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British Isles: A Natural History

Alan Titchmarsh

Chris Cole

British Isles: A Natural History: Episode 5: Taming the Wild

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Episode 5: Taming the Wild

Taming the Wild

BBC One - British Isles: A Natural History, Taming the Wild

Alan Titchmarsh looks at how Stone Age man turned the islands from forest to farm.

Alan Titchmarsh travels Britain to discover why our islands are so diverse and extreme. He looks at how Stone Age man turned the islands from forest to farm.

Armed with stone axes and grim determination, a few thousand people turned our islands from forest to farm. Alan Titchmarsh discovers how our ancestors - from Stone Age man to the Romans and Normans - not only changed the countryside but also brought us the scourge of gardeners everywhere.

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Alan Titchmarsh travels Britain to discover why our islands are so diverse and extreme.

Alan Titchmarsh travels Britain to discover why our islands are so diverse, beautiful and extreme.

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