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Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One CambridgeshireLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Alan Titchmarsh travels Britain to discover why our islands are so diverse and extreme. He concludes his journey and asks what the future might hold for our landscape.

British Isles: A Natural History

Episode 1: Three Billion Years in the Making

Duration: 47 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One CambridgeshireLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Alan Titchmarsh travels Britain to discover why our islands are so diverse, peeling back the layers of time to reveal what shaped the landscape.

British Isles: A Natural History

Episode 2: Deserts, Dinosaurs and Volcanoes

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One CambridgeshireLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Alan Titchmarsh uncovers how the British Isles were formed and looks back to a time when dinosaurs roamed Oxford. Show more

Duration: 48 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One CambridgeshireLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Alan Titchmarsh travels Britain to discover why our islands are so diverse, beautiful and extreme. He looks back to the last Ice Age, when polar bears roamed Scotland.

British Isles: A Natural History

Episode 4: Islands Apart

Duration: 48 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One CambridgeshireLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Alan Titchmarsh travels Britain to discover why our islands are so diverse and extreme. When the Ice Age ended and the seas rose, we were cut off from mainland Europe.

Duration: 48 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One CambridgeshireLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Alan Titchmarsh travels Britain to discover why our islands are so diverse and extreme. He explores a time when industry changed the landscape.

British Isles: A Natural History

Episode 5: Taming the Wild

Duration: 47 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One CambridgeshireLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

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. Show more

British Isles: A Natural History

Episode 7: Modern Times

Duration: 48 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One CambridgeshireLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Alan Titchmarsh travels Britain to discover why our islands are so diverse and extreme. Alan looks at the last hundred years of change to our countryside. Show more