The World About Us: Back To Nature (1976) BBC Bristol

Filmed in 1976, a few people picked at random and left in Exmoor for 2 weeks with just a knife, a pot and some string, to live off the land. One of the first examples of REAL Reality TV
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Broadcast on 12 September 1976
BBC Two The World About Us
The World About Us Episodes Episode guide
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The World About Us was a BBC Two television documentary series on natural history which ran from 1967 to 1987. The show was created by David Attenborough.
The series marked the evolution of natural-history broadcasting "to the point at which constantly improving photographic techniques, allied to a seemingly inexhaustible supply of subject matter," make recurring series possible
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[@analogdistortion]

Thanks for uploading this! A really good watch and nice to take a trip back in time to hear it from people back in the 70s

[@brucedanton3669]

Thank you for this. One of BBC2's best series of old, and this is one of its best editions too. The World About Us was great tv and really I wish it were still on today! But at least we have these uploads instead, so all is not lost. Well done too!

[@brucedanton3669]

Thank you there for that too!

[@mathewgreen4099]

Many thanks for posting, this was an enjoyable watch. With TV shows of the same era eg The Good Life, The Changes & especially Survivors, its interesting to see how real, ordinary people were able to deal with going back to basics. They were quite stoic & just seemed to get on with it.

[@lookoutleo]

It was 1974. Wonder what they are doing now, it's 48 years ago

[@platovsky]

Amazing 👏 ❤ thanks for updating this precious 💖 documentaries stuffs

[@diabolicalartificer]

Excellent program as was the whole series if I remember right. The theme music is very evocative, takes me right back. Documentary making has changed over the years, for the worse I think, don't think I'm alone in thinking that. Thanks very much for uploading. I wonder how many more of these programs have survived?

[@FFM0594]

That was my favourite TV program.

[@rebeccarusso9732]

My Dad!! ❤️

[@LivvieChibi231291]

My mum and dad are in this too! Who is your dad? :)

[@rebeccarusso9732]

LivvieChibi231291 Barry, the one from Wales with the cockney accent! 😂

[@LivvieChibi231291]

​@@rebeccarusso9732 he does not sound Welsh at all!! My mum and dad are Maggy and Tony and my mum says everyone was super nice (except she and my dad didn't really get on with Joyce XD)

[@46metube]

"When we're all long gone there'll be plastic on the beach." 49 years ago.

[@yendytok]

Thanks

[@clairemorgan]

Where did the foil come from?
Would vegans survive?

[@Tresoroeffnung]

more relevant than ever...

[@Tresoroeffnung]

7 likes, 151 views, we are doomed..

[@annother3350]

How many people have you shared it with?!