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Get help transforming grey spaces into wild and colourful places!

Get help transforming grey spaces into wild and colourful places with BBC Radio 2, CBBC and BBC Teach.

Inspired by Sir David Attenborough’s Wild Isles series and the call to support British nature and wildlife, BBC Radio 2 is working with CBBC and BBC Teach to encourage EVERYONE to get planting and bring nature to your neighbourhood. Get stuck in with special guests, gardening tips and tricks and the perfect plant-themed playlists across BBC Radio 2. Re-purpose your pots, pans and pallets to get planting and bring brightness to where you live, no matter how big or small your space is!
 
If you’ve been inspired to Let It Grow let us know by sharing your progress using the hashtag #letitgrow

Plus, get more inspiration by listening to new series: Let It Grow with Liza Tarbuck on BBC Sounds.

Let It Grow: Bees in a Pod with Rob Beckett: The Grand Finale - Bee Hopeful

The Grand Finale - Bee Hopeful

BBC Radio 2 - Let It Grow, Bees in a Pod with Rob Beckett, The Grand Finale - Bee Hopeful

Comedian Rob Beckett takes an optimistic look towards the future for bees.

Comedian Rob Beckett finds out about all the good things people are doing to save the bees. Is the future of pollinators in safe hands?

David Attenborough is saving the planet, Brian May is saving badgers, now Comedian Rob Beckett is saving the bees. With help from comedy friends and proper bee experts. This week bee expert Gill Perkins – CEO of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust – is back to tell Rob about some of the positive things happening in bee world, including good numbers of bees in urban areas and the rare breed crusaders out to save threatened species. Comedian Josh Jones joins the fun to find out if there really can be any Queen Bee other than Beyonce, and bee enthusiast Dawood Qureshi leaves Rob feeling the future is in safe hands.

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Let It Grow: Bees in a Pod with Rob Beckett

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Comedian Rob Beckett discovers why we can't live without bees.

David Attenborough is saving the planet, Brian May is saving the badgers, and now Comedian Rob Beckett is saving the bees.

You might want to thank the humble bee the next time you bite into an apple. From pollinating our food and crops to providing us with honey, Bees play an unbee-lievably important role in our eco-system. But bees are in trouble. So, what can we do to save them? And how will the threat to bees impact our world? Comedian Rob Beckett is on a stinging mission to uncover the buzz around bees with celebrity friends and bee experts.

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