Natural Selection: Secret Lives

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Natural Selection: Secret Lives

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Location

blackwater, Northern Ireland, wicklow

Year

1991

Date

21/05/1991

Length

25min 18sec

Audio

sound

Format

colour

Source

Digitised as part of the UTV Archive Partnership Project (ITV, Northern Ireland Screen and PRONI)

Courtesy

Department for Communities, ITV, UTV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

This episode of the series looks at our furry friends, otters and badgers - although friends might be a stretch, given the tempestuous relationship each have enjoyed with humans. We meet two badger cubs who lost their parents in a road traffic accident, and see gorgeous footage of otters at play. We meet the Cullen family who live in the Wicklow mountains and seem to have a Dr Doolittle-like ability to understand animals and learn about the difficulties of caring for wild animals in a domestic setting. As otters are a notoriously secretive animal, we know much less about them than we do badgers. This programme highlights the need to protect their river habitats to ensure the continued flourishing of the Irish otter population, which is regarded as a stronghold within Europe.

Credits

Sound Recording: Simon J Willis, Kieran Horgan.

Electrician: Maurice Swann. 

Camera Assistant: Donal Gilligan.

Graphics: Trevor McCormick.

Music: John Anderson. 

Film Editor: Amanda Sutton.

Assistant Film Editor: James Dalton. 

On-line Editor: Mark Davey.

Post-production Sound: Colin Somerville. 

Photography: Éamon and Cian de Buitléar.

Written and produced by Brian Black. 

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