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Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Wed 3^rd Nov 2010, 21:00 on BBC FourLatest broadcast: Sat 11^th Feb 2012, 15:30 on BBC Two England

Documentary series about birds that live in the UK. Top of our affections are garden birds, including the robin, yet this relationship is a surprisingly modern one. Show more

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Narrator:: Bill Paterson
Series Producer:: Stephen Moss
Producer:: Susie Painter
Participant:: Bill Oddie
Participant:: David Attenborough
Participant:: Tony Soper
Participant:: Jenny Uglow
Participant:: David Lindo
Participant:: Christopher Frayling

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Birds Britannia

Episode 2: Waterbirds

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Wed 10^th Nov 2010, 21:00 on BBC FourLatest broadcast: Sat 18^th Feb 2012, 16:50 on BBC Two Wales

Documentary series about birds that live in the UK. The British have always had a passion for waterbirds but our destruction of wetlands meant their possible extinction. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:: Bill Paterson
Series Producer:: Stephen Moss
Producer:: Susie Painter
Participant:: Bill Oddie
Participant:: David Attenborough
Participant:: Tony Soper
Participant:: Kate Humble
Participant:: Helen Macdonald

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Birds Britannia

Episode 3: Seabirds

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Wed 17^th Nov 2010, 21:00 on BBC FourLatest broadcast: Sat 25^th Feb 2012, 15:30 on BBC Two Wales

Series about the UK's birds. Our relationship with seabirds is an ancient and turbulent one, an untold chapter in the history of our rise and fall as a seafaring people. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:: Bill Paterson
Narrator:: Bill Paterson
Series Producer:: Stephen Moss
Series Producer:: Stephen Moss
Producer:: Susie Painter
Producer:: Susie Painter
Participant:: David Attenborough
Participant:: David Attenborough
Participant:: Tony Soper
Participant:: Tony Soper
Participant:: Kate Humble
Participant:: Kate Humble
Participant:: Christopher Frayling
Participant:: Christopher Frayling
Participant:: Andrew Motion
Participant:: Andrew Motion
Participant:: Jeremy Mynott
Participant:: Jeremy Mynott
Participant:: David Lindo
Participant:: David Lindo
Participant:: Roy Dennis

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Birds Britannia

Episode 4: Countryside Birds

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Wed 24^th Nov 2010, 21:00 on BBC FourLatest broadcast: Sat 3^rd Mar 2012, 17:50 on BBC Two Scotland

This programme looks at countryside birds, such as the skylark, pheasant and nightingale - celebrated in poetry, used to forecast the weather and hunted for food. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:: Bill Paterson
Narrator:: Bill Paterson
Series Producer:: Stephen Moss
Series Producer:: Stephen Moss
Producer:: Susie Painter
Producer:: Susie Painter
Participant:: Bill Oddie
Participant:: Bill Oddie
Participant:: David Attenborough
Participant:: David Attenborough
Participant:: Tony Soper
Participant:: Tony Soper
Participant:: Kate Humble
Participant:: Kate Humble
Participant:: Burchardt Jeremy
Participant:: Burchardt Jeremy
Participant:: Christopher Frayling
Participant:: Christopher Frayling
Participant:: Andrew Motion
Participant:: Andrew Motion
Participant:: Jeremy Mynott
Participant:: Jeremy Mynott

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