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03 Feb 2018, 7:06 pm

Chris Packham memoir voted UK's favourite piece of nature writing


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04 Feb 2018, 7:06 am

^^ I really enjoyed his book. A lot of the description of his childhood experiences reminded me of my own.


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05 Feb 2018, 10:36 am

ASPartOfMe wrote:
Chris Packham memoir voted UK's favourite piece of nature writing



Sandpiper wrote:
^^ I really enjoyed his book. A lot of the description of his childhood experiences reminded me of my own.


I really wanted to enjoy this book, but sadly found it almost completely unreadable.



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10 Mar 2018, 7:32 pm

The show has been nominated for a Royal Television Society Award in the Single Documentary category


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22 Sep 2018, 8:21 pm

“Kingdom of Us”, “Asperger’s and Me” grab Griersons nominations

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Chris Packham  (Asperger’s and Me), Lucy Cohen (Kingdom of Us) and Catey Sexton ( Raped: My Story) are among the directors to be nominated in more than one category for the Grierson Trust’s 2018 British Documentary Awards.
The 46th annual awards honors the best in British documentary filmmaking and this year’s list includes 52 films across 14 categories.

They include Packham’s Asperger’s and Me, which has garnered a Best Presenter listing, as well as noms in both Best Single – Domestic and Best Science categories;


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