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A View Through a Lens

Series 3

Episode 1: Taking the Plunge

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

On a remote island close to the Antarctic Circle, wildlife cameraman John Aitchison watches as leopard seals hunt young Adelie penguins learning to swim. Show more

A View Through a Lens

Series 3

Episode 2: Funky Chickens

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

From his hide, wildlife cameraman John Aitchison watches prairie chickens dance on the grasslands of Texas, accompanied by their own extraordinary booming calls. Show more

A View Through a Lens

Series 3

Episode 3: Patience

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

John Aitchison travels to Svalbard to film a polar bear hunting sea birds, but the bear has other ideas and John is left listening to the sounds of the ice. Show more

A View Through a Lens

Series 3

Episode 4: Fur Seals

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

On a very small island in the South Atlantic, surrounded by a large colony of very aggressive fur seals, wildlife cameraman John Aitchison tries to film the birth of a seal. Show more

A View Through a Lens

Series 3

Episode 5: Shearwater Hurricane

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Wildlife cameraman John Aitchison travels to the Aleutian islands to film Humpback whales and Shearwaters in one of Nature's greatest feeding spectacles. Show more