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Amazing Story of a Frozen River
Back to Hokkaido, this time to consider the Teshio River, the 4th longest in Japan, and one of those that gets so cold that people can walk on its surface safely, and even have competitions for people to guess when the ice will break in the spring. Then in 2022, calamity as global warming meant an early thaw about a month before usual, and even before they could start the competition (which was cancelled). Also bad news for the salmon in the river whose journey depended on the melting ice. Luckily things got cold again after a few days, and the full thaw didn't come until later, which was good for the salmon. But yet another sign of the interconnected problems that global warming are causing.

The Daily Show w/Jon Stewart
After an understandable bit on the LA inferno, he talked to Mark Carney about his prospects for replacing Justin Trudeau as Canadian premier.

Creature Commandos Ep 7 “A Very Funny Monster” Season 1 Finale

(15-01-2025 22:13 )Doddle Wrote:  Landscape Artist of the Year 2019
5.3 The Millennium Bridge in Gateshead makes a good challenge, and regular judge Kate is AWOL, whilst the eventual winner comes through her heat.

LAotY 2019
5.4 Kate reappears as the team return to Herstmonceux for its castle. The winner is a retread from a previous series, whose dad was one of the wild cards.

Late Night w/Seth Meyers
Graham Norton has a book out, and is anyway a good guest who knows the ropes, and Alex Wagner seems to front some kind of NACA show so naturally she and Seth talked about Trump, and ignored the other 90% of serious news matters.

Star Trek Voyager Ep 6 "The Raven" Season 4

(15-01-2025 14:28 )Doddle Wrote:  Artist of the Year - Masterclass
9/20 Former Landscape winner Clare Lord gives an Introduction to Still Life, making her own composition with different coloured glass bottles and some fruit.
10/20 Another series winner Fin Campbell-Notman talks on Composition in Landscapes, which felt a bit like one of the earlier episodes.

AotY - M
11/20 Presumably sourcing 20 different artists was too much, so the first 10 get to double up. Here, Sara Reeve talks on Loosening Up, but just using one largish brush.
12/20 Gareth Reid returns to talk on Observing Facial Features, by dividing a face into abstract shapes.

(17-01-2025 13:46 )Doddle Wrote:  Landscape Artist of the Year 2019
5.4 Kate reappears as the team return to Herstmonceux for its castle. The winner is a retread from a previous series, whose dad was one of the wild cards.

LAotY 2019
5.5 Back to Gateshead for the Tyne Bridge (and more), and Kate disappears again, under the guise of being pregnant. One might think these two eps were filmed a) out of sequence, and b) much later than the other heats. Rather blows the myth. Two retread contestants, and oddly almost all 8 main contestants pick an identical viewpoint, at odds with the full span of the bridge.

Star Trek Voyager Ep 7 “Scientific Method” Season 4.

Rucks, Trucks and Rock n Roll: Inside the Stadium
Marking 25 years of the Principality Stadium, fka the Millennium Stadium. Not as interesting as I thought it might be.