Chris and Meg's Wild Summer: Lake District
2:45 pm - 3:15 pm, Wednesday, June 24 on BBC Two England (2)
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Lake District
Season 1, Episode 3
Chris Packham and his stepdaughter Megan McCubbin continue their a wildlife-watching road trip round Britain, this time exploring the Lake District. They take two alpacas for a short walk and a paddle in Derwentwater, before heading off in search of the elusive red squirrel, and going to a bar with a live badger-cam. Chris then takes Megan to Walney Island, one of his favourite places, where they catch sight of grey seals, eider ducks and terns
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Cast & Crew
Chris Packham
(Presenter)
Megan McCubbin
(Presenter)
Joe Myerscough
(Producer)
Rosemary Edwards
(Executive producer)
Joanne Stevens
(Series producer)
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Did You Know..
Chris Packham
(Presenter)
Born:
May 04, 1961
in
Southampton
Best Known For:
Presenting a string of wildlife programmes.
Early-life:
Christopher Gary Packham was born in Southampton on May 4, 1961. His sister, Jenny, is a fashion designer. Chris studied zoology at his home city's university and was going to do a PhD, but instead, after meeting wildlife film-maker Stephen Bullwell, he decided to train with him as a cameraman. Chris's big break came in 1985 when he began working as a presenter on the BBC's children's TV series The Really Wild Show.
Career:
After seven years presenting The Really Wild Show, Chris set up his own TV company - Head Over Heels TV - where he made wildlife shows for ITV, Channel 4, Animal Planet, National Geographic and the BBC. More recently he has returned to his first love, working on and presenting TV shows, and can regularly be seen on BBC Two presenting Autumnwatch and Springwatch. He is active in many wildlife conservation bodies: he is vice-president of the RSPB, The Wildlife Trusts, and the Brent Lodge Bird & Wildlife Trust, and is a patron of Population Matters.
Quote:
On being a sex symbol: 'I suppose I am the only clean-shaven man in ornithology.'
Trivia:
In 2011, he was awarded the British Trust for Ornithology's Dilys Breese Medal.
Megan McCubbin
(Presenter)
Joe Myerscough
(Producer)
Rosemary Edwards
(Executive producer)
Joanne Stevens
(Series producer)
