On Mon, 22 Oct 2001 Carol Reid <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Hi Viv,
>
>> Last weekend before I nicked off for a few days of R&R on the
>> Ningaloo Reef I popped a tape in my video recorder & set it to
>> tape a uw documentary that was due to start while I was away in
>> the far north.
>
>SNAP!
>We were off to Lanzarote for a week and I hoped to record TWO
>episodes that I had missed - I WANT the complete set! :-)
>
>> Alas! My plan went down the drain as the tv channels decided
>> to cut in to
>snips...
>Dont you just HATE it when they do that?

Heck yes :-) Who wants to watch a pair of idjits blabbering on ;-)

>> Knowing how busy everyone is these days :-)  If you can view it
>> via pay tv or it eventually appears on your normal tv station
>> make sure you watch it .. or tape it for a rainy day. You won't
>> be disppointed. It just shows how little we know about our uw
>> world still.
>
>I endorse everything Viv says.
>Its a really WONDERFUL series - not least for the animals but the
>photography is spectacular and the music (can be bought as a CD)
>also wonderful.
>The opening scenes of enormous crashing waves is breathtaking.
>One I recorded (hope to watch this evening) has the famous Weedy
>Sea Dragon and Strike's patch of W OZ and Sydney.
>
>If there are only six episodes in the series I have 'em all - ain't
>I the lucky one?

You certainly are .. but I think there are 7 or 8 episodes so get your
video record finger to the ready Carol :-)

I have already spoken (quite loudly too) to all around me that I would not
mind a copy of The Blue Planet tapes as a Christmas pressie. I wonder if my
big wink, wink, hint, nod, wink, wink look has got across tho ;-)
Viv