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Birds Britannia

Episode 2: Waterbirds

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: 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

Duration: 1 hour, 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Available for years

Author and naturalist Helen Macdonald embarks on a clockwise loop around the M25 to discover if there is a wild side to Britain's busiest road. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Helen Macdonald
Executive Producer:
Rory Wheeler
Producer:
Nathan Budd
Production Company:
Rare TV

Front Row

Mark Ronson and Michael Chabon, Helen Macdonald, Rubens at the RA

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Musician Mark Ronson discusses working with author Michael Chabon, Helen Macdonald on her memoir H is for Hawk, and William Feaver assesses the Royal Academy's Rubens exhibition. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Mark Ronson
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Chabon
Interviewed Guest:
Helen Macdonald
Interviewed Guest:
William Feaver
Interviewed Guest:
Karen Sanig
Producer:
Julian May

Front Row

David Oyelowo; Helen Macdonald; Bob Dylan Album; Joanna Marsh

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

David Oyelowo on playing Martin Luther King Jr, Costa-winner Helen Macdonald, Mark Ellen reviewing Bob Dylan singing Frank Sinatra, and Joanna Marsh's new composition. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
David Oyelowo
Interviewed Guest:
Helen Macdonald
Interviewed Guest:
Mark Ellen
Interviewed Guest:
Joanna Marsh

Drama on 4

Helen Macdonald - Through the Wire

Duration: 45 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. How British PoWs survived incarceration in German camps by studying free-flying birds. Drama documentary with David Bamber. Show more

Contributors

John Buxton:
Lorcan Cranitch
Peter Conder:
Jay Villiers
Producer:
Tim Dee

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A Point of View

Star Wars Obsession

Duration: 10 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Helen Macdonald has made her name writing about nature and birds of prey. So why has she become so fascinated with the recent Star Wars movie that she's been to see it six times? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Helen Macdonald
Producer:
Richard Vadon

Genres

Bookclub

Helen Macdonald - H is for Hawk

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Helen Macdonald talks to James Naughtie and readers about her memoir H is for Hawk which won the Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction in 2014. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Helen Macdonald
Producer:
Dymphna Flynn

Natural World

2017-2018

Episode 7: H is for Hawk: A New Chapter

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Nature documentary. Helen Macdonald trains a goshawk and follows a wild goshawk family at the nest, getting closer than ever before to these fiery eyed birds of prey. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 8 months

Author Helen Macdonald follows Britain’s greatest river over four seasons, encountering salmon, beavers and the microscopic creatures helping to answer science's biggest questions. Show more