yer, their landings were well funny! Guess you can kinda forgive them if they've been on the wing for seven months or however long. Mind you - don't s'pose I'd be too graceful dropping out of the sky either! haha

Big maraton of blue planet on sceince channel (alll night)

A couple of announcements from the Beeb. I don't know if you statesiders have got to see this yet but the Beeb are repeating the first five episodes of the incredible Planet Earth series (filmed in glorious HD) - it's been announced as a rerun in the run up to new programmes coming soon - guess that means we'll get the second half of the series soon! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYY!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/planetearth/

Then we have Galapagos night:

** Galapagos Night **
Classic and new programmes take evolution, Charles Darwin and the islands that helped make his reputation as their theme.
Saturday 7 October from 7.40pm on BBC Four
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/listings/week/

Don't miss Blue Planet! Take a dive into the living seas every Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Animal Planet.

Next episode: Wednesday, October 11, at 8 p.m. ET/PT

Episode 3 - The Open Ocean
A void. Endless blue stretches in every direction. The seabed is a staggering five miles (eight kilometers) deeper down and the nearest island is 311 miles (500 kilometers) away. There is nothing save the burning sun above and the blackened abyss below. How, then, does life exist? Finding the only shelter under floating matter, half-moon fish pick off parasites from the bizarre nearly 10-foot-long sun-fish; loggerhead turtles pause to nibble particles on a log; and huge schools of sardines, yellow-tails and trigger-fish bring the number sheltering under the flotsam to their thousands.


Complete Episode Guide - http://animal.discovery.com/fansites/bl ... et_leftnav

There's a NEW Blue Planet episode?! Or is that just the Making Of? I'm confused... but it's so amazing... I'd love for there to be a new episode.

naaaa - there just reruns Izz. Nice to see again though. Wait till you get the Planet Earth series! That should be coming to your shores soon. They've just started rerunning the first few episodes over here, which means that the next series of it will be out very soon. There's another new series at the moment on Galapagos, which is pretty fascinating. I caught a programme the other night called Dive Galapagos - Tanya Streeter freediving with various sea creatures, looking at their different techniques, etc. If you get a chance to see you should!

Ill def be watching it

i got a dvd a couple of days ago

it talks about reefs dying all over the world

i bought it from the georgia aqaurium, its a great dvd with wonderful divers who actually love marine life and have a respect for nature which supports us everyday

Wyland: A Brush with Giants

Premieres Saturday, November 18 at 9:00 PM ET/PT

~ Wyland is a marine artist famous for his life-sized murals on buildings all over the world. In this special, viewers join him as he explores Mexico's Sea of Cortez in search of the blue whale. Inspired by the dazzling diversity of sea life in plankton-rich waters and his eventual exhilarating underwater encounter with a blue whale, the artist embarks upon an ambitious plan to paint the creatures, life-size, on an enormous 100-foot-long canvas on the beaches of La Paz.

http://www.controlyourtv.org/NetworkFullList.php

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~ Celebrated marine artist, Wyland, sets off in search of the holy grail of gigantic sea creatures-the Blue Whale. This master painter will scour the stunning underwater vistas of Mexico's Sea of Cortez where elusive Blue Whales are known to congregate.

Click *HERE* for all airdates.

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~ ANIMAL PLANET PRESENTS "WYLAND: A BRUSH WITH GIANTS" NOV. 18

The Animal Planet Network is to present the world premiere of the program "Wyland: A Brush with Giants" from 9 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18.

Wyland's masterful paintings and life-sized murals on buildings around the world have provoked renewed dialogue about marine conservation.

Now, Animal Planet viewers can travel with the legencary marine life artist as he researches and explores the Sea of Cortez, meeting sea lions, whale sharks and the largest animal that has ever lived -- the blue whale.

Wyland captures the experience by creating a massive painting more than 90 feet long and 14 feet tall. Filmed in one of the world’s most beautiful locations, his adventure will leave viewers with a renewed appreciation for nature and the creatures of the world's oceans.

http://www.wylandkw.com/news/newsdetail.cfm?sid=7

Just to remind UK viewers, today, 9:00 pm, Planet Earth :Shallow Seas.
Following a humpback whale mother and calf on their epic journey across the richest seas that fringe the coasts, Shallow Seas reveals seas of great contrast and surprise along the continental shelf.
From tropical coral paradises, where the newborn calf takes his first faltering breaths, to the storm-ravaged icy polar seas, the whales' great feeding ground in the Bering Sea, their migration is truly impressive.
More info here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressr ... four.shtml