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The Great British Year

Original Series

Episode 1: Winter

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One Scotland HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Starting on New Year's Day, Britain is in the grip of winter. Time-lapses show a magical country shrouded in frost and mist swirling in hollows. Water becomes the enemy as it freezes, and the wildlife must cope. Red squirrels resort to subterfuge, and kites track a farmer ploughing to get at the worms beneath the frost. As winter fades, adders bask in the sun and the woodland floor erupts with snowdrops. On a lake in Wiltshire, new hope is captured in the evocative dance of the great crested grebe. Show less

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