Interview with Chris Packham on Autumnwatch which returns today (October 24)

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Interview with Chris Packham on Autumnwatch which returns today (October 24).

What’s the most spectacular wildlife scene you’ve captured in your Autumnwatch special?

The red deer rut in autumn is fabulous. Big roaring mammals locked in combat, strutting in the mist. It's the best show in the woods, primal, exciting, involving.

You captured the rutting season in this series of Autumnwatch. Why is the New Forest in Hampshire so special for red deer?

The New Forest has an isolated population of large and healthy Red Deer and we get to see them in their real habitat forest, not out on a barren hillside. Amongst the trees they look and sound magnificent.

About

The Autumnwatch team will be joining forces with The One Show at the end of October to produce a series of three short films and live link ups on location, to bring audiences their much-loved nature fix.

Returning to screens on Tuesday 24, Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 October, the nature series will showcase a season rich with colour and vibrant activity.

In films specially shot for The One Show, Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Gillian Burke will be on location across the country, capturing some of the stunning behaviour and seasonal changes of British wildlife.

Source BBC One