A series about animals - in close-up, in action, and in our lives - with Tony Soper and Jill Dawe
Festival of snakes: each summer the children in the Abruzzi region of Italy collect snakes, take them to church and school and dance with them round their necks!
The programme also includes Animals... in slow motion, and a report on Nature's refuse collectors : vultures are considered to be the most hideous of birds and yet they are really very efficient at the job for which they are built. Finally David Cabot looks at the business of shark fishing and its rituals
(from BBC South and West)