The last of three programmes
A global celebration of birds narrated by Magnus Magnusson

The hottest parts of earth lie in the tropics where rainfall mostly governs the seasons. Even in deserts a few remarkable birds survive among hot rocks and sand. Seasonal fires in grassland scatter animals, but provide bounty for birds. Swirling clouds of quelea breed in millions when rain eventually brings food.
Half the world's birds live in the tropics. Among them are two feathered jewels never before filmed - the wire-tailed manakin of Venezuela and Wallace's standardwing, a bird of paradise thought to be extinct for years - both with fabulous displays.
BBC Bristol
(Ceefax subtitles)