Learning on ScreenOliver Kite’s Fawley
- Synopsis
- Oliver Kite was a well-known naturalist and chalk stream fisherman who presented his own wildlife television on Southern Television during the 1960s. His soft tones and great knowledge of natural history gave him the title of the ‘television voice of nature’.
OLIVER KITE’S FAWLEY is a personal look at the wildlife through the four seasons at Fawley Refinery on the west bank of Southampton Water. Within the boundary of the refinery, Kite discovers a great diversity of living things including ponies, adders, a hunting fox and even the refinery’s own flock of sheep. Contrary to expectation, this industrial setting is revealed to be a wildlife and plant sanctuary. - Series
- New Forest Film Archive
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 1968
- Subjects
- Environmental science
- Keywords
- natural history; nature conservation; wildlife; nature; nature reserves; oil
Credits
- Contributor
- Oliver Kite
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 PAL
- Price
- £8.00
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 28 minutes
- Year
- 2014
Sponsor
- Name
ExxonMobil
Distributor
- Name
New Forest Film Archive Project
- Address
- New Forest Centre
Lyndhurst
Hampshire
SO43 7NY
United Kingdom
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