Volcano Live

You may have noticed that the BBC is currently screening a four night program called Volcano Live! 

This appears to feature two people sitting in a caravan on Hawaii near a volcano that isn't doing very much at present, while talking about pictures of other volcanos that are also fairly dormant. BTW: Why the cue cards, did the crew forget to take the autocue* equipment?

Now I realise you can't schedule an eruption in advance, but surely this didn't need to be a live satellite link program. 

Surely it could have been filmed in advance. Still what do I know?

Meanwhile here is my version of Volcano Live. It's pretty much like the TV program but with more visual impact:


*Sorry Nigel, I mean Autoscript...

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