Blue Planet 2: David Attenborough reveals cuttlefish with special hypnotic powers
And if Sir David Attenborough were a judge, he would put the broadclub cuttlefish through to the finals.
On Sunday’s show, he uncovers “The Paul McKenna’’ of the fish world.
Viewers will get to see a strange cuttlefish that lurks in south-east Asia and has special hypnotic powers.
It can pulsate its body and change colour and pattern which puts its favourite prey – usually crabs – into a trance.
This gives the fish time to gobble up its mesmerised victim.
Blue Planet host Sir David says: “It is a remarkable talent.”.
“It is a remarkable talent” Sir David Attenborough The episode, called Coral Reefs, will show how the recent rise in sea temperatures is killing off many of the “ocean treasures” and boffins fear these may disappear by the end of the century.
Viewers will also see a camera crew brave the deep to film some reef sharks at night – usually their hunting time.
They give the team a fright so they call it a day.
The Blue Planet II is sending ratings through the roof.
Sunday’s episode got a peak audience of 11 million viewers.
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Strike back Heres Waking The Dead and Shoestring star Trevor Eve in a shady new role as an arms dealer.
He makes a guest appearance on Sky1’s show tonight at 9pm as Morgan Ives, who looks to capitalise on the instability of the Middle East.
But he runs into trouble in Libya and the Section 20 special ops team ends up having to rescue him.
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Inside Soap Awards Emmerdale swept the board with eight gongs at The Inside Soap Awards held in London yesterday.
They included Best Soap, Best Actor for Danny Miller, Sexiest Female for Natalie J Robb and Best Bad Girl for Gillian Kearney.
Corrie got five trophies, with Lucy Fallon winning Best Actress and Connor McIntyre bagging Best Bad Boy.
EastEnders won two with Davood Ghadami grabbing Sexiest Male and Gillian Taylforth receiving an Outstanding Achievement Award.
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Corrie Corrie is under fire for being “more suited to a horror channel than a family show”.
Chat show king Michael Parkinson thinks the ITV programme has gone too far with its recent storyline featuring evil kidnapper Pat Phelan.
Viewers saw him force his prisoner Andy Carver to shoot fellow captive Vinny Ashford dead.
Phelan then shot Andy and disposed of their bodies in a lake.
Parky tells Radio Times: “I never imagined I would recoil from watching Coronation Street, but this had little to do with that gentle, funny reminder of life in the north country I discovered and so admired in the early 1960s when I joined Granada Television.
“This was a storyline more suited to a horror channel than a family show.
“A gem like Coronation Street is in danger of becoming just another formulaic soap.” --------------.
Dancing on Ice Corries Antony Cotton and Radio 1Xtra presenter Perri Shakes-Drayton are the latest celebrities to join the show.
Antony, best known as knicker stitcher Sean Tully on the soap, said: “I better get my skates on – I’ve got practising to do!” Perri is a former British track and field athlete who retired in 2013 after suffering a knee injury.
She said: “I was told in the past I’d never be able to run again.
Now I’ve been given a challenge, I’m going to give it my best shot.” Yesterday Diversity street dancer Ashley Banjo con- fi rmed that he will be a judge on the show alongside Australian choreographer Jason Gardiner and Olympic champions Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.
Ashley said: “I’m excited.”.
