Monday 15 August 2022 02:01 AM CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews the weekend's TV: Griff's Canadian Adventure and ... trends now
Griff's Canadian Adventure
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How did Griff Rhys Jones manage to go moose-hunting in Newfoundland and not spot one single moose?
That’s like visiting Trafalgar Square and seeing no pigeons.
Griff’s Canadian Adventure (C4) sent the natural heir to Michael Palin on the first leg of a journey from Cape Spear on the Atlantic coast to Vancouver on the Pacific.
He lost no time in meeting a Mountie and taking a spin along a stretch of the longest road in a single nation anywhere in the world, the Trans-Canada Highway.
But his trek into the backwoods in search of super-sized deer was a disaster. For a start, 68-year-old Griff couldn’t keep up with the 17-year-old conservationist toting a rifle. ‘You gotta move faster if you want to go huntin’ with me,’ called out Taylor from the treeline.
Griff’s Canadian Adventure (C4) sent the natural heir to Michael Palin on the first leg of a journey from Cape Spear on the Atlantic coast to Vancouver on the Pacific
‘I’m stuck in the bog,’ Griff wailed back, trying to pull his boots out of the mud. Clearly, the sound of a disgruntled Welshman with wet socks is enough to disperse even the most blasé of moose.
Though they are not indigenous to Newfoundland, the woods ought to be thick with them — four were introduced in 1904 and there are now 120,000. That’s a population explosion to make rabbits feel inadequate. Moose are eager breeders, and they need to be culled regularly to prevent them from eating everything in Canada.
But Griff, who has fulminated against trophy hunters in the
