Big Bear Week (2006– ) User Reviews

An excellent intelligent series.

[toxina90 · 10/10 · 13 August 2006]

Rarely do I get hooked on television programmes like Big Bear Week. It's like a documentary but it also comes of as being dramatic too. It focuses on 3 teams lead by the expert presenters Jonathan Scott (Big Bear/Cat Week), the adorable Saba Douglas Hamilton (Big Bear/Cat Week) and the newcomer Jeff Turner. Each presenter tracks a certain species with Scott following a family of brown bears, Hamilton tracking polar bears and Turner following black bears I think all in different regions of a fabulous landscape. The show is very intelligent and informative, also the presenters help emphasise the drama of how these bears live, the dangers and struggles they must face every day to survive so they make you think about bears in a whole new perspective. The presenters also become emotionally attached to their subjects which also helps the viewer sympathise with the bears and keeps them interested from start to finish. All five episodes are full of fresh views and situations which keep the viewer hooked. Each episode ends with a teaser which invites the viewer to tune in next time to see what happens it's a bit like a soap/drama. It is also nice to see how the presenters relate to the bears, as Jeff Turner felt he was attached to his bear as it ate a lot of vegetation and he is a vegetarian. This is another point some people forget that bears are omnivores. Overall Big Bear Week is fresh, exciting and sometimes thrilling, and even if you're not interested in bears (I'm not) you will find it hard to resist tuning into after the first episode. I loved this show as much as the longer running "Big Cat Week/Diary" and was happy to see Jonathan Scott and Saba Douglas Hamilton incorporate their wit and expertise and ability to interest the viewer from that show just as well on Big Bear Week. Well done.

Big Cat Week 2008 Amazing!!

[JosephLong210 · 10/10 · 6 January 2008]

Big Cat Week is an excellent documentary drama focusing on big cats in Africa. The presenters Simon King, Jonathan Scott and Saba Douglas Hamilton all bring expertise, wit, and the ability to interest the viewer effortlessly yet still implying the seriousness of the situations involving the various lives of the groups of cats every day survival including lions, cheetahs and leopards. I have watched all of the big cat diaries/weeks, since the first one was on TV. I eagerly await the next edition, although we have to wait almost a year for the next series to begin. So far, I have watched the first three series and the fifth I expect will begin in mid 2008 because the fourth was in mid 2007. As soon as you begin watching it, it has as if a spell has been cast which hooks you on and never let go until the end of the series. No matter how many tragedies or shocks occur in the Big Cat Diary/ Big Cat Week I never get bored as all the dialogue and action is executed in perfect and addictive flair. If you love Big Cat Programmes you will love this show, but even if you are not interested. As I was saying even if you are not interested, give it a chance and see how you like this show with its mix of interesting facts, action and drama, which in my opinion is the perfect cocktail for this unique documentary. Well done to Simon King, Jonathan Scott and Saba Douglas Hamilton who organised this fascinating series. 10/10 entertainment.