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The Famous Mr Eeles
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2014 7:36 pm
by Rogerdodge
Brief appearance of Peter Eeles on Sprinwatch tonight.
Excellent piece on Chequered McSkipper.
Roger Harding
Re: The Famous Mr Eeles
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2014 8:23 pm
by Susie
Not famous enough! It was a lovely little section of the show but Pete's appearance was tantalisingly brief! We need more Pete on telly!
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Re: The Famous Mr Eeles
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 10:49 pm
by Pete Eeles
Ha! I liked being called an "enthusiastic pilgrim" though! Seems they included the tips on distinguishing male and female too, when they asked me how to tell the two apart! Nice piece.
Cheers,
- Pete
Re: The Famous Mr Eeles
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2014 4:21 am
by PhilBJohnson
I have done a bit of "spring watch" in the summer !
I am still finding a few Peacock Butterflies which I assume have overwintered? I filmed one nectaring on fresh bramble blossom on 1st June, probably not a scarce event yet (1st June) but interesting locally, I think. Here is the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEDn2EM ... 30&index=1
The above clip is only about 5 seconds long
best wishes,
Philip
Re: The Famous Mr Eeles
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2014 12:13 pm
by Susie
You've got a way to go to beat me though Pete. 16 million people viewed strictly come dancing's result show when I was on air for a nanosecond
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Re: The Famous Mr Eeles
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2014 8:09 pm
by Ian Pratt
My wife and I with two of our children won a family quiz in 1998 on Meridian TV called "Relative Knowledge". Low budget and probably instantly forgettable but my wife was the star - I have tried to persuade her to try for "Who wants to be a Millionaire?" but without success.
Ian
Re: The Famous Mr Eeles
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2014 8:24 pm
by Jack Harrison
Ian wrote:
My wife and I with two of our children won a family quiz in 1998 on Meridian TV called "Relative Knowledge". Low budget and probably instantly forgettable but my wife was the star - I have tried to persuade her to try for "Who wants to be a Millionaire?" but without success.
I did think of entering "Mastermind" but decided against the idea to be fair to the other competitors.
Jack
Re: The Famous Mr Eeles
Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2014 4:39 pm
by ScottD
Tom Prescott from BC Scotland spent a day (or was it a day & a half?) with them & had all his shots cut ...
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Re: The Famous Mr Eeles
Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2014 5:06 pm
by Pete Eeles
ScottD wrote:Tom Prescott from BC Scotland spent a day (or was it a day & a half?) with them & had all his shots cut ...
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Yes - they were with Tom the day after I saw them. Given that Tom is the region's expert on Chequered Skipper, I find it very surprising indeed that they didn't get the "inside track" on BC's CS survey, progress to date, trends, challenges etc. etc. I guess that good science doesn't always mean good telly, and vice-versa. An opportunity missed, I'd say.
Perhaps we should start ukbutterflies.tv
Cheers,
- Pete
Re: The Famous Mr Eeles
Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2014 8:33 pm
by ScottD
this is what seems to have come outfrom Tom's day with them.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/natureuk/pos ... n-Scotland
Re: The Famous Mr Eeles
Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2014 9:20 pm
by David M
Pete Eeles wrote:
Yes - they were with Tom the day after I saw them. Given that Tom is the region's expert on Chequered Skipper, I find it very surprising indeed that they didn't get the "inside track" on BC's CS survey, progress to date, trends, challenges etc. etc. I guess that good science doesn't always mean good telly, and vice-versa. An opportunity missed, I'd say.
Perhaps we should start ukbutterflies.tv
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This doesn't surprise me. Given the errors the BBC has made in many of its butterfly articles, one can only conclude that they think
they know best.
UKbutterflies.tv? What a good idea.
Re: The Famous Mr Eeles
Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2014 9:39 pm
by essexbuzzard
Pete,now that you're famous,surely you can pull a few strings and get our tv station on air?
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Re: The Famous Mr Eeles
Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2014 8:29 am
by Susie
I'd like a career change; let me know if you want a presenter for UKBTV!
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Re: The Famous Mr Eeles
Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 7:34 pm
by Pete Eeles
Springwatch is forgiven
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An excellent chat with Tom Prescott on the telly, right now
Cheers,
- Pete
Re: The Famous Mr Eeles
Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 8:18 pm
by False Apollo
I shouted out 'There's Peter Eeles', but as soon as I saw him he had gone! Still I can always wind the TV back just to be extra sure! Great to see you north of the border with the Chequered Skippers.
Regards
Mike