Otters Wild
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Otters have an undeniable appeal. | 0:00:02 | 0:00:05 | |
But for cameraman Charlie Hamilton James, | 0:00:07 | 0:00:09 | |
they are an obsession. | 0:00:09 | 0:00:11 | |
To Charlie's delight, his son, Fred, is developing the same obsession. | 0:00:13 | 0:00:18 | |
It's an otter. | 0:00:18 | 0:00:20 | |
Charlie's decided it's finally time to introduce Fred | 0:00:20 | 0:00:23 | |
to his most treasured otter-watching spot, | 0:00:23 | 0:00:26 | |
on the wild and windswept Isle of Skye, | 0:00:26 | 0:00:31 | |
far away from the mayhem of modern life. | 0:00:31 | 0:00:33 | |
We're gonna go and spend the week in that little cottage over there | 0:00:33 | 0:00:37 | |
which has got no road going to it. | 0:00:37 | 0:00:40 | |
And it's got no electricity, has it, Fred? | 0:00:40 | 0:00:43 | |
So we're not gonna have any phones or computers or anything to distract us. | 0:00:43 | 0:00:47 | |
And we're gonna see what life's like living like that for a week. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:50 | |
Come on, let's go and get there. | 0:00:50 | 0:00:52 | |
This cottage is where Charlie cut his teeth as a wildlife cameraman. | 0:00:58 | 0:01:02 | |
It's truly remote - just getting there is quite an adventure. | 0:01:02 | 0:01:06 | |
How are you doing, Fred? | 0:01:06 | 0:01:08 | |
Good. | 0:01:08 | 0:01:09 | |
-Look at me! -Ahhh! -Ha-ha-ha! | 0:01:09 | 0:01:13 | |
-Come on, then, pull it out! -I can't! | 0:01:15 | 0:01:18 | |
Arrgh! Ha-ha-ha! | 0:01:18 | 0:01:21 | |
-Winter is the best season to see otters here. | 0:01:21 | 0:01:24 | |
But that does mean that the weather is... | 0:01:24 | 0:01:27 | |
well, challenging. | 0:01:27 | 0:01:29 | |
Fred must be wondering what he's let himself in for! | 0:01:31 | 0:01:34 | |
Oh, God! | 0:01:34 | 0:01:35 | |
Daddy, it's freezing cold! | 0:01:36 | 0:01:39 | |
It's too cold! | 0:01:39 | 0:01:41 | |
Come on, Fred. | 0:01:41 | 0:01:43 | |
-Ahh! -What are you doing, man? You dropped the camera! | 0:01:45 | 0:01:48 | |
And the weather's not really improving! | 0:01:49 | 0:01:52 | |
Well, I haven't even finished unpacking the car yet. | 0:01:52 | 0:01:55 | |
No. | 0:01:55 | 0:01:56 | |
And there's a massive hailstorm. | 0:01:57 | 0:02:00 | |
Not quite the week of winter sun Fred had imagined. | 0:02:01 | 0:02:05 | |
But as night falls, | 0:02:06 | 0:02:08 | |
spirits are raised with some old-fashioned entertainment. | 0:02:08 | 0:02:12 | |
A JIG PLAYS AND FRED LAUGHS | 0:02:12 | 0:02:15 | |
Now you dance. | 0:02:19 | 0:02:21 | |
Oh, Fred. You can have some crazy times | 0:02:25 | 0:02:27 | |
without modern technology, can't you! | 0:02:27 | 0:02:30 | |
-Hmm. -Hmm! | 0:02:30 | 0:02:32 | |
As the days pass and the weather improves, | 0:02:35 | 0:02:38 | |
they start to see some wildlife. | 0:02:38 | 0:02:40 | |
Those red-breasted mergansers again, over there. | 0:02:40 | 0:02:43 | |
-They're lovely. -Nice, aren't they? | 0:02:44 | 0:02:46 | |
Can you see the male and the female? | 0:02:46 | 0:02:49 | |
Yeah, they really are nice. | 0:02:49 | 0:02:51 | |
It's a chance for Charlie to pass on some of his hard-earned wisdom. | 0:02:53 | 0:02:57 | |
Do the zoom. | 0:02:57 | 0:02:59 | |
This is the zoom control. | 0:02:59 | 0:03:02 | |
What sort of diver is it? | 0:03:02 | 0:03:03 | |
-A White-throated? -I think it's a Great Northern. | 0:03:03 | 0:03:07 | |
-I think it's a White-throated. -You might be right. | 0:03:07 | 0:03:10 | |
Oh, he's right in front of the boat, look. | 0:03:10 | 0:03:12 | |
Can you find him? | 0:03:13 | 0:03:15 | |
-Yeah, I've got him. -Get it! | 0:03:15 | 0:03:16 | |
-Oh, he's gone. -He's gone? | 0:03:16 | 0:03:19 | |
-I did press record, so I did... I did get him. -Good. | 0:03:19 | 0:03:22 | |
Well done. | 0:03:22 | 0:03:23 | |
Fred's getting a taste for camerawork. | 0:03:23 | 0:03:26 | |
And undeterred by the lack of otters, | 0:03:26 | 0:03:29 | |
he finds a different subject to film that night. | 0:03:29 | 0:03:31 | |
Fred, what are we gonna do? | 0:03:32 | 0:03:34 | |
Film mice! | 0:03:34 | 0:03:36 | |
We're going to, um, put some cheese... | 0:03:37 | 0:03:41 | |
um, and some chicken pie by the mouse's hole, | 0:03:41 | 0:03:47 | |
and then we're going to put a camera there. | 0:03:47 | 0:03:51 | |
And then we're going to leave it and come back later | 0:03:51 | 0:03:55 | |
and see if the camera's filmed the mouse. | 0:03:55 | 0:03:57 | |
-WHISPERS: -He's out again, I think! | 0:04:01 | 0:04:03 | |
Go on, then. Open the door. | 0:04:04 | 0:04:07 | |
-Yeah! -Ha-ha-ha! | 0:04:08 | 0:04:11 | |
Father and son are beginning to follow different obsessions. | 0:04:14 | 0:04:18 | |
Fred's in the cottage making plans for his mice, | 0:04:19 | 0:04:22 | |
leaving Charlie to roam alone in search of his beloved otters. | 0:04:22 | 0:04:27 | |
Otters need lots of energy to keep warm in this cold weather. | 0:04:30 | 0:04:34 | |
And, with food scarce in winter, | 0:04:35 | 0:04:37 | |
they spend more time hunting - making them easier to see. | 0:04:37 | 0:04:40 | |
But even Charlie is surprised quite how close they're getting. | 0:04:44 | 0:04:48 | |
That was fantastic! | 0:04:49 | 0:04:51 | |
Ooh... | 0:04:51 | 0:04:52 | |
Blimey, he's coming round to look at me! | 0:04:53 | 0:04:55 | |
God, he's amazing. | 0:04:55 | 0:04:57 | |
He's coming round to see what I am. | 0:05:00 | 0:05:03 | |
Right there. | 0:05:03 | 0:05:04 | |
That's incredible. | 0:05:04 | 0:05:05 | |
This otter's obviously not seen many people in its life. | 0:05:05 | 0:05:09 | |
It's amazing. Look, there he is. | 0:05:09 | 0:05:12 | |
Look at that! He knows I'm here, he's just seen me, | 0:05:13 | 0:05:16 | |
he's heard me, and now he's coming for a closer look! | 0:05:16 | 0:05:20 | |
Look at that! | 0:05:22 | 0:05:23 | |
He's 20 feet away! | 0:05:25 | 0:05:27 | |
He's actually... He's not frightened of me. | 0:05:27 | 0:05:30 | |
He's coming to see what I am! | 0:05:32 | 0:05:34 | |
God. You cocky bloke! I've never met an otter like that! | 0:05:36 | 0:05:41 | |
That's not your average otter, | 0:05:49 | 0:05:51 | |
but he's saying, "Look, I'm a big boy, this is my turf, pal." | 0:05:51 | 0:05:56 | |
That's fantastic. | 0:05:58 | 0:06:00 | |
This magical moment is just what Charlie was hoping | 0:06:03 | 0:06:06 | |
to share with Fred. | 0:06:06 | 0:06:07 | |
But Fred is too busy planning his own pet project. | 0:06:07 | 0:06:10 | |
So, after talking to Fred and finding out what he needs, | 0:06:13 | 0:06:17 | |
-it turns out we need a... -A mouse. | 0:06:17 | 0:06:20 | |
-Plank of wood, a Ferrari... -A mouse. | 0:06:20 | 0:06:24 | |
-A piece of cheese... -And a mouse! | 0:06:24 | 0:06:27 | |
-And, erm... -A mouse! -A mouse! | 0:06:27 | 0:06:29 | |
This is film-making at its most... | 0:06:31 | 0:06:33 | |
inventive?! | 0:06:33 | 0:06:34 | |
So, there's the Ferarri. | 0:06:35 | 0:06:37 | |
-Full of cheese. -Ready to make his maiden mouse voyage! | 0:06:37 | 0:06:41 | |
No luck first time. | 0:06:47 | 0:06:48 | |
Wildlife film-makers must learn perseverance. | 0:06:48 | 0:06:52 | |
Wait for it! | 0:07:00 | 0:07:01 | |
Here we go! | 0:07:02 | 0:07:04 | |
FRED GIGGLES | 0:07:07 | 0:07:09 | |
Fred's captured a wildlife film-making first. | 0:07:09 | 0:07:12 | |
But it's not what he and his dad came here for. | 0:07:13 | 0:07:16 | |
OK, what's going on, Fred? | 0:07:18 | 0:07:19 | |
-WHISPERS: -There's an otter! | 0:07:19 | 0:07:21 | |
-He's coming ashore! -Oh, look, look, you can see him, just down there. | 0:07:22 | 0:07:25 | |
-Oh, yeah! -Where is he? There he is. | 0:07:25 | 0:07:27 | |
There he is! | 0:07:27 | 0:07:28 | |
There he is! | 0:07:28 | 0:07:30 | |
Gone. | 0:07:33 | 0:07:35 | |
He's right there. | 0:07:41 | 0:07:43 | |
Better than a PlayStation? | 0:08:22 | 0:08:24 | |
Fred's smile says it all. | 0:08:24 | 0:08:26 | |
Hey-hey! | 0:08:26 | 0:08:28 | |
Whether it's otters, or just mice, | 0:08:31 | 0:08:34 | |
watching the wild is a reminder | 0:08:34 | 0:08:36 | |
that life's greatest rewards often come from its simplest pleasures. | 0:08:36 | 0:08:41 | |
A penguin! We've got more chance of filming a penguin than a kingfisher! | 0:08:41 | 0:08:45 | |
-And... -That's cos we've run out of coal, isn't it? | 0:08:45 | 0:08:49 | |
-Say goodbye. -Bye! | 0:08:52 | 0:08:53 |