The Life and Death of an Oak
First of two films from top French wildlife film-makers Gerald Calde ron and Jean-Marie BauHe.
The oak is one of the most important trees in European woodlands: many animals - blue tits, jays, squirrels, cockchafers and wild boars - depend on it for shelter. Even when it dies and has fallen, the oak still contributes to wood-land life. Strange creatures of damp and decay live inside the rotting trunk forming new soil-the nursery for a sprouting acorn. Narrated by ROBERT RIETTY
Photography JEAN-MARIE BAUFLE Producer GERALD CALDERON An eolis production
BBC TV presentation by ROBIN PRYTHERCH Series editors ANTHONY ISAACS and MICHAEL ANDREWS. BBC Bristol