The Man Who Eats Badgers - with Will Millard

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10/29/24 • 58 min

This week the Tortoises are turning the tables, as the subject of one of our early episodes becomes a guest. Writer and presenter Will Millard joins us to talk about a quintessentially British piece of television - The Man Who Eats Badgers and Other Strange Tales from Bodmin Moor, a 2008 episode of BBC 2's Wonderland. Along the way, we discuss the parallels between this film and the films that Will went on to make, including My Year With the Tribe and Hunters of the South Seas. This episode contains bad language - don't say you haven't been warned!

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