At Home With Badgers (1978) Narrated by David Attenborough

🎬This film looks at Eric Ashby's commitment to the study and welfare of Badgers. Particularly those of the New Forest. It looks at his ground breaking approach to filming badgers 'close up' in a purpose built Sett. He encouraged wild badgers to visit his sett and use it as if it were there own out lying retreat.
This is Eric's third noteable film for the BBC. Previous films: The Unknown Forest (1961). The Major (1963). Eric also wrote two books. The Secret Life of the New Forest (1989). My Life With Foxes (2000). Eric died on 6th Feb 2003.
Narrated by David Attenborough
Filmed and Directed by Eric Ashby
Film Editor Charles Aldridge
Sound Hugh Pearson
Series Editor Mick Rhodes
Produced by Caroline Weaver

[@mello3214]

Great documentary thank you so much for sharing ❤️❤️❤️

[@dougdouglas2112]

I've wondered how these kinds of scenes were shot. Good stuff.

[@CarnyxWild]

Some 35 years later, a similar artificial sett was built for the other Badger film featured on this channel: New Forest Badgers (2015) Narrated by Allan Corduner. The badgers were free to come and go as they pleased as it was on a property on the open forest.

[@dougdouglas2112]

@@CarnyxWild 👌

[@christopherarner8322]

I recognize human behaviors in these badgers. Excellent nature video though.

[@NobleKorhedron]

They might be habituated to human activity, due to living in a more urbanised environment, the same as many foxes, and various species of birds...

[@romeljohndelacruz6261]

Mother European badger

[@romeljohndelacruz6261]

Father European badger

[@larryb.lindsay2366]

Narrated by David Attenborough ??? Click bait? That is not Attenborough

[@newforestarchive]

Hi, It is indeed narrated by David Attenborough. The interviewee is of course Eric Ashby, as described in the details above. Do watch more of the programme, it was ground breaking filmmaking at the time.

[@mello3214]

@@newforestarchiveexcellent video thank you !!!!!

[@AnthonyMonaghan]

Yes it is...