This would be in complete contrast to the
eye candy,
and probably not an acceptable part of a globally marketable product
for the BBC.

We will have to wait and see exactly what is in program 7 when it airs.

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Alan LeHun