Autumnwatch fans to deliver 160,000-strong petition to BBC at noon today <\/p>
A petition\u00a0to save BBC nature series Autumnwatch<\/a><\/strong> will be delivered today to Broadcasting House, the headquarters of the BBC.<\/p>\n The news the BBC was cancelling Autumnwatch<\/a> <\/strong>for the foreseeable future caused outcry across the country with many calling for the BBC to change their mind on social media.<\/p>\n The BBC said \u201cchallenging times financially\u201d were behind its decision to \u201cfocus\u201d its resources on content that has \u201cthe highest impact\u201d.<\/p>\n Marion Veal started her Change.org petition<\/a> in response to the news and it has gained an impressive 160,000 signatures<\/p>\n Marion says: \u201cThousands of UK TV licence payers enjoy the \u2018Watches\u2019, Springwatch, Autumwatch and Winterwatch. It\u2019s what we pay our licence fee for. It is an example of what the BBC does best.<\/p>\n \u201cIn an age when the natural world faces its greatest threat, when British species are on the Red List and threatened with extinction, when we are recognising the value of the natural world for our mental health, it is beyond belief to learn that Autumnwatch has been cancelled.\u201d<\/p>\n The BBC Two nature series, which features Chris Packham<\/a> <\/strong>and Michaela Strachan<\/a><\/strong> among its presenters, follows British wildlife during Autumn. The \u201cWatch\u201d series began with Springwatch<\/a><\/strong> in 2005, followed by Autumnwatch in 2006 and Winterwatch<\/a><\/strong> in 2012.<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n Autumnwatch fans to deliver 160,000-strong petition to BBC at noon today <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":26896,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"2"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/04\/autumnwatch-petition-to-be-delivered-to-bbc.jpg",2000,1334,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/04\/autumnwatch-petition-to-be-delivered-to-bbc-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/04\/autumnwatch-petition-to-be-delivered-to-bbc-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/04\/autumnwatch-petition-to-be-delivered-to-bbc-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/04\/autumnwatch-petition-to-be-delivered-to-bbc-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/04\/autumnwatch-petition-to-be-delivered-to-bbc-1536x1025.jpg",1536,1025,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/04\/autumnwatch-petition-to-be-delivered-to-bbc.jpg",2000,1334,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Autumnwatch fans to deliver 160,000-strong petition to BBC at noon today","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/26895"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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