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| Treacodactyl |
Ray Mears Goes WalkaboutA new four-part BBC2 TV series starting on May 25 at 8pm. Hopefully someone can remind me nearer the time.
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| orangepippin |
Great. Ray is the man who inspired our children to try to light fires without using matches, which I was really pleased about once I had moved them out of the garage. Very much in the mould of Bush Tucker Man, the granddad of this genre. I am finding Bear Grylls a bit too contrived, although he is certainly very brave. | ||||
| Jamanda |
Excellent. I'm sure it will be on Iplayer TD, so don't wory if you miss it. | ||||
| Stacey |
Never trust a fat forager | ||||
| Nick |
Yeah, and iPlayer even lets you dl it and watch it later. Great for those away nights in a hotel room. Worth the license fee alone. | ||||
| tahir |
Really? I never knew you could d/load, is it time limited? |
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| Nick |
Yeah, I believe it's 30 days after downloading.
Yeah, 30 days. |
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| tahir |
His girth has troubled me, I must admit |
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| tahir |
I can't believe people moan about the Beeb. How much is a basic Sky package? 
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| Nick |
ITV have also launched a similar service, but I've not looked at it yet. | ||||
| orangepippin |
Licence fee is about £10 per month. There are various sky packages, I think ours is around £20+ per month.
Just checked, about £12 per month for the beeb. |
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| Nick |
Presumably, that's £20 per month plus the license fee? | ||||
| tahir |
How cheap is the Beeb? It's flipping fab. | ||||
| orangepippin |
Yes, arguably the quality of the BBC output on relatively few channels is superior to the other providers with far more channels - who often use recycled BBC material. I would prefer it if you were not forced to pay for the BBC even if you chose not to watch their services though - even though we still would. | ||||
| Jamanda |
It is - Cbeebies and CBBC alone are worth the licence fee, and then there's the web site, radio 4, Iplayer and all the other stuff.
Actually Jamie Theakston being Raven has me in tears - I think that's worth it alone. |
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| Treacodactyl |
Not sure if you should rephrase that... I wouldn't call him fat but I like the affectionate phrase Ray "Chubby" Mears that someone came up with. There was a classic bit in one of his repeats on Freeview yesterday, he was canoeing and kept saying how vital it was to travel light. He then made a simple bread over the camp fire with flour and baking powder and went on to add milk powder, egg powder, raisins, rum etc.
I'd trust him though, surely a thin forager means they can't find enough to eat or have given themselves too many cases of the the trots? 
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| dpack |
ace chap ,very educational ,good books ,good telly .
i rather trust a plump forager |
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| Jamanda |
I must say - a plump forager inspires confidence! But in this case it might be confidence that there is a junior member of the camera crew standing by holding Ray's bacon butty for him. | ||||
| Tilia |
As I had to reiterate to The Man tonight - "it is against the law to watch Bear Grylls if you like Ray Mears - watching both in the same day is a crime and you shall be punished. If you insist on turning the telly over to that imposter I shall be forced to call the Police! If you even consider watching the bear-type-joker at any time a caution will be issued - three stikes and you're out" No compromise - Ray Mears is my spiritual leader 
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| hedgehogpie |
Seconded.
Bear Grylls is a pillock. |