Breaking sterotypes

The Very Hungry Caterpillar and The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle

These are two of my children's favourite books:


And here's an interview with the author on the 40th anniversary of The Very Hungry Caterpillar:

Agricultural report

It's a cow's life. Animation where a cow's life is turned upside down by a News radio programme. The shock of learning about Foot and Mouth Disease has a profound effect on the psychology of this poor animal with humorous results.

Creature discomforts: Aardman ads challenge views of disability

Leonard Cheshire Disability campaigns to change the way people think about, and respond to, disability. The campaign Creature discomforts features six animal characters, each of which is voiced by a disabled person. Characters include Flash the sausage dog, Spud the slug, Brian the bull terrier and Peg the hedgehog - all wheelchair users who have different disabilities - Slim the stick insect with a walking stick and Tim the tortoise on crutches. .

1 Watch me


2 Stick


3 Rubbish


4 Sweet shop


5 Love and sex


6 School / Sneaking up

Script:
Once kids find out you've got a disability they will play on it forever, although they didn't understand what was wrong, I'd lost my peripheral vision at school and they knew they could get up close to me, whack me in the side of a head with a book, and I'd never be able to spot who'd done it. So you develop other skills like very sensitive hearing and things like that as a counter measure. School wasn't particularly pleasant, but you learn how to deal with it.

7 Education

Script:
ADRIAN CARTER (Owl): It took me a little while to build up the courage to get back into the jist of going into education because you're interacting again isn't it you're back out there with the public. People look at you like, 'oh, he's in a wheelchair and he's in Uni, good on ya mate' you know what I mean.
CHRISTOPHER DAVIES (Chameleon): They can be quite judgemental about your disability. I mean the number of people who've told me 'you can't do that', really annoys me, especially as I can do better than they can sometimes.

8 Lesson

Script:
DEAN DAWES (Shrimp): Some people go, 'oh, look at that chair' and be all nice about it. But then I get these other people that go 'argh, look at that chair!'
DEBBIE REYNOLDS (Cat): If I did mention to someone that I was hard of hearing, they would start mouthing and talking to me like I was stupid, 'a li-ttle-bit-like-this', you know, 'a-re y-ou o-k?'
DEAN DAWES (Shrimp): They need to be taught a lesson... a very big one.

Last chance to see: the kakapo

Stephen Fry watches as wildlife co-presenter gets shagged by a rare parrot.

Last chance to see: the kiwi

Flight of the Conchords

This hour has 22 minutes - Canine Whisperer

The Canine Whisperer with Cesar Millan (Shaun Majumder) assessed the nature of Transport Minister John Baird's (Mark Critch) aggression. Also with Fiona (Cathy Jones) and Liberal MP (Geri Hall).

Tom Lehrer - Poisoning pidgeons in the park

Croc-wise in Croc country!

Terri and Bindi Irwin TV Commercial on how to be Croc Wise

North Queensland is croc country.
And... crickey! crocodiles are living dinosaurs.
And a crucial part of our ecosystem.
So in croc country be croc-wise.
Treat all water as croc territory.
Never swim where crocodiles live.
Camp well back from the water.
Keep rubbish secure.
And never clean fish at boat ramps.
In croc country be croc-wise.
It could save their lives and yours.
Crocs rule!

NOTES:
Crickey! = Slang an expression of surprise [euphemistic for Christ!] and a beloved word used by Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter.
Crocs rule! = Steve Irwin would often say "Crocs Rule!" at the end of his shows.

Terri and Bindi Irwin on The Late Show With David Letterman

Little Britain - Andy & Lou at the petshop buying a snake

This hour has 22 minutes - Talking to animals

50 Things to do Before You Die

At number one on the top 50 list of Things To Do Before You Die is swimming with Dolphins, and Gaby Logan travels to an animal sanctuary to try it out for herself.

Gaby Logan gives a married couple a trip on the Orient Express from Venice to London. The British public voted this luxury train journey into the top 50 Things To Do Before You Die.

Whether you scuba dive in it, helicopter over it, or view it from the shore, all 50 Places voters seem to rate the Great Barrier Reef as one of the most vibrant, impressive and most of all colourful places on Earth.

The British public also voted to travel to Borneo to spend some time with one of the world's most endangered species - the Orangutan.


The British public voted Huskie Sledding the most fun you can have when wearing a lot of clothes. It's number 38 on the list of 50 Things To Do Before You Die

Michael Palin covered by sucking leeches!

Miichael Palin experiments with a traditional Russian health therapy in Estonian capital Tallinn by allowing a doctor to cover him in sucking leeches. Fascinating video that is definitely not for the faint hearted! Taken from BBC travel documentary, Palin's New Europe.

Creature Comforts - Christmas special

Creature Comforts - Working animals

Creature Comforts - The Complete First Season - At Work | Movies & TV | SPIKE.com

Creature Comforts - The animals save the planet

This is the old post http://self-learning-eoicoruna.blogspot.com/2008/11/animals-save-planet.html with all the ads in one video but without subtitles.

Creature Comforts (1989)

Everybody's a star in this Aardman Animations Oscar-winner in which animals discuss life at the zoo. Accustomed to open spaces and sunnier climates, they comment on the accomodation, diet and the English weather.

Animal sounds