Johnny Kingdom - A Year On Exmoor (DVD)

...Now the BBC has found Johnny Kingdom........ gravedigger by day, part time poacher and part time wildlife photographer.

Now Johnny isn't a Simon King which with Simon's top class
photography that would be at home in a Survival programme and that is why Johnny is so refreshing. He is a man with a hand held camera getting great results that are a beauty to behold of Exmoor life. He lives and breathes wildlife and from the one ...
...Badgers of Exmoor he covers all aspects with love and devotion.

So to get a taste of Rural England at his best and a feel for one mans passion for the green and pleasant land I would recommend this DVD to everyone.

As I am new to these reviews I didn't want to go on and on about the series but as a number of people have asked for more information I am happy to offer these in addition to what I have already issued. The ... more

Now and again there comes a programme which gives an insight of country life as it actually is. First there was Jack Hargreaves with his "Out of Town" show in the sixties and seventies. Which allowed townsfolk a taste of what rural life is all about. Then there came the BBC programme "The VET" which give us a view of the hard life that Scottish vet George Rafferty in the Highlands of Scotland had to endure. He had to venture out in all winds and weathers to tend his clients. Now the BBC has found Johnny Kingdom........ gravedigger by day, part time poacher and part time wildlife photographer.

Now Johnny isn't a Simon King which with Simon's top class
photography that would be at home in a Survival programme and that is why Johnny is so refreshing. He is a man with a hand held camera getting great results that are a beauty to behold of Exmoor life. He lives and breathes wildlife and from the one legged deer called "Bambi" in his back garden to the Badgers of Exmoor he covers all aspects with love and devotion.

So to get a taste of Rural England at his best and a feel for one mans passion for the green and pleasant land I would recommend this DVD to everyone.

As I am new to these reviews I didn't want to go on and on about the series but as a number of people have asked for more information I am happy to offer these in addition to what I have already issued. The series shows the English seasons in the glorious contryside around Exmoor and in some cases even the coastal paths. It shows rural life complete with the round up of the Exmoor wild ponies and the hard work put into the running of a Medieval Farm.

He gives via his own origional film footage showing the rare courtship ritual of the Viper or Common Adder the only poisonous snake we have in the UK as well stalking the Red Deer to get footage of a day old red deer calf. He takes great care not to disturb any of the wild creatures in his quest and shows the hard work it takes to see this wildlife as well as the work involved with filming it. The one funniest moment was while he was filming a Roe Deer and he comes face to face with a wild boar which was released by activists from a local boar farm. He was visually shaken by the encounter and did at least get some footage of this whist climbing up a bank.

He builds a multitude of ingenious contraptions from a floating hide for seeing spoonbills to a 20 foot high hide to capture blue tits and badgers. He is surprised to see that his birds around this hide are disappearing only to find a sparrow hawk has been having his breakfast dinner and lunch at the site and eating most of the birds..... I have left out a great number of some great moments and I am sure that you will see the beauty that the British Country side has to offer.

I hope that this is what you all require from a review and hope that in time my revews will become more refined. Best Wishes. 

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