I've been looking for a few old programmes that I used to watch, namely Les Hiddens' Bushtucker Man and a BBC survival programme with Lofty Wiseman called survival team.
Les probably needs no introduction, the programmes were great. I remember him making a chair out of three branches, an old hessian sack and a bit of fencing wire that he had in the back of his landrover! A brilliant series, I cannot find it on DVD anywhere.
As for Lofty Wiseman, I know his son who is in the Engineers, he is nothing like his dad! He drinks to excess and has no interest in any of the techniques his father has mastered, but he's a good bloke. But I digress.
Survival team was about a bunch of people taken from there everyday lives and taught in the grounds of some rich buggers vast estate how to erect shelters, catch fish and other game, how to prepare their food and how to ensure they had a fresh drinking supply. It also covered other aspects aswell, and after they had got to grips with this, they were flown out to a small island, abandoned there and left to fend for themselves.
Lofty was on the island to give advice, and I believe he had a mate with him, Tom Brown ring a bell? anyway, they roamed around looking at all the different food available and how they could live a life of luxury.
A really good programme, it had its ups and downs, such as when one of the members of the group went for a walk by himself. To prove a point, Lofty made them run around the island looking for him and they lost a whole day fishing, gathering and shelter building. They were not happy!
Does anybody remember either of these programmes and know where to get a hold of them?
Les probably needs no introduction, the programmes were great. I remember him making a chair out of three branches, an old hessian sack and a bit of fencing wire that he had in the back of his landrover! A brilliant series, I cannot find it on DVD anywhere.
As for Lofty Wiseman, I know his son who is in the Engineers, he is nothing like his dad! He drinks to excess and has no interest in any of the techniques his father has mastered, but he's a good bloke. But I digress.
Survival team was about a bunch of people taken from there everyday lives and taught in the grounds of some rich buggers vast estate how to erect shelters, catch fish and other game, how to prepare their food and how to ensure they had a fresh drinking supply. It also covered other aspects aswell, and after they had got to grips with this, they were flown out to a small island, abandoned there and left to fend for themselves.
Lofty was on the island to give advice, and I believe he had a mate with him, Tom Brown ring a bell? anyway, they roamed around looking at all the different food available and how they could live a life of luxury.
A really good programme, it had its ups and downs, such as when one of the members of the group went for a walk by himself. To prove a point, Lofty made them run around the island looking for him and they lost a whole day fishing, gathering and shelter building. They were not happy!
Does anybody remember either of these programmes and know where to get a hold of them?
It was great viewing though. I'd love to watch it again.
