Okay I have no way to see this and it's not available to download yet. If anybody has a downloadable link or is willing to send me a DVD of the show it would be much appreciated.
However - Channel 5, at least when I was in the UK, was hardly of the same factual status as other channels, tending more towards better viewing than serious documentaries. This is six years ago now, so it may have changed, who knows.
However - at this link outlining the show - there are some factual inaccuracies already...
(1) "Four tourists were set upon within minutes of each other" - which is broadly accurate except they were three different incidents involving two different sharks at three different locations
(2) "[beaches were re-opened as] experts claimed to have captured the two sharks responsible for the attacks" - no they didn't. Two sharks were caught, one shortfin mako and one juvenile longimanus. The mako was described as "probably responsible", since they are so rare here and it was the right size. The longimanus was quite rightly identified as being too small and without the distinct tail marking observed by witnesses. The identifications were made by very knowledgeable people, rather than the "experts" called from abroad, who did not arrive until much later, after the fatal attack.
(3) The German lady was not killed in Na'ama bay, she was attacked in the Gardens, the next bay to the north. Close, but rather different locations.
I am sure you're probably sick of me blabbing on about this thing but it's still affecting business here (although not as dramatically) and I want to know what is being broadcast to potential visitors!
Cheers
C.
However - Channel 5, at least when I was in the UK, was hardly of the same factual status as other channels, tending more towards better viewing than serious documentaries. This is six years ago now, so it may have changed, who knows.
However - at this link outlining the show - there are some factual inaccuracies already...
(1) "Four tourists were set upon within minutes of each other" - which is broadly accurate except they were three different incidents involving two different sharks at three different locations
(2) "[beaches were re-opened as] experts claimed to have captured the two sharks responsible for the attacks" - no they didn't. Two sharks were caught, one shortfin mako and one juvenile longimanus. The mako was described as "probably responsible", since they are so rare here and it was the right size. The longimanus was quite rightly identified as being too small and without the distinct tail marking observed by witnesses. The identifications were made by very knowledgeable people, rather than the "experts" called from abroad, who did not arrive until much later, after the fatal attack.
(3) The German lady was not killed in Na'ama bay, she was attacked in the Gardens, the next bay to the north. Close, but rather different locations.
I am sure you're probably sick of me blabbing on about this thing but it's still affecting business here (although not as dramatically) and I want to know what is being broadcast to potential visitors!
Cheers
C.