Multi-coloured tropical frogs, ingenious chameleons, grinning geckos, spitting cobras, Jesus lizards that walk on water... you can't go wrong with shows about reptiles.
Last night, David Attenborough (aka God of the nature world) looked at snakes, showing their simplistic shape has been central to their success, in an edition called Sophisticated Snakes, of all things.
Why must he do that. The last time I tuned in to this latest series, Life In Cold Blood, the sixth and last of Attenborough's specialised surveys, it was called Amorous Amphibians. He really is way too obsessed with trying to glamorise what really is a simple nature trail (OK not so simple if you watch in HD.)
Attenborough's usual effortless performance is enough, we don't need a sexy title to tune in. We know it's going to be good, Attenborough is presenting, it's a given.
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This man has braved more scary beats, bugs, bears, you name it, than anyone. So when he tells us that common rattlesnakes hunting are one of the most difficult things to find, and scientists have waited years to observe them, I believe him. Last night was another incredible, but oh-so squeamish episode. But at 81, isn't he getting a little old for occupational hazards? Last night he came about as close as it gets when a spitting cobra would have blinded him had he not been wearing protective goggles!
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