Our BBC Countryfile filming experience!
It was very exciting for Foresters' Forest to take part in filming for BBC Countryfile’s special Forest of Dean episode that was broadcast Sunday 20th October.
In the weeks running
up to the filming day on 4th October we worked closely with the Countryfile
production team, providing plenty of filming ideas. There is after all so much
scope with as many as 38 Foresters’ Forest projects going on!
Eventually filming content
was narrowed down to our Foresters’ Forest Reptile conservation work led by
David Dewsbury, featuring the reptile survey work he has completed with
Lydbrook School, working alongside Forestry England’s Kate Wollen and Central
Ecology’s Nigel Hand, one of the UK’s leading experts for Adders. In addition, our preservation and continuation
of heritage crafts within the Forest was the second topic of interest, so Scott
Baine’s team of volunteers from The Rewild Project were also invited to be
filmed, including participants and volunteers involved with our New Leaf Social
Forestry Project.
Everyone thoroughly enjoyed meeting Matt Baker, the Countryfile presenter chosen to showcase our Foresters’ Forest projects. His enthusiasm for what we are doing and natural interviewing style put everyone being filmed quickly at ease.
Click this link to see more of the behind the scenes photos taken on filming day, which started at 7.45am and
finished at 5pm!
Thanks BBC Countryfile! We think our Forest looked absolutely beautiful and our congratulations to all our
local TV stars, all of whom did a wonderful job explaining the importance of
our heritage and how the National Lottery Heritage Funded Foresters’ Forest
projects help look after it.
If you missed this Countryfile episode you can view it until 18th November on iPlayer