>A BBC spokesperson said: “This is totally inaccurate, there is no ‘sixth episode’. Wild Isles is – and always was – a five part series and does not shy away from environmental content. We have acquired a separate film for iPlayer from the RSPB and WWF and Silverback Films about people working to preserve and restore the biodiversity of the British Isles.”
Yeah the BBC gets shat on for a lot of things but this shouldn’t be one of them. It’s fake news.
I’m not saying the guardian is perfect but the BBC has been doing a lot of stuff to cover up lies or the mess of politicians.
I don’t really believe what they are saying here.
Guardian published fake outrage bait. In other news, water is wet.
It was just bullshit from the Guardian that this sub entirely fell for, again.
Everyone associated with the program confirmed it was 5 episodes.
This sub is insane. Literally proved that there was only ever meant to be five episodes, and the response is either “they’re lying” or “well they’re corrupt anyway so it doenst matter”
Sadly, this is the worst possible weekend for this story to come out. True or not, people will not believe any response the BBC comes out with after the MOTD fiasco and this will only lead to calls of them covering up another example of left wing attitudes.
This literally states “…with a concluding episode focused on conservation efforts in Britain, called Saving Our Wild Isles.”
As such, this episode was clearly and explicitly a part of the whole series at some point last month. Since then, there has been a decision to separate it out, and this webpage has been edited to remove mention.
If you look at the Guardian article (as it currently stands), the story is:
– BBC initially commissioned 5 episodes
– And additional episode was also filmed by the RSPB and WWF, using the same production company, focusing on nature restoration work in the UK
– The BBC has also acquired this episode
– The BBC will only be airing this episode on iPlayer
As this episode is being made by the same production company, likely with much of the same team as the other episodes, but with a different originating source, it’s a grey area as to how separate it is.
However, the BBC spokesperson in this article is clearly not being transport when they say there were only ever five episodes.
There’s certainly nothing which throws doubt on the Guardian article here, and in fact the above archive page should indicate that something untoward is going on here. The Guardian reported that a source said the sixth episode was excised as an “official” episode as a result of political pressure, and it’s entirely possible this was the case.
**The producer of the series** refutes *The Guardian*’s story. From *The Guardian* itself (an updated version of the story)
‘Alastair Fothergill, the director of Silverback Films and the executive producer of Wild Isles, added: “**The BBC commissioned a five-part Wild Isles series from us** … **in 2018**
**It was not until 2021** that **the two charities** commissioned … a film for them [the ‘sixth episode’] … **The BBC acquired this film for iPlayer at the start of [2023]**.”
You know how politicians lie so much that when they tell the truth, no one believes them? Yeah basically that.
People continue to latch on to a Countryfile archive that changed once to have 6 episodes instead of 5. It’s not an official source, the BBC does not publish it. All first parties have confirmed it was 5 episodes and all have made press releases as far back as August 2022. If you’re sharing that Countryfile link, you’re lying and very likely knowingly so at this point.
As it denies top down meddling and reporting bias…
Even if not direct, there’s that’s sickening ‘don’t displease the boss’….
As someone who had no previous knowledge of these claims I was suddenly enraged that we were being denied unrated Attenborough:
*”And here we see the infamous Great White as it fucking destroys a seal caught unaware.”*
Incredible seeing the deflection in real-time, and people so easily gobbling it up.
The question should be why did the BBC purchase the rights and then choose to only show it on iPlayer? What an excellent piece of education and call-to-action it would have served as.
It makes me so sad that discourse on climate action has been going backwards over the last decade. This will be this government’s most lasting legacy. The UK could have been leading the world towards a sustainable future, we’ve got the resources, but instead they have served themselves and their masters, to the detriment of all.
Out of the loop a bit – anybody willing to give a short n snappy overview?
It’s time the BBC was completely abolished.
It’s been a propaganda machine for too long, although recently that has become more obvious to the masses.
It’s done an immense amount of harm to the UK in the last few years, consistently spreading fear and misinformation to the public. All under the orders of our government overlords.
Do I believe David Attenborough or do I believe the BBC? Let me see…
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>A BBC spokesperson said: “This is totally inaccurate, there is no ‘sixth episode’. Wild Isles is – and always was – a five part series and does not shy away from environmental content. We have acquired a separate film for iPlayer from the RSPB and WWF and Silverback Films about people working to preserve and restore the biodiversity of the British Isles.”
Yeah the BBC gets shat on for a lot of things but this shouldn’t be one of them. It’s fake news.
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The actual story link: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/mar/10/david-attenborough-bbc-wild-isles-episode-rightwing-backlash-fears
I’m not saying the guardian is perfect but the BBC has been doing a lot of stuff to cover up lies or the mess of politicians.
I don’t really believe what they are saying here.
Guardian published fake outrage bait. In other news, water is wet.
It was just bullshit from the Guardian that this sub entirely fell for, again.
Everyone associated with the program confirmed it was 5 episodes.
This sub is insane. Literally proved that there was only ever meant to be five episodes, and the response is either “they’re lying” or “well they’re corrupt anyway so it doenst matter”
Sadly, this is the worst possible weekend for this story to come out. True or not, people will not believe any response the BBC comes out with after the MOTD fiasco and this will only lead to calls of them covering up another example of left wing attitudes.
The original press reports said 6 episodes https://web.archive.org/web/20230301143142/https://www.countryfile.com/news/wild-isles-david-attenborough/
A BBC spokesperson claims the BBC hasn’t done anything wrong. I’m glad we’ve got that all cleared up.
Problem is that, even if this is true, no one will believe them now because of the Lineker thing.
Wow.
There is a huge amount of contradiction and misunderstanding in this thread.
It’s clear that much of the original press explicitly mentioned *six* episodes. See the below backdated link, for example.
https://archive.md/20230301143142/https://www.countryfile.com/news/wild-isles-david-attenborough/
This literally states “…with a concluding episode focused on conservation efforts in Britain, called Saving Our Wild Isles.”
As such, this episode was clearly and explicitly a part of the whole series at some point last month. Since then, there has been a decision to separate it out, and this webpage has been edited to remove mention.
If you look at the Guardian article (as it currently stands), the story is:
– BBC initially commissioned 5 episodes
– And additional episode was also filmed by the RSPB and WWF, using the same production company, focusing on nature restoration work in the UK
– The BBC has also acquired this episode
– The BBC will only be airing this episode on iPlayer
As this episode is being made by the same production company, likely with much of the same team as the other episodes, but with a different originating source, it’s a grey area as to how separate it is.
However, the BBC spokesperson in this article is clearly not being transport when they say there were only ever five episodes.
There’s certainly nothing which throws doubt on the Guardian article here, and in fact the above archive page should indicate that something untoward is going on here. The Guardian reported that a source said the sixth episode was excised as an “official” episode as a result of political pressure, and it’s entirely possible this was the case.
**The producer of the series** refutes *The Guardian*’s story. From *The Guardian* itself (an updated version of the story)
‘Alastair Fothergill, the director of Silverback Films and the executive producer of Wild Isles, added: “**The BBC commissioned a five-part Wild Isles series from us** … **in 2018**
**It was not until 2021** that **the two charities** commissioned … a film for them [the ‘sixth episode’] … **The BBC acquired this film for iPlayer at the start of [2023]**.”
You know how politicians lie so much that when they tell the truth, no one believes them? Yeah basically that.
People continue to latch on to a Countryfile archive that changed once to have 6 episodes instead of 5. It’s not an official source, the BBC does not publish it. All first parties have confirmed it was 5 episodes and all have made press releases as far back as August 2022. If you’re sharing that Countryfile link, you’re lying and very likely knowingly so at this point.
WWF – https://web.archive.org/web/20220816083040/https://www.wwf.org.uk/wild-isles
RSPB (not archived) – https://www.rspb.org.uk/our-work/rspb-news/rspb-news-stories/wild-isles/
OU – https://web.archive.org/web/20220816085951/https://ounews.co/around-ou/tv-radio/explore-the-natural-beauty-of-britain-and-ireland-in-new-bbc-ou-programme-wild-isles/
Silverback Films (not archived) – https://silverbackfilms.tv/shows/wild-isles/
Silverback Films Instagram announcement Aug 16th – https://www.instagram.com/p/ChU2WB-K5J7/
As it denies top down meddling and reporting bias…
Even if not direct, there’s that’s sickening ‘don’t displease the boss’….
As someone who had no previous knowledge of these claims I was suddenly enraged that we were being denied unrated Attenborough:
*”And here we see the infamous Great White as it fucking destroys a seal caught unaware.”*
Incredible seeing the deflection in real-time, and people so easily gobbling it up.
The question should be why did the BBC purchase the rights and then choose to only show it on iPlayer? What an excellent piece of education and call-to-action it would have served as.
It makes me so sad that discourse on climate action has been going backwards over the last decade. This will be this government’s most lasting legacy. The UK could have been leading the world towards a sustainable future, we’ve got the resources, but instead they have served themselves and their masters, to the detriment of all.
Out of the loop a bit – anybody willing to give a short n snappy overview?
It’s time the BBC was completely abolished.
It’s been a propaganda machine for too long, although recently that has become more obvious to the masses.
It’s done an immense amount of harm to the UK in the last few years, consistently spreading fear and misinformation to the public. All under the orders of our government overlords.
Do I believe David Attenborough or do I believe the BBC? Let me see…