In the depths of winter, areas of Britain can be transformed into snow-covered, picturesque scenes. But as children in the suburbs dream of a white
Christmas, many animals - from the frozen Highlands of Scotland to the stormy southern English coast - are engaged in a battle to survive the harsh weather.
This natural-history film captures the beauty and drama of the winter months, when swans gracefully transverse icy lakes, mountain hares become as white as the snow, and dormice simply curl up and go to sleep.
Narrated by Stephen Tompkinson. Producer Mary Summerill
Executive producer Neil Nightingale
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