Britain has two million acres of forest available for everyone's enjoyment. With the government considering privatising some of them,
Patricia Whelan 's film Here
Comes the Chopper puts the case for keeping Britain's woodlands open to its "owners", the public.
Whelan calls in one of the largest private forest owners in Britain, Sir Marcus Worsley , to support her argument. Although the subject is serious, her film includes poetry and music about trees giving it an almost lyrical feel.
Hers is the first of six programmes made by members of the public on subjects they feel particularly strongly about, from hunting to free festivals. Producer Ray Hough
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