Heligan: Secrets of the Lost Garden – Looking at the secret lives of the wildlife in one of Britain’s favourite gardens. Shot by Charlie Hamilton-James, this film follows various animals, from the family of foxes that play after hours in the pleasure gardens to the toads in the Italian garden and the badgers that clear up the tea rooms at […]
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Life in Colour episode 2: David Attenborough reveals the extraordinary ways that some animals use colour to hide and disappear into the background. New science reveals how the Bengal tiger in central India uses its orange-black stripes to hide from its colour-blind prey. In Kenya’s Masai Mara, the zebra’s black-and-white pattern confuses predators with an extraordinary effect called motion dazzle.
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Life in Colour episode 1: Using the latest camera technology, David Attenborough reveals the extraordinary ways in which animals use colour: to win a mate, to fight off rivals and to warn enemies. The natural world is full of colours. For us, they are a source of beauty, but for animals they are a tool for survival. David Attenborough reveals
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Patagonia: The Ends of the Earth: At the far tip of South America lies a magical realm that seems frozen in time: Patagonia, known as ‘the end of the world’. Voyaging from the high Andes to coastal fjords, we learn that to survive here you have to be as extreme as the country itself – either specialising in one habitat
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Alaska: Last American Frontier – In southeast Alaska, there’s an ice-bound Eden that harbours possibly the richest temperate rainforests of all. The vast majority of Alaska’s coastal temperate rainforests are old-growth, consisting primarily of Western hemlock, Sitka spruce, mountain hemlock, and Alaska yellow cedar. Mature coastal temperate rainforests are extraordinarily complex and stable habitats. Over thousands of years many wildlife
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Galapagos: Enchanted Isles – A look at how the Galapagos became one of the most important areas of biodiversity in the world. Only the hardiest pioneers could reach this otherworldly outpost – tossed here by storms and strong currents, they found an unspoilt land of endless possibilities. With no competition, they could rule supreme, turning this seemingly inhospitable
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Luangwa: The Emerald Valley: At the very end of east Africa’s Great Rift Valley, there’s a ‘land that time forgot’ – the rolling grasslands of the Luangwa Valley. As we travel through the seasons, we find the secret to this Eden’s great riches – the annual flood of the mighty Luangwa River. Travel to the far corners of
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Namib: Skeleton Coast and Beyond: The Namib Desert is one of the oldest deserts in the world, having given rise to more indigenous species than any other. With 50 degree temperatures and annual rainfall that is measured in millimetres, how is this possible? We reveal its hidden water sources – such as the mysterious sea fog that sweeps
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Borneo: Sacred Forest: Borneo is the richest rainforest island of all, home to 60,000 species of plants and animals. 6,000 of them are unique – and more are discovered almost daily. But this ‘paradise’ is an illusion; the lush forest is effectively growing on a desert, with the soil shallow and poor in nutrients, having been leeched by eons of
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Springwatch 2022 episode 12: In the final episode of the series, we say goodbye to all the nests that we have followed throughout this season. Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan recap the highlights and the dramas we’ve witnessed over the past three weeks. Iolo Williams gets to help ring a very special raptor chick on the Isle of Mull, and
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Springwatch 2022 episode 11: In the penultimate episode, all eyes are on the Norfolk nests. Will all of the chicks fledge successfully before the end of the series? The race is on, and the tension is palpable as Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan are on fledge watch. We have special guests on the programme as Flock Together join
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Springwatch 2022 episode 10: Tonight’s Springwatch is a hive of activity, from busy bees to the latest fledglings, jumping spiders to allotment visitors. Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan are poised to deliver the latest live action from our nests in Norfolk, while Iolo Williams is exploring Mull’s wildlife wonders. Megan McCubbin spends the evening on an allotment in Newcastle and
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