Natural Histories Comedy featuring Harriet Carmichael. Show more

Natural Histories Comedy featuring Harriet Carmichael. Show more

Brett Westwood explores how for thousands of years we have marvelled at stones falling from the sky, often seen as mysterious messages from above; omens of luck and favour. Show more

Brett Westwood investigates our obsession with bats. From Dracula to Batman and Goth, bats have infiltrated our culture and our psyches. Show more

Brett Westwood uncovers our long and fascinating relationship with eels via a festival in the Isle of Eels, a river bank in Dorset and a Pie and Mash shop in London. Show more

Aristotle described them as the 'intestines of the earth' and they captivated Charles Darwin as Brett Westwood discovers when he explores our relationship with the earthworm. Show more

Summer is icumen in - loud sing cuckoo. We love the bird as a harbinger of spring and fear it for its unsettling parasitism. Brett Westwood explores the cuckoo. Show more

Natural Histories Comedy featuring David Schneider. Show more

Lice have been amongst our closest neighbours since our earliest evolution; and yet as Brett Westwood discovers they both repel and fascinate us. Show more

Brett Westwood admires how the impossible-looking creature once known as the 'camelopard' journeyed from the plains of Africa to a place in people's hearts the world over Show more

The beguiling and mysterious otter leads Brett Westwood on a merry spraint hunt. Show more

Brett Westwood explores our relationship with an Arctic Legend, the Narwhal. This Unicorn of the Sea is not only extraordinary in appearance, but tantalisingly difficult to study!

Brett Westwood looks at the history of a bird which has become a byword for male beauty. Show more

Mr A. Mandrill’s had enough. He’s trying to bring a legal case against the human race.

A Natural Histories Comedy featuring David Schneider.

A swan song, of sorts, for the final episode of this series. Show more

From engaging funny figures to sentinels of change Penguins have entertained us and taught us life lessons. Show more

Natural Histories Comedy featuring David Schneider. Show more

Natural Histories comedy with David Schneider. Show more

Natural Histories comedy with David Schneider. Show more

Brett Westwood learns how fleas are entwined with disease, love, language and humour Show more