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Springwatch

Springwatch is a BBC television series which charts the fortunes of wildlife in the United Kingdom during the changing of the seasons. The episodes are broadcast on BBC Two from locations around the country. They require a crew of 100 and over 50 cameras, making them the largest British outside broadcast events on the BBC. Many of the cameras are hidden and operated remotely to record natural behaviour, for example, of birds in their nests and badgers outside their sett. Each year, the series begins on the late-May bank holiday (the last Monday in May) and is broadcast four nights each week for three weeks. After the success of the first Springwatch in 2005, the BBC commissioned a one-off special, Autumnwatch, which became a full series from 2006 to 2022. Winterwatch ran from 2012 to 2026, broadcast in January or February. The programmes were sometimes known collectively as The Watches. The BBC discontinued Autumnwatch in 2023, in order to focus resources on Springwatch and Winterwatch, which generally received more viewers. Following the cancellation of Autumnwatch as a standalone programme, the format and title were brought back into use in the form of short reports and features on autumnal nature within The One Show in October 2023. and again in late October 2024.…

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Springwatch is a BBC television series which charts the fortunes of wildlife in the United Kingdom during the changing of the seasons. The episodes are broadcast on BBC Two from locations around the country. They require a crew of 100 and over 50 cameras, making them the largest British outside broadcast events on the BBC. Many of the cameras are hidden and operated remotely to record natural behaviour, for example, of birds in their nests and badgers outside their sett. Each year, the series begins on the late-May bank holiday (the last Monday in May) and is broadcast four nights each week for three weeks. After the success of the first Springwatch in 2005, the BBC commissioned a one-off special, Autumnwatch, which became a full series from 2006 to 2022. Winterwatch ran from 2012 to 2026, broadcast in January or February. The programmes were sometimes known collectively as The Watches. The BBC discontinued Autumnwatch in 2023, in order to focus resources on Springwatch and Winterwatch, which generally received more viewers. Following the cancellation of Autumnwatch as a standalone programme, the format and title were brought back into use in the form of short reports and features on autumnal nature within The One Show in October 2023. and again in late October 2024.…

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  1. publication date: 2007 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the publication date is "2007". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368632323

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