technology isa our living rooms. -- nhu. understanding how the wildlife is getting on and how we can go about filming that, that is what the power is, people's imagination, people thinking they want to share this with the rest of the world, and discovering little things. blue planet, discovering behaviour is even science hadn't seen before. but what will future projects find? the next 60 years will be all about the big stories around our relationship the natural world. species lost, abundance loss, and the kind of footprint of humankind on the world. but also the heroes that are bringing it back. because we have to bringing it back. because we have to bring it back. a sobering tale, perhaps, but one be nhu is determined to keep on telling. fantastic fa ntastic stuff, fantastic stuff, isn't it? you can see what they have achieved. the task fish, that is what i am taking away. i like the alligator, with a little babies in its mouth. it is 6:22am, and it is time to catch up with the sport. a disappointment, really, when it come

a sobering tale, perhaps, but one the nhu is determined to keep on telling.who have become pen pals with elderly residents living at a nearby care home. after five months of correspondence, the children have been able to put faces to the people behind the letters. our reporter ali fortescue went along to meet them. signed, sealed, and this time it's being hand delivered. we are going to see our penpals and i am really excited. it is an unlikely friendship, but with just one mile and 80 years between them, jasmine and her school friends are finally making the trip up to barchester care home to meet their penpals for the very first time. are you jasmine? that is very nice, isn't it? that is lovely. have you got something to give, james? did you do these? we have been writing to the residents here sincejuly now, and the children have been loving receiving replies as well as writing about events that have happened in their lives. more than 400 letters have been sent between the school and the care home, but as well as offering the chance to hand deliver a christm

he says these seminal days of the nhu and the exploits of david attenborough were revolutionary. and film for months. he was getting these amazing stories, these amazing adventures, and he would come back three months later and it would all be in the bag, and nobody would have heard from him, apart from the occasional letter, because that was the only way of communicating back then. i could see they were parrots, but i wasn't sure what kind. the unit was officially formed in bristol in 1957, although radio had been covering wildlife for more than ten years by then. for the first time, what had always been the preserve of amateur cameramen was showcased on the fledgeling medium of television. here are the pelicans, here we are filming them. now, let's watch the dive. this is the naturalist peter scott, exploring the caribbean. this time in slow motion. as we open these things up, this goes back decades, there are rows and rows like this. some of these were shot decades ago, some more recently. over the decades the planet has changed hugely, but the man who runs the unit today says

a sobering tale, perhaps, but one the nhu is determined to keep on telling.h—west of the uk. 12 hours ago, it didn‘t even exist poppy look at this area of the satellite picture, really developing and whenever we get cloudlike this is a sign that we are developing a really deep area of low pressure, explosively deepening area of low pressure that is running across the northern half of the uk. the strong winds are targeting northern ireland and scotland as well. the met office have issued an amberwarning, well. the met office have issued an amber warning, with wind gust expected to reach up to 80 mph into tomorrow morning. overnight tonight, a band of rain northwards and eastwards, snow over scotland, south—westerly wind bringing mild airfora number of south—westerly wind bringing mild air for a number of places. south—westerly wind bringing mild airfora number of places. it south—westerly wind bringing mild airfor a number of places. it is the strong wind that will be with us first thing in the morning that will ta ke ce ntre first thing in the morning that wi

a sobering tale, perhaps, but one the nhu is determined to keep on telling.ve the latest on the final day of the fourth ashes test. and that 7:45pm click looks back at the highlights of 2017. time now for a look at the weather. will it continue to be mild? here in the south it will be. further north, we have storm dylan to think about. this will be coming in at the end of the night. cold air in scotland, there will be snow. it stays very

seminal days of the nhu, the exploits of david and attenborough were revolutionary. >> he asked the bbcfor a large chunk of money and he would go off for three months, and he would fill these amazing stories and adventures, and come back months later, and nobody would have heard from him, maybe the occasional letter, because that was the only way of communicating. >> i could see they were parrots, but i wasn't sure what kind. reporter: the unit was formed in bristol in 1957, although radio had been covering wildlife for 10 years by then. for the first time, what had always been the preserve of amateur cameramen was showcased on the fledgling medium of television. >> here are the pelicans. here we are filming them. let's watch the dive. reporter: this is peter scott exploring the caribbean. >> this time in slow motion. >> this goes back decades and there are rows and rows like this. some of these were shot decades ago, some more recently. reporter: over the decades, the planet has changed hugely, but the man who runs the unit today says the ethos remains the same. >> everything about wha

a sobering tale, perhaps, but one the nhu is determined to keep on telling. john maguire, bbc news, bristol. this is bbc news — coming up in the next few minutes we will have the latest on the final day of the fourth ashes test. and that 7:45pm click looks back at the highlights of 2017. time now for a look at the weather. will it continue to be mild? here in the south it will be. further north, we have storm dylan to think about. this will be coming in at the end of the night. cold air in scotland, there will be snow. it stays very miles further south with that wind and rain and talking about the wind, with storm dylan approaching, the met office have issued an amber weather warning for strong wind targeting northern ireland and scotland. gusts could reach up to 80 mph and they will be their first thing in the morning in northern ireland. if these winds get to a westerly direction through the central belt, that is where we could see some of the strongest winds and they would be very damaging winds if that were to happen. power cuts would be possible, and som

a sobering tale, perhaps, but one the nhu is determined to keep on telling. lovely pictures.nd things. that‘s a good idea. swishing, you talk about that, what is it? that's an organised swap-it session. you could do it in the office, or down your local pub or have a session in your home. invite people along to bring what they don‘t want, any unwanted gifts or clothes that are having a declutter, because you have new things. then have a swapping session. there you go. unless the people who gave you the present are at the party. that could be awkward. thank you, holly. we‘ve got unopened presents back here. they're all yours. from you? yeah. liar! have a lovely new year. roger is with you tomorrow from 6am. have a great day, bye—bye. shall we get them? yeah. this is bbc news. i‘m shaun ley. the headlines at 10:00am. a beatle, a bee gee and a ballerina. ringo starr and barry gibb are knighted in the new year honours. strictly judge darcey bussell is made a dame. the labour peer lord adonis, who‘s quit as the government‘s infrastructure adviser, claims brexit is infecting the ent