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Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

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Alice Roberts swims in cavernous plunge pools, languid rivers and underground lakes to examine the passion for wild water swimming, following the classic swimming text Waterlog. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Travelling around the UK and meeting experts in botanical history, genetics, pharmaceuticals and wild food, Chris Collins tells the story behind the plants most people call weeds. Show more

Wallander

Series 2

Episode 6: The Priest

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

on BBC Four

Swedish detective drama series. A priest is shot outside a hostel in Ystad in what looks like an attempted murder. Wallander hopes that he will regain consciousness. Show more

Botany: A Blooming History

Episode 3: Hidden World

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Timothy Walker looks at how pioneer botanists unlocked the patterns found in different types of plants and opened the door to a new branch of science - plant genetics. Show more

Unnatural Histories

Episode 2: Yellowstone

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

How the influence of European Romanticism recast Yellowstone as a place to witness the raw power of God in nature, rather than a satanic place to be tamed and cultivated. Show more

Unnatural Histories

Episode 3: Amazon

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

A look at how new evidence of ancient man's influence shows that the Amazon rainforest, the epitome of a last wilderness under threat, may not be as natural as we believe. Show more

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