<div><div><p>Chris Packham and the team take <em>Autumnwatch</em> to America to observe New Englands colours.</p></div></div>

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With the nights drawing in and the clocks going back at the end of the month, it’s time once again for Autumnwatch’s seasonal snapshot of how wildlife is adapting to the changing seasons.

This year, however, there’s a big change to BBC2’s popular series of live broadcasts because presenters Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Gillian Burke are heading out to Squam Lake in New Hampshire, in the heart of New England, which is famous for its spectacular foliage as the seasons begin to turn.

The usual network of high-tech hidden cameras have been installed to capture footage of the local wildlife, which include moose, black bears, flying squirrels, coyotes, raccoons and bobcats.

In anticipation of this feast of flora and fauna, TV&Satellite Week caught up with Packham, 57, to find out what’s in store…

What excited you most about taking Autumnwatch to America?

It’s an opportunity to learn more about that part of the world and see how it contrasts with this one. Some themes will be the same, such as migration, but there’s a lot of difference in the migration. We also have overlaps in the species – grey squirrels, American mink, starlings and house sparrows. So, looking at the contrast in their behaviour will be interesting. If a squirrel runs across my garden, I don’t look twice. But out there, in its natural environment, it will be interesting to see what grey squirrels do.

What are the live show locations

This story is from the October 13, 2018 edition of TV & Satellite Week.

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