-From the islands to the Highlands, Scotland's landscape is the perfect place for a wild escape.

Some well-known faces are heading into unfamiliar territory for an immersive experience they'll never forget.

Are you ready to be rewilded?

-[ Growls ] [ Both laugh ] -That is...stunning.

-Isn't this amazing?

-Good God, this is beautiful.

-Oh, sorry.

-No, no, that's alright.

-I wasn't apologizing to you.

[ Both laugh ] -I am Hamza Yassin, born in Sudan, and now living and working as a wildlife cameraman in the Scottish Highlands.

And I'll be their guide.

Put your thumb with your fingers and rub like that.

-Mm-hmm.

This -- this is a wind-up, right?

-No, I promise you.

[ Laughs ] [ Whispering ] Okay.

Some of them are up already.

-Oh, my God, look at that.

-Martin, Martin, Martin!

There, there, there, there, there.

Right in front of us.

We'll use the time we have to get to know each other better... -So, we were skinny dipping, and then all of a sudden, a tourist boat full of Norwegian Christians came around.

There was absolutely nothing we could do!

-No.

...and find reflection in unexpected places.

-At what point do you stop and say, "Actually, it's about me"?

-If I do, you know, keep appearing as myself, who's going to believe me when I'm pretending to be somebody else?

-Together, we'll discover the wonderful wildlife found across this beautiful land as we escape to the wilderness.

-Oh, you beauty!

-[ Exclaims ] Sorry.

-What is it?

-[ Laughing ] It's a bee.

-[ Whispering ] Give me a five, Ben, give me bloody five.

-[ Whispering ] Man, that was amazing.

-Thank you.

This time, I'm spending a couple of days with a man who used to behave very badly, indeed, and sometimes, still does.

-Is that a wee jobbie there?

-Actor and writer, traveler and presenter, Martin Clunes.

-This is pretty special here, isn't it?

-It is.

We're on the Island of Mull in search of some outstanding wildlife... -So, if one was stood here, what would we be, kind of... -Their heads will be around here.

-Wow.

-Yeah.

...in some magnificent spaces, whatever the conditions.

No such thing as bad weather.

It's just bad clothing.

-[ Laughs ] Bad clothing?

-Yeah!

-Or not enough.

-[ Laughs ] Yeah!

A truly indescribable experience.

-That's never going to get any better.

I'm never going to get -- that's never going to... Never!

[ Both laugh ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -The Island of Mull lies on the west coast of Scotland, and it's a place I know very well and often come to film its wonderful wildlife, and I think it will be perfect for Martin, who not only loves the great outdoors, but his animals, too.

We're heading for the picturesque harbor of Croig to plan our trip, but before we do, nature already comes calling.

Can you hear that?

-Yeah.

[ Bird calling ] I can hear... I'm sure I could hear a skylark.

-Yeah.

So, that one that's squeaking away there, that's the oystercatcher.

He's just on the rocks above the seaweed.

-Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

With the red beak.

Yeah.

Do they really only just eat oysters?

-No, they actually eat, like, mussels and little invertebrates.

But within three weeks, they can change the shape of their beak according to what they're eating.

I think it's just incredible.

-Isn't it?

[ Birds calling ] Oh, that's just gulls.

-Yeah.

Herons sound like a dinosaur.

-Do a heron.

-[ Laughs ] -Go on.

-They're like... [ Imitates bird call ] -[ Laughs ] Oh, there's a heron.

-There's one.

Look at that.

-Oh, look, he's got one.

-Has he?

Yeah!

-Hmm.

-I don't even know what kind of fish that was.

-Neither did he.

Look at his feathers, they're beautiful.

I still can't get over a goldfinch.

-Really?

-I have 18 feeders outside my kitchen window.

I can sit at the kitchen table and watch all the birds.

And I just think goldfinches are stunning.

-Yeah.

♪♪ Martin lives in the Dorset countryside with his family.

But before that, he grew up in London.

So, I'm interested in whether his childhood shaped his love for the great outdoors, or if that came later in life.

-I was lucky enough to grow up on the edge of Wimbledon Common, so that was my playground and my childhood was... up trees, smoking number six, hiding.

You know, that was it.

And then, I sort of got distracted by early adulthood, and wanting to work, and not really -- the environment was irrelevant to what I was doing.

-Yeah.

-Do you know what I mean?

It was a theater, or a studio, or a film set, or something.

And then, more and more, I realized that the bits I enjoyed about my job was not working in theaters or in studios.

I like it when you get everything off the lorry in a field, and you set up.

And the amount of time I spent gazing out to sea, you know, while you're waiting for set ups and things.

And I sort of realized, well, maybe it was that up the trees and that, you know, the benefit of having that sort of lucky childhood growing up there that sort of got it into me, or just, maybe I'm just a person who thrives in the country.

I don't know, but as I get older, I find I get more and more from it and I get more and more interested in it.

-Good.

So, now that you're in Mull, what do you want to see?

-I hear talk of otters, and I've seen you on the telly with otters.

-Mull is renowned for otters.

-Is it?

-Yeah, absolutely.

-Oh, that's great because they are elusive.

Apparently, there's signs of them around us in Dorset.

-Well, hopefully, I'll get you one.

-Yeah.

Brilliant.

-Now, the other thing that Mull is famous for is eagles.

-Oh, yes.

-White-tailed eagles.

Yeah.

-Yes.

-That one I can guarantee you.

-Can you?

-I can guarantee you an eagle.

-Oh, great.

-Yeah.

But before I go showing off one of Mull's most iconic birds, I've got another, less ferocious, lined up.

The clowns of the sea, the puffin.

-I really want to see some puffins.

Not in a just tick 'em off my list kind of way.

They're so exciting to look at.

-They're not scared of humans, so they'll just come up to you.

-Oh, will they?

-Yeah.

Oh, yeah.

-Oh, boy.

[ Laughs ] -I know you've come to Mull, to an island, but we're going to go to another island to go and see them.

-Oh, are we?

Where?

-We're going to go west of Mull to the Treshnish Isles.

♪♪ The Treshnish Isles lie about 12 miles from Croig Harbour.

They're an uninhabited archipelago that have been landmarks for travellers through the Hebrides for at least a thousand years.

Settled as far back as the early Iron Age, the names of some of the islands still reflect their importance to the Vikings who once ruled there.

Our destination is Lunga, believed to take its name from the Old Norse for "longship island."

And I'm sure it will leave a lasting impression on Martin one way or the other.

Can you smell that?

-Why, what did you do?

[ Both laugh ] -It wasn't me!

[ Sniffs ] That's the birds.

That's all the poo from the birds.

Fishy ammonia.

[ Laughs ] Turn around.

How cool is that?

-Golly me!

-He's just about to jump.

-Go on.

-[ Chuckles ] -Whee!

-There you go.

♪♪ Oh, look at that.

-Oh.

Do they spend much time in those holes?

Ooh!

Ooh!

-Yeah.

-Hey, guys!

Oh, look, that one has a mouthful of sand eels.

-Yeah, exactly.

-And he's just gone back into his hole to scarf 'em.

What's the collective noun for puffins?

-Oh, I don't know.

You got me on that one.

-Oh, I thought you knew stuff.

-I wanna say a flock.

[ Both laugh ] I do know stuff!

Lots of stuff.

thank you very much, Martin.

Having had a moment to think about it, a collective of puffins can be a colony, a puffinry, a circus, or brilliantly, an improbability of puffins.

But um, no, not a flock.

-They're just enchanting, puffins, aren't they?

-They are cool, aren't they?

-They really shuffle along.

They're slightly, a bit like little vicars.

[ Both laugh ] ♪♪ -In the winter time, they spend their time between us and America in the Atlantic Ocean.

Yeah, that's how hardy they are for such a little bird.

-What, at sea?

-At sea.

-All winter?

-Yeah.

If they didn't need to lay their eggs on land, they'd be out at sea all their life.

And some of them have been recorded that the feet don't touch land for five years until they're sexually mature, and they come back as adults.

-Oh.

Hello, mate.

What are you doing?

-I think that's their burrow.

-Oh, sorry.

-No, no, that's alright.

-I wasn't apologizing to you.

[ Both laugh ] Oh, there's someone in there.

Hello.

-Yeah.

-Morning.

-And they kind of know what to do.

♪♪ ♪♪ -Hello, mate!

♪♪ [ Both laugh ] Hello.

Those markings around their eyes are just stunning.

-Now, you see that beautiful beak?

If you shine ultraviolet light on it, it glows.

You see that yellow stripe... -Yeah.

-...in front of where the feathers begin?

-Yeah.

-That glows.

For the babies in the burrow.

-Oh, my gosh.

-When they have the sand eels, the babies can see that.

-How does evolution do that?

It goes, "I know what we need."

-Yeah.

-"A luminous beak."

-Yeah.

"I'll fit one."

Wow!

-How are your photos?

Oh, that is nice.

-That's alright!

-That's very nice, yeah.

-Cheeky over-the-shoulder little pout.

♪♪ We call this a wildlife photography roll.

It's something we do.

[ Both laugh ] -One of the best things.

-Keep the animals at ease.

-See?

Now, he's turned around again.

-I so got a picture of the eels!

Oh, you're not in the program, are you?

[ Both laugh ] ♪♪ -They are magnificent birds.

Probably our most colorful in the UK, apart from a Mandarin duck.

-Or a goldfinch.

-You do like your goldfinches, don't you?

-They got a lot of color on 'em.

-[ Chuckles ] They do, yeah.

Weather's closing in now, isn't it?

I think we should call it quits.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

While we're ahead.

-Okay.

Look at that, even just us standing up doesn't spook them.

-No, no.

These guys are fine.

♪♪ You asked about puffins and I delivered.

What's next?

-Look at that.

That looks... It looks great, doesn't it?

-Yeah.

That's the beauty of the mist.

The low-lying mist.

It looks like an island, actually.

-Rolling towards us.

-[ Chuckles ] -Uh-oh.

Oh, it is land.

-Yeah.

It's land.

[ Both laugh ] See that thing that looks like land?

That's land, funnily enough!

-It was a cloud, rain thing!

-It's land.

-Awkward.

-That's alright.

So, you see this sort of territory here?

-Yeah.

-This is perfect for otters because... obviously, the sea is quite close.

Then, they can clamber up through here, and if there's a high tide and it washes up a load of fish, they'll be in these lagoons.

-Easy pickin's.

-Exactly, yeah.

-Yeah.

-So, it can teach their babies how to fish quite easily.

You see that vibrant green patch?

-Yes.

-I bet you that's not a sprainting site.

-I don't know that word, sprainting.

-Spraint.

-Spraint.

-Spraint.

-It's dumping, isn't it?

-Basically, yeah, yeah.

-Okay.

-You can see some of it's there already.

You've just stepped foot on it.

-Oh, I see.

There's bits of fish in it.

-Yeah.

Exactly.

So... -And what -- is that, a wee jobbie there?

-No, that is a goose, most likely.

Delicious.

-Did you enjoy that?

[ Both laugh ] -No, it actually smells really lovely.

Can you smell, like a... -A little bit fishy.

-A little bit fishy.

Can you smell a bit of jasmine?

I can't smell the jasmine on this particular one.

Yeah, I'll tell you what.

You're very trustworthy of me, aren't you?

-You smacked me in the face.

[ Both laugh ] -Most people I know would hold my hand!

Because they don't want me to do it, but -- yeah!

So, if we dissect that, you can see there's loads of fish bones and scales, and it shows you what they're eating on.

So, a healthy otter will eat more fish than crabs because crabs are easy to get, but there's not enough nutrients in them.

So, I know that this particular otter is doing good.

-Hey, look, there's a newt.

-Ah, it is, yeah.

-Hello, newty.

I had a newt when I was little.

-You did?

-Yeah, we took it on the train.

[ Both laugh ] In a jam jar.

-A pet newt?

-Yeah, he was my pet newt.

-I like that.

♪♪ If you have a look here, Martin.

If you imagine yourself as an otter... It's high up on the ground, so as you poo on it, your scent gets driven everywhere, so all the other otters will know that there's a sprainting site here.

And once they come closer to sniff it, they'll know if you're a male, you're a female, if you're a female, if you're sexually active or not, are you sexually mature.

All of that is just through a sniff of a little bit of poo.

-Crabby.

-Exactly.

Claw.

So, when they catch the crab, they normally try and catch it from behind and to keep the claws that way.

-Yeah.

-So the crab can't grab them.

And then, when they get onto land, they'll just rip it open.

-Wow.

-And then, they'll use the actual body of the crab, and they'll just eat it like a cup.

It's incredible.

We're seeing them!

We're seeing signs, but not them themselves.

-Yes.

Do you know, it's just really nice to have an excuse to go rock pooling, isn't it?

[ Both laugh ] -Bring out our inner child in us again.

-Yes.

♪♪ -With a great first day on Mull coming to an end, minus an otter, it's time to make our way to the sanctuary of a campsite I've had set up on its own secluded coastline.

Looks lovely ,right?

Beautifully positioned near the shore, this canvas oasis faces directly out towards the summer sunset, offering a little bit of luxury to us outdoor adventurers.

However, as anyone who's holidayed in Scotland will know and Martin's about to discover, the weather has other ideas.

-I'm very cold.

Is it always like this the day after midsummer?

-Well... No such thing as bad weather.

It's just bad clothing.

-Bad clothing?

-[ Laughs ] Yeah.

-Or not enough.

-[ Laughs ] Yeah!

-Oh, they're smart tents.

-They are.

They're actually better than what I'm normally used to.

-Really?

-I'm just normally under a tarpaulin when I'm filming.

They're incredible.

So, if you have this one... -Okay.

-...and I'll have the other one.

-Okay.

-And hopefully, you'll find something that will keep you nice and warm in there.

-It's not a sheep, is it?

-No, unfortunately, it's not.

-Oh!

[ Laughs ] Tobermory whiskey.

♪♪ -We take advantage of a break in the weather to cook up a special treat... a selection of Mull's fresh seafood that was waiting for us at the campsite.

-Hello there.

This evening, we're going to be doing scallops over a fire in front of an otter.

-[ Laughs ] -Have you ever cooked mussels on the beach with a fire like this?

-Oh, yeah.

-With a bit of chili, and a bit of lime, and a bit of how's-your-doo-dah.

-Absolutely.

Love, love mussels.

There's something primeval about cooking over fire, isn't there?

-Yeah.

I guess that's how it started, I suppose.

-Yeah.

The smell, the sound.

-It's unceremonious, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-And there's some things I don't really like cooking inside.

I like to sizzle a steak, you know, and that makes the whole kitchen full of beef oil, doesn't it?

-Yeah.

Are your family big foodies?

-Uh... Yes.

Well, we eat.

[ Both laugh ] -Oh, you do?

-My daughter, Emily, is getting more and more adventurous... Not terribly adventurous, but she's quite adventurous.

-Right.

Yeah.

-But yeah.

No, we like our food.

-Now, what do you call those?

-Langoustine.

-See, we call them prawns here on the West coast.

Your prawns are probably about... this big.

-But those are called Langoustines here, too, aren't they?

-Well, I don't know, but we call them prawns.

-Langoustine's too French, pal.

That's a prawn.

Get it up here.

[ Both laugh ] [ Speaking global language ] -Thank you very much.

-Thank you very much.

Thank you.

♪♪ Mmm!

-Have you drizzled the lemon over it already?

-Mmm.

Ooh, they're lovely, plump buggers.

-How did you feel today went, Martin?

-We need more otters.

-I showed you their scat.

-Now I've seen their poo, I feel entitled to get up closer and more personal.

-Well, that's tomorrow's challenge thrown down -- otters.

But for now, it's off to bed.

-Thanks for today.

-Anytime, my friend.

Anytime.

-Yeah, lovely.

Lovely puffins.

-Yeah, thank you.

We've got a saying in Scotland.

-Yeah?

-And it's [speaks global language], which is "goodnight, my friend."

-[Mumbles] to you, too.

-Yeah.

Cheers, bud.

We'll work on that tomorrow.

♪♪ -Here's my lovely bed.

I shall get into it and sleep.

Although, you can see how light it is.

It's, um... It's just gone... It's 10:50, the day after midsummer.

Freezing cold, pouring rain, but light at night.

Not so bad, but I don't really mind.

I'll go to sleep, and I'll wake up, and have another fantastic day.

-It's the morning after the night before, and I can truly say I slept like a wee baby.

How did you sleep?

-Uh, not -- not that well.

-Really?

-Yeah, yeah.

-What was up?

-Uh, very cold.

And I couldn't shut the bottom of the, um... tent, so I had to block that up.

-No!

-And then, I knocked the whiskey over.

Disaster.

-[ Laughs ] -Yeah, so, not the most restful night.

-Bless you.

-I used to camp a lot.

There's an organization that's still going called Forest School Camps.

-Okay.

-You'd learn how to put a tent up.

You'd learn to take your kindling to bed.

You'd all take turns cooking.

-Okay.

-Like, for a camp of 80, doing 80 boiled eggs.

-Oh, wow.

-It was a terrific... terrific thing.

-What was school like for you?

-Uh... I don't know, I didn't really care for it.

-Really?

-I got hit with sticks a lot.

-Really?

So, a time where you can still... -Almost daily.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, all day long, really.

But I was a pain in the ass.

My father -- -[ Laughs ] -My father died when I was 8.

And um, I got sent to a boarding school.

A prep school.

-Right.

-Which was a very nice, very good place.

Actually, because I was sort of annoying, they put me in charge... Well, I was a massive bed-wetter, as well, which... you aren't cherished in a boarding school.

-No!

Oh, okay.

No, that's right.

-In a dormitory.

So, they put me in a room downstairs on my own.

It was sort of like, "That Clunes is odd."

-[ Laughs ] And so, they put me in charge of the school donkey and the chickens, and that was a responsibility.

I got up before everybody and I went and let the, uh, chickens, and turkeys, and geese, and stuff, and there was a donkey, and I let them out.

And I think that worked, actually, because it gave me a sort of role and a sort of responsibility.

-And this is exactly what's so wonderful about being surrounded by Mother Nature.

She gives you the time to reflect and connect.

Yet, it's not long 'til Martin's focus returns to the pressing case in hand.

-Is this good otter territory?

-Absolutely.

It's actually one of the best places.

You get a little bit of seaweed, the rocks, the long grass.

If they get scared and they can't go out to sea, they'll come into the long grass.

Or if they're on the long grass, they'll go into the seaweed to nap.

Ooh!

Right, definitely check over in that bit there.

Right above the seaweed.

Something properly splashed.

-Yes, there's an otter.

He just went under.

I thought I saw that profile of a head and then... -Okay.

-And then, I thought I saw another one, and now I'm seeing them everywhere.

-I'd expect within 20 seconds, it will be back up again because they can't stay under the water for too long.

Oh.

-There's something going on there.

-Really?

-Yeah.

There.

-Yep.

That's exactly where I saw it.

-That's a seal.

-I think that is a seal.

I think that was a morning seal just fooling us.

♪♪ With the otters proving frustratingly elusive, I've decided to put the search on hold -- for now.

And instead, I'm taking Martin to the very north of the island where I'm going to come good on my promise of seeing Mull's spectacular bird, the sea eagle.

You've never seen the Whitetails before, have you, Martin?

-No.

-No.

Well, you're in for a treat, hopefully.

So, let's just... Let's stop here.

The Eagles will see us coming from miles away and could decide to fly off.

So, I need my camera to be fully prepped before we approach.

I'll make sure all the settings are ready to go.

-Should I take the cap off?

-Ah, yes, please.

It's essential we're completely good to go to give ourselves the best chance of getting that perfect shot.

If the bird takes off, the adult, just sit and enjoy it, mate.

It's wonderful.

Absolutely wonderful.

So, they're in these trees in here.

I think I can see one of the adults now, if I'm not mistaken.

Yeah, that's the adult.

-Oh, yeah, yeah.

-Can you see it?

-Yeah.

-So, it's got its back to us.

-Yeah.

Showing us his tail.

-Yeah.

-His credentials.

-Exactly.

So, if you have a look at that one, it's actually stretching its wings out.

-Yeah.

-Because it's so wet.

-Oh, he's drying his wings like a cormorant.

-Yeah.

-He's turning around.

-They clearly can see us.

So, they like these old, mature trees because they want something nice and strong to hold up their nest.

And you get the typical size of how big is their nest.

It's been recorded that they can be nearly the size of a double bed mattress in some cases.

Yeah, they are huge.

Have a look at that.

A lot closer in, I zoomed in.

-Oh, yeah.

Oh, look at him.

He's a big fella, isn't he?

Wow.

I just sort of clocked him in relation to the branch.

He was on, like, a wall.

-Yeah.

-So, if one was stood here, what would we be kind of... -Their heads will be around here.

-Wow.

-Yeah.

An 8-foot wingspan.

Isn't that something?

-Yeah.

-I'm five-foot diddly-squat.

How tall are you?

-Eight foot.

-Eight foot?

Absolutely!

It's a real privilege to be able to observe these huge creatures in the wild as they were driven to extinction in Britain by 1918.

But thanks to a successful breeding program on the west coast of Scotland in the 1970s, they've since spread their wings and thrived.

So, at this age, I won't expect to see both parents there.

But you never know.

We might get lucky.

♪♪ Yeah, I see her.

So, if you look over on the... far side there, Martin, you'll see the female is sat up on the second tree in.

-Oh, yeah.

Wow.

Well spotted.

I guess you know what you're looking for.

-Yeah, well, eagle eyes.

-[ Laughs ] Very good.

-Can you see that?

That gull is mobbing it.

-Oh, yes!

Oh, wow.

It's really flying close to it.

Will she ever go at that gull?

-She'll never attack the gull.

-She won't defend herself?

-She'll duck to the left and to the right as the gull's mobbing it.

It's just like a... ♪♪ They just want it out of its territory.

That predator, that eagle, if it moves off our territory, if we harass it enough, it will move off, and that's all they want.

Oh, there's two of them now.

-Well, she just isn't bothered.

-She's not bothered at all.

-There's a third one joining, as well.

-Is there?

Yeah.

Right, shall we get into a better position?

-Okay.

-Can you see?

Yeah.

She's flying.

Yeah.

The gulls have clearly done their job because they've flushed her.

Think that's far enough, don't you?

-Here?

-Yeah.

We don't want to disturb them.

-That's half a boat.

-Say again?

-That's half a boat there.

-Oh, yeah.

-What's going on there?

-I didn't even notice it, to be honest.

I'm so focused on the eagles.

-Oh, look at that.

-Isn't it amazing?

-Oh, you beauty!

-And sometimes, they just, when they look at you, it looks like they're looking through you, you know?

Not going, "Hey, how you doing?

It's just looking straight into your soul.

Mull's proving to be a wonderful backdrop to my time with Martin.

He's a great companion who's been wonderfully open about his life.

Maybe it's the effect of the fresh air and the wildlife.

I hear you got a big birthday coming up!

-Yes.

I'm 60 this year.

-60.

How do you feel about that?

-Resigned.

-Really?

-[ Laughing ] Well, I can't do anything about it!

-Yeah.

-There's a lot of variety in life when you're nearly 60.

Something new hurts every day.

-Yeah.

-It's the body packing up.

-Yeah.

Fair enough.

-Eyesight failing.

Creaky.

-I don't know about that.

You can spot things pretty well.

-Well, from a long way -- No, I didn't spot that eagle.

But I suppose you knew what you were looking for.

-Yeah.

-Yeah, no, it's alright.

It's fine.

It is fine.

I'm in a good place.

-You're coping.

-I've got this amazing daughter.

I think the world of her, you know, it's just a... Like, those milestone birthdays sort of calls for reflection, maybe, sometimes.

But I'm okay.

I'm okay.

-Yeah.

-Doing things like this... used to make me nervous.

I thought, well, I shouldn't do too much of this because if I do, you know, keep appearing as myself, who's going to believe me when I'm pretending to be somebody else?

But it hasn't seemed to work out like that.

You know, I've kept the two things going.

And now, I wouldn't miss the trees and privilege of being somewhere like here with someone like you and the other amazing places and people I get to meet.

I'd never trade that, not for anything now.

-Well, I'm glad.

-This is pretty special here, isn't it?

-It is.

I told, um, my village, like, "Oh, I'm going to be doing a... a little program with Martin Clunes."

And they go, "'Men Behaving Badly'!"

"Excuse me?"

"'Men Behaving Badly'!"

I think "Men Behaving Badly" was made before I was born.

-What?!

-Yeah!

What was that like?

-You had a live audience, like you were in a theatre.

And also, with jokes like that, with comedy, there's a music to it that the audience out there laugh, and you, you know, and that's how you time things.

-Yeah.

Yeah.

-So, it was an absolute joy.

An absolute joy.

And then, it became hugely successful, which was immensely gratifying.

-Have you ever thought of... Recreating "Men Behaving Badly" nowadays?

-It's been mooted a few times.

Um, the trouble is, with the, you know, everything moves on, and there's... there's such a happy memory people have of that.

To then... I know there's lots of precedents for very successful returns, but... -Yeah.

-The worry of it not being funny, and also... the bulk of the jokes, I don't know if you'd get away with now.

Middle-aged men, it's a little bit icky, I think.

-Okay.

-Talking about Kylie Minogue's bottom.

[ Both laugh ] -It's easy to get lost in Martin's chat.

I'd almost forgotten about the promise I made on delivering him some otter action.

With time running out, I need to refocus.

I've made the decision to head to the east coast of Mull, to Salen Bay, where I'm hoping our luck will change.

-What are the signs you look for when you're trying to scout for an otter?

-If it's on land, or if I think it's going to be on land, I look for the silhouettes.

-Right.

-And it's normally up on a rock trying to feed on something.

-And moving.

-And moving.

Yeah.

So, movement is a big thing.

But then, once it's in the water, I actually don't use my binoculars.

If you just have the binoculars, you're tunnel vision.

And an otter can be doing hula hoops on this side and you don't see it.

And what other birds -- Say, if an otter comes up to a group of roosting birds to eat, they'll flush up.

-Yeah, I love that.

-Something's up there.

-That's like with the eagles.

You're looking to see what the gulls are doing.

-Yeah, exactly.

-And with the puffins and the... Yeah.

-There you go.

This bay is really good for seals, normally.

There's a seal in the water there, Martin.

-[ Chuckles ] It looks like a buoy.

-Yeah!

A buoy or a big bottle just filled with water, half-filled with water.

-He's just resting.

Just taking it all in.

-Yeah, yeah.

Yeah.

Just chilling.

Right.

Come on, Martin, I'll do you a bet.

-What?

-I bet I can see an otter before you.

-Oh, right.

Yeah, I bet you can.

♪♪ -If you have a look over on that side, Martin, there's a whole load of geese.

But if you look closely, you'll see... goslings with them, as well.

They're really cute.

-Yeah.

But that cute thing... Isn't that hard-wired into all animals?

Because I know that lots of animals, they know what the young of other species are.

Horses know children from adults.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

Yeah.

-Do they act different with them?

-Yeah.

My old boy Chester, sadly, no longer with us.

Nice, big, old Shire-Hanoverian cross.

When Emily was tiny, she used to ride on him, and he had quite a harsh trot to him.

But when she was on his back, it was like he was holding an egg.

-Heron, heron, heron, heron, heron.

Just give me a second.

Give me a second.

-Beautiful.

-They are, just ever so gentle flapping.

-And the wings sort of stay arched the whole time, doesn't it?

-Yeah.

So, you can mistake them for eagles from a far, far distance.

-Yeah I bet.

-For example, like, buzzards, they start off up here, you know, like a big V, distinctive, when they're soaring around.

Golden eagles are like that.

White tails tend to be a little bit more... and then herons are just like a complete M when they're flying around.

With no sign of an otter, I take the drastic decision to cross back to the other side of the island to Loch na Keal, a favorite spot where I've filmed them before.

It's our last chance, but the conditions aren't great.

In fact, they're worse.

-It is really hard when it's choppy, isn't it?

-It is.

Yeah.

Come on, come on, come on, come on.

♪♪ And then, Martin sees something in the water.

♪♪ -Two of them.

-Two?

♪♪ ♪♪ Martin.

It's up on the rock, eating.

♪♪ ♪♪ And it's back in the water.

How amazing is that?

-The first one was just right there, and I saw it swimming off, and then there was another little head just beyond it.

That was great, seeing him up on the rock!

-Yeah.

Good spot, mate.

-Thanks, mate.

Well, I was well taught.

-[ Laughs ] I thought we weren't going to see them.

Weather was against us.

Time was against us.

The sea condition has become a little bit rough, so I was like, "That's it.

We're never gonna see it."

I wouldn't be surprised if it does a loop and comes back and looks at us.

-Do you reckon?

-Yeah, sometimes, they do.

You keep your eyes on the rocks.

I'll do the water.

-Okay.

-And hopefully, one of us will clock it back again.

-Okay.

-Every little wave is an otter.

-Well, where have they gone?

♪♪ -Come on, come on, come on, come on.

I'm determined to get one more glimpse at him.

-Yeah, on a rock.

-On a rock?

-Little rock, just beyond where he was.

-Yeah!

I see him, I see him.

Well spotted, Martin!!

♪♪ Oh!

Chief Otter spotter.

-Oh, look at him.

-Just munching away.

-Can you see the fish?

I think I can.

-Yeah, I can definitely see it being pulled, but I don't know what it is.

Not at this distance.

He's well over 350 meters away.

-Wow.

Oh, look at him!

-Yeah, mate.

Now, if you look at him like that, he just looks like a rock.

-Yeah, completely.

So, you see, when you film that... -Yeah.

-...they send it off to Foley.

-Yeah.

-He'll eat a bit of Twix or something.

-[ Laughs ] "Crunch, crunch, crunch."

-Crunch.

"Wow!

Listen to that fish!"

I love watching animals eat.

I don't know why.

-[ Laughs ] Okay, he's ready to go.

He's in.

-There you go.

-He's in.

Right.

I can try and follow him, but I don't think we're going to see him very easily in that choppy water.

-No way.

-He's actually gone to a quieter, calmer bit.

Which might be good luck for us if we go around.

Shall we move round?

-Yeah!

-Yeah?

♪♪ So, if we approach over this headland... -Yeah.

-Gently.

Just keep scanning while you pop your head over, and we won't spook it.

So, you check that bit there.

If you actually just kneel on that bit there.

[ Whispering ] Martin, Martin, Martin!

There, there, there, there, there.

Right in front of us.

♪♪ ♪♪ You can hear it.

You can hear it.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ How cool is that?

[ Crunching ] ♪♪ -We're close enough to hear him eating the crab!

After we were saying about the foley artist.

-Exactly.

Exactly.

We can hear it.

It's a young one.

-[ Imitates crunching ] ♪♪ That was incredible!

-Wasn't that cool?

-Did you get -- Obviously.

-Yeah.

Yeah.

"Did I get it"!

-He showed us every inch of himself, as well.

[ Chuckles ] -A dream come true.

-That couldn't be bettered.

-It couldn't.

-Actually hearing it.

-Yeah.

How cool is that?

-I'd give you a high five.

I'd say give you a high five.

Well done, mate.

Well done.

-That's never going to get any better.

I'm never going to get -- that's never going to... Never!

[ Both laugh ] -There you go, mate.

-There we go.

Mission accomplished.

-First proper otter.

-Proper otter, yeah.

Proper, proper otter.

-Memories.

Absolute.

Memories.

-Yeah.

Amazing.

-That calls for a celebration.

-Right.

-Fish and chips?

-Fish and chips?

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

I'm not bothered looking anymore.

I'm over them.

I feel a bit sorry for the crab.

-Yeah, I do, but... -That's kinda smart of it, isn't it?

[ Both laugh ] ♪♪ -And so, civilization beckons us once more.

The capital of Mull, Tobermory, where the comforting whiff of vinegar from the chip van signals the end to a wonderful journey.

Are you hungry?

-I am, I am.

What's that -- Hiya.

Hi.

What's that third one down?

Sgriob-ruadh smokie?

-It's a local farm.

-What's it say?

Oh.

-It's a smoked sausage.

It's a battered smoked sausage.

-Ah, I thought it was a spliff!

[ Laughter ] A ruadh smokie.

[ Laughs ] What are you gonna have?

-Uh... Fish and chips.

-And mushy peas.

-We don't have any mushy peas.

-Oh, fuff!

[ All laugh ] -Thanks very much.

-Thank you.

-Cheers.

-Grab a pew, mate.

Grab a pew.

-Here?

-Yeah, that'll do.

-Here we go.

-Cheers, mate.

-Cheers.

-To a wonderful trip.

-Oh!

-Thank you for your company.

-Thank you.

Thank you.

Thanks for showing me everything.

And thanks for delivering that otter so neatly.

Proper ottered right up.

As we say in Dorset.

-[ Laughs ] So, when you go back home to your family, what would you tell them?

-I'd tell them about you.

-About me?

-Yeah, they don't listen when I talk about animals.

-[ Laughs ] -They all drop off.

-"I haven't seen that nuthatch for three days."

"Really?"

-[ Laughs ] I really enjoyed your company.

-Oh, well, thank you.

I've thoroughly enjoyed yours, and I've learnt a lot.

We see you guys at the end of Attenborough's programs.

You know, a little bit talking about how you achieve this and how you achieve that and everything, but to just sort of hear the brass tacks mechanics of it, and what that's like for you, and how you feel when you're doing it, and what you're learning... that's really, that's a privilege.

-Perfect.

Absolutely wonderful having you.

So, thank you.

-You know what, it's funny.

I've unlocked memories, all animal-related and childhood-related.

Taking a newt to Chelmsford, I'd completely forgotten I'd done that.

-Yeah.

[ Both laugh ] Thanks again.

-Oh.

Thank you.

-To the next time.

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