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Springwatch surprise!
Tony Irwin
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Posted on 19-06-2010 00:05
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If you're feeling really bored ...
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Nice one Tony Smile THPWINGWATCH THUPWITHE INDEED.
Such splendid diction in comparison with Chwith Packham'th pwethentathion. A born TV Star...pity you had to hide your head inside a net..

EDIT; This was an abridged version Tony. You also went on to ID a load of flies being fed to chicks on the nest, and were to be awarded a Trophy.....for being a Fly Geek or something Grin

Nevertheless...can I have your Autograph please Mister....It's not for me, honest !

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The Tony Irwin Fan Club.....Bootle Branch.

Wogew...Chaiwpethon and No 109975 Fan.
The Chwith Packham Fan Cwub...Bwithtol Bwanch, (Moved fwom Cwithtal Palathe cauthe it wath too hawd to pwonunthiate ow thomething.


Pleathe excuthe any thpelling mithtaketh, but my thpellchecke ith bwoken.


Note; No TV Presenters were harmed during the making of this reply.
Edited by Roger Thomason on 19-06-2010 03:26
 
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Nice one Tony ... a friend alerted me to the Springwatch piece and I caught it on iPlayer yesterday. I thought it went pretty well and Chris Packham was fairly keen and not too patronizing - glad it wasn't Kate Humble doing the interview! Would be nice to have a few more too - a regular piece on serious entomology would be very good.

What was it like to work with the guy and film that piece? Smile
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Chris Packham is one of those presenters who's actually nicer in real life - he also knows his stuff, and much of what we covered he could have done himself - the show's producers no doubt know their audience, though, and the puns and jokes and banter are deemed necessary to keep the viewing figures up. It took about four hours of filming to get the three minute piece. Much of the time spent waiting for the techies to sort out the gear!
Roger - you're a very rude man, but we love you dearly!
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It wasn't meant to be rude Tony...Frown, He is the new David Bellamy...Impressionists (not that I am one) love when presenters etc have some kind of quirk to their speech...Bellamy, Jonathan Ross, Roy Hattersley, the list is endless. Satire programmes etc wouldn't be half as funny without people like these. Still think you would make a better presenter...but the BBC seem to seek out people with odd voices, maybe so they can make funny programmes about themselves....cyclical TV

Roger...I think I may have got away with it after that load off guff...Wink

By the way....where is my Autograph
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Tony Irwin wrote:
Chris Packham is one of those presenters who's actually nicer in real life - he also knows his stuff

That's really good to know - I suspected it wasn't all bluff. The hours of waiting around are depressingly familiar - I have hosted film crews on my local nature reserve Smile
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Regrettably (or maybe happily) you can't get this outside UK; I did try !
 
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Same thing for me.
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"Not available in your area"Angry
 
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