Look... we all LOVE wildlife programmes on TV don't we.... and sublimely-shot natural history programmes are almost expected these days, on our gurt-big plasma screens eh?

But it's actually quite a rare thing to watch a scintillating natural history TV programme which relies not on beautiful HD and or slow motion shots of wildebeest cavorting the raging Zambezi etc etc but instead the human-animal relationship, interaction and to some extent, eccentric devotion.

One of my favourite EVER natural history programmes which did just that (the above) was a programme aired about 8 years ago, entitled "My life as a turkey". It was a BBC2 Natural World programme and if you haven't seen it... I urge you to find a way to.

Eight years on and I was slumped on the sofa last night and decided (last minute) to watch "The Octopus in my house" - another BBC2 Natural World (I think) programme. I'm HUGELY glad I did.

Now I may have a very soft (indeed) spot for cephalopods, (I'll blog about my encounter with a cuttlefish in the Med when I get a chance) so yes, I may be biased - but if you've not watched this programme last night - again... I urge you to find a way to. You'll not regret it. I promise. 

The only downside may be that you may take octopus (and calamari more widely) off your meal choices in future.

Anyway... please watch it if you can.

TBR.

(The shot below of course was taken by me, on holiday in the Maldives, about ten years ago, and shows a wild, adult cuttlefish sitting in the crystal clear waters of the Indian Ocean right by our seaplane pontoon).