Yorkshire Walks BBC4

[Marc H]

snuffy said:

Stuart70 said:

Nice to have an opinion, even if the opinion is not nice.

My opinion is that the programme was okay but the presenter was crap - she just spouted garbage. It's a perfectly valid opinion. It's not a case of my opinion "not being nice".

Yes, I found her to be patronising on those progs. And the chance encounters are almost certainly set up and rehearsed. And all the nature sounds are too loud - I bet those are added in post-prod!

[DoctorX]

Winter walks has the same format I think. Very enjoyable. New series just started.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m000qd6w/wi...

[CooperD]

Quite enjoyed the first Winter Walks with Amanda Owen. Got it on series record now on the Skybox.

[Escort3500]

Another very relaxing series I’ve enjoyed so far, esp as I know the areas fairly well. Amanda Owen and Alastair Campbell came across well - no theatrics or uneasy, clumsy presentation. Just as if you were walking with them and enjoying the scenery.

[Randy Winkman]

I love these programmes. I've just spent 2 years helping to look after my late father who had alzheimers. Part of that was to try to find TV programmes we could watch together and enjoy. In all that time I'd say the programme he enjoyed most was Simon Armitage on Winter Walks.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000qd6r

He even talked about it the next day.

[Scaleybrat]

Anybody able to explain how they ‘hide’ the selfie stick? Watching the walk last night the stones in the dry stone wall were appearing as if in 3D as the camera view slightly rotated around the protruding stones as Alistair Campbell walked beside the wall.
I’m a keen walker and I find it an extremely enjoyable format, giving the feeling that you are walking with the presenter. Well done BBC.

[Escort3500]

Scaleybrat said:

Anybody able to explain how they ‘hide’ the selfie stick? Watching the walk last night the stones in the dry stone wall were appearing as if in 3D as the camera view slightly rotated around the protruding stones as Alistair Campbell walked beside the wall.
I’m a keen walker and I find it an extremely enjoyable format, giving the feeling that you are walking with the presenter. Well done BBC.

Apparently the camera’s software hides the pole in the ‘stitching’ process and keyframes allow you to move around the whole 360 degree landscape to your heart's content

[Chocmonster]

They use 360 degree cameras, this article explains how they work:

https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/uk/buying-guide...

[Whats on Second]

If you feel there's not enough celebrity females walking in the country progs on the BBC there's
Walking With Shappi Korshandi tonite BBC2.

Shappi I'm sure will expand on the undoubted skill of talking about walking, while talking to camera.

[Randy Winkman]

Whats on Second said:

If you feel there's not enough celebrity females walking in the country progs on the BBC there's
Walking With Shappi Korshandi tonite BBC2.

Shappi I'm sure will expand on the undoubted skill of talking about walking, while talking to camera.

Or if you want to see a male you could watch the Alastair Campbell one from a couple of days ago or the Nihal Arthanayake one that was on tonight. Or Richard Coles or Simon Armitage or Lemn Sissay from the previous series.

[Whats on Second]

Randy Winkman said:

Or if you want to see a male you could watch the Alastair Campbell one from a couple of days ago or the Nihal Arthanayake one that was on tonight. Or Richard Coles or Simon Armitage or Lemn Sissay from the previous series.

It's a peculiarly British Isles thing, the walking in the country TV series.

I was brought up on the 1980s TV series Weir's Way, where Tom Weir, a wee man in a bobble hat,
would tramp the by-ways, paths, trails and hills of Scotland imparting couthy tales and local history.

Just Tom, a cameraman and a director, the best £300 STV ever spent coz they are still showing it .

Edited by Whats on Second on Thursday 2nd December 21:39

[Hugo Stiglitz]

snuffy said:

yes.

When she was walking along the beach at the start and talking about the shape of sand. Thanks, I can see that. I've walked along plenty of beaches I seen that type of shape made by the sea. And then talking about the sound of the shale etc under her boots. Again, I can hear that. I really don't need someone to tell me that kind of thing because I'm not an idiot.

But then there was the bit about the sprites living in the holes. She spoke about the legend/superstition story. Okay, something interesting.

Most of the time she just stated the obvious, i.e. drivel in my opinion.

I think you are missing the complete idea of the programme.

Just relax, go with it.

...in F1 when the presenter describes a driver riding the kerb do you get angry?

[BadOrangePete]

Love this programme, Great 'slow' TV. Makes me want to dig the walking boots out and go for stomp in the hills, something I enjoy but dont do enough of TBH

[CooperD]

Thoroughly enjoyed these walks. So much so that I have watched the first series as well using catch up on Sky and I am now watching the Walking With series to now. The Vic Reeves/Jim Moir one was particularly entertaining.