BBC Radio Podcasts from Best of Natural History Radio
Living World : My Living World : Woodcock
Hannah Stitfall and Dom Davies review ‘Woodcock’ from the Living World archive
Living World : My Living World : Winter Flies
Hannah Stitfall and Billy Clark review ‘Winter Flies’ from the Living World archive.
Living World : My Living World : The Spined Loach
Keen naturalists Hannah Stitfall and Dom Davies compare notes on Spined Loach.
Living World : My Living World : Jackdaw Roost
Hannah Stitfall and Billy Clarke discuss a winter jackdaw roost from Living World archive
Natural Histories : Aye-Aye
The Aye-Aye is one of the weirdest looking creatures on earth.
Natural Histories : Pigeon
The relationship between humans and pigeons is one of the oldest on the planet.
Natural Histories : Fern
A plant that has no flowers or scent, the Fern has drawn us into her fronds.
Natural Histories : Poppy
Natural Histories examines our fascination with the poppy.
Natural Histories : Chicken
How did we get from the red junglefowl of south-east Asia to the humble farmyard chicken?
Natural Histories : Bee
Bees have been the subject of fascination and reverence since ancient times.
Natural Histories : Sloth
Brett Westwood and Joanna Pinnock talk to those who really know and understand sloths
Living World : My Living World : Stone Curlew
Hannah Stitfall and Dom Davies discuss 'Stone Curlews' from the Living World archive
Living World : My Living World : Winter Ladybirds
Hannah Stitfall and Billy Clark discuss Winter Ladybirds from the Living World archive
Planet Puffin. Episode 12: The Puffin Rescuers
In the final episode, Becky Ripley and Emily Knight search for pufflings in trouble
Planet Puffin. Episode 11 Leaving the Nest
The season is ending. Becky and Emily go in search of the last pufflings in the burrows.
Planet Puffin. Episode 10: Puffin Decoys
How do you draw puffins to an island they abandoned long ago?
Planet Puffin. Episode 9: Nuffin' Like a Puffin
If you think puffins are just small penguins Michael Morpurgo is here to correct you
Planet Puffin. Episode 8: The Plastic Problem
Becky and Emily find the Isle of May's beaches awash with plastic waste.
Planet Puffin. Episode 7: Beyond Cuteness
Award-winning author Adam Nicolson presents a rich, visual piece celebrating the puffin
Planet Puffin. Episode 6: Netting Puffins
Becky and Emily string up a giant net to catch puffins as they fly past.
Living World : My Living World : The UK's Rarest Frog
Hannah Stitfall and a guest discuss one of her selections from the Living World archive
Living World : My Living World : Skomer
Wildlife film maker Hannah Stitfall and guest discuss from the Living World archive
Planet Puffin. Episode 5: Rough Seas and a Wreck
High winds and choppy waters slow Emily Knight and Becky Ripley return to the island
Planet Puffin. Episode 4: The Seabirds' Sound Bath
Becky and Emily invite you to sink deep in sound via an immersive wildlife experience
Planet Puffin. Episode 3: Grovelling for Pufflings
Becky and Emily find themselves deep in a game of puffin roulette, on the Isle of May
Planet Puffin. Episode 2 The Puffins’ Return
Emily Knight & Becky Ripley, from Blue Planet II: The Podcast, stake out the Isle of May
Planet Puffin. Episode 1 Island Life
Emily Knight & Becky Ripley, drop anchor at Scotland’s Ilse of May as the puffins return
Welcome to Planet Puffin
Follow the fortunes of a Scottish puffin colony across this year’s breeding season.
Lindsey Chapman's Living World From the Archives - Cuddy's Duck
Lindsey Chapman updates this Living World on eider ducks in Northumberland. From 2002
Lindsey Chapman's Living World From the Archives - Hares
Lindsey Chapman updates this Living World on brown hares in Hertfordshire. From 2011
Lindsey Chapman's Living World From the Archives - Hares
Lindsey Chapman updates this Living World on brown hares in Hertfordshire. From 2011
Lindsey Chapman's Living World From the Archives - Bobby Tulloch
Lindsey Chapman updates this Living World featuring Bobby Tulloch on Shetland. From 1974
Lindsey Chapman's Living World From the Archives - Stoats
Lindsey Chapman updates an edition of The Living World from 2003.
Lindsay Chapman's Living World from the Archives - The Green Isle
Lindsey Chapman updates this Living World from the Island of Islay from 1987
Lindsey Chapman's Living World From the Archives - Wild Boar
Lindsey Chapman updates this Living World on wild boar in Gloucestershire. From 2007
Lindsey Chapman's Living World From the Archives - Winter Ravens
Lindsey Chapman updates this Living World on a winter raven roost in Shropshire from 2010
Lindsey Chapman's Living World From the Archives - Caledonian Pine forest
Lindsey Chapman updates this Living World on the Caledonian Forest. From 2002.
Lindsey Chapman's Living World From the Archives - Avocet
Lindsey Chapman updates this Living World on wintering avocet on the river Exe. From 2001
Lindsey Chapman's Living World From the Archives - Dungeness
Peter France joins Erica Towner and David Harper on Dungeness in Kent. From 1990
Lindsey Chapman's Living World From the Archives - The Oak Tree Planters
Brett Westwood heads for the oak trees of the Wyre Forest with John Tulley. From 2004
Lindsey Chapman's Living World From the Archives - Underwater Architects
Lionel Kelleway is with Ian Wallace looking for caddis in Lake Windermere. From 2007
Lindsey Chapman's Living World From the Archives - The World's Largest Slug
Lionel Kelleway is in Devon looking for the ash-black slug with John Walters. From 2008
Lindsey Chapman's Living World From the Archives - Hen Harrier
Brett Westwood joins lolo Williams to explore Hen Harriers ecology. From 2001
Lindsey Chapman's Living World From the Archives - Blackbirds
Lindsey Chapman relives & updates gems from the Living World archive this week from 2002
Lindsey Chapman's Living World From the Archives - Woolston Eyes
Lindsey Chapman relives & updates gems from the Living World archive this week from 2000
Chris Packham celebrates Tweet of the Day
Chris Packham selects his own favourite episodes from Tweet of the Day
Lindsey Chapman's Living World From the Archives - Catch the Pigeon
Lindsey Chapman relives episodes from the Living World archives; this episode from 2008.
Living World From the Archives - The Machair Of The Western Isles
Unique to the northwestern Atlantic seaboard of Britain, the Machair is truly remarkable
Living World from the Archives - The Celtic Rainforest
Brett Westwood relives programmes from The Living World archives, this episode from 2011
Living World from the Archives - Celtic Rainforest
Wales is home to a remarkable and rare forest. Paul Evans joins Ray Woods in Snowdonia.
Living World from the Archives - Essex Geese
Brett Westwood relives programmes from The Living World archives, this episode from 2005.
Living World from the Archives - Essex Geese
Peter France is in Essex with ecologist Graeme Underwood and the RSPB's Chris Tyas.
Living World from the Archives - A Starling Eruption
Brett Westwood relives programmes from The Living World archives, this episode from 2014.
Living World from the Archives - A Starling Eruption
Trai Anfield immerses herself in a starling spectacle many people have never seen.
Living World from the Archives - Snowdrops
Living World is in Somerset to explore the world of snowdrops with Christine Skelmesdale.
Living World from the Archives - Mountain Hares
Brett Westwood relives programmes from The Living World archives, this episode from 2005
Living World from the Archives - Winter Ponds
Brett Westwood relives programmes from the Living World archives, this week from 2012
Living World from the Archives - Ancient Holly
Brett Westwood relives a programme from the Living World in 2011 looking at ancient holly
Living World from the Archives - Godwits
Brett Westwood relives an episode of Living World from 2013 on the black tailed godwit.
Living World from the Archives - Sika Deer
Experience the wonder and surprise that nature has to offer.
Living World from the Archives - Mellow Fruitfulness
Experience the wonder and surprise that nature has to offer.
Living World from the Archives - The Late Arrivals
Experience the wonder and surprise that nature has to offer.
Living World from the Archives - Hamsterley Forest
Experience the wonder and surprise that nature has to offer.
Living World from the Archives - Waxcap Grasslands
Experience the wonder and surprise that nature has to offer.
Bone Stories : Ben Garrod Reveals Five Bone Stories
Evolutionary biologist Ben Garrod presents five fascinating bone stories.
Bone Stories : (Episode 5 of 5) Man-eating Tiger
The jaws of a man-eating tiger provide new evidence about human evolution.
Bone Stories : (Episode 4 of 5) Dodo
Ben Garrod reveals how the dodo might be brought back from extinction
Bone Stories : (Episode 3 of 5) the Mary Rose Archer
Ben Garrod reveals how the Archers who sank with the Mary Rose could help medical science
Bone Stories : (Episode 2 of 5) West Runton Mammoth
The unearthed bones of a mammoth are full of clues to the evolutionary past
Bone Stories : (Episode 1 of 5) The Irish Giant
Ben Garrod explores the truth about Irish Giants in the first of five stories about bones
Living World from the Archives - Glow Worms
Brett Westwood introduces Living World from the Archives - Glow Worms
Living World from the Archives - The Shell Nesting Bee
Brett Westwood introduces Living World from the Archives -The Shell Nesting Bee
Living World from the Archive - The Night Island
Brett Westwood introduces Living World from the Archive - The Night Island
Living World from the Archives - The Adders of Loch Lomond
Brett Westwood relives Living World from the Archives - The Adders of Loch Lomond
Living World from the Archives - The Nest Finder of Dartmoor
Brett Westwood introduce Living World from the Archives - The Nest Finder of Dartmoor
The Listeners (Series 3, Ep 3)
Dame Evelyn Glennie reveals how there’s more to listening than hearing.
Would You Eat an Alien? - Alien Persons
Professor Christine Nicol explores the meaty problem of eating aliens and how to choose?
The Listeners (Series 3, Ep 2)
A whale biologist is among those who reveal there’s more to listening than hearing.
Would You Eat an Alien? - Sociable Aliens
Professor Christine Nicol explores the meaty problem of eating aliens and how to choose?
The Listeners (Series 3, Ep1)
Professional listeners reveal how there’s far more to listening than hearing.
Would You Eat an Alien? - Emotional Aliens
Professor Christine Nicol explores the meaty problem of eating aliens and how to choose?
Would You Eat an Alien? - Pain or No Pain
Jake the spaceman crashes on a planet and has to eat the locals. Do they feel pain?
3D Bio-Printing
Presenter Howard Stableford investigates whether 3D printing can bring real benefit to...
Soundstage - Dawn Chorus
Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson introduces the sounds of a dawn chorus recorded...
Soundstage - Glacial Melt
The extraordinary and powerful sounds of a glacier calving are captured by wildlife in...
Soundstage - The Wash
Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson introduces the extraordinary sounds which the of...
Soundstage - St James' Park
Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson introduces the sounds of the city on Match Day a...
Soundstage - Midnight at the oasis
Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson narrates the first in a series of audio wild in...
Living World - Dabbling Ducks, 1st March '15
In winter, the UK's estuaries and wetlands play host to many species of 'dabbling,' or...
Living World, Giant Fungus
Chris Sperring and Michael Jordan of the Association of British Fungus Groups go in of...
The Living World: Wood Mice of Wytham
In the company of Marc Brouard and Nigel Fisher, Conservator of Wytham Woods, Trai how...
The Cliff, Ep4
Martin Palmer, Secretary General of The Alliance of Religions and Conservation on the...
The Cliff, Ep3
Geologist Zoe Shipton explains how cliffs can be read like books to reveal the history...
The Cliff, Ep2
Skellig Michael or Great Skellig is the larger of the two Skellig islands situated off...
The Cliff, Ep1
Alan Read, Professor of Theatre at Kings College London explores the Dreadful Trade on...
Living World - Winter Seashore
Trai Anfield visits a wintry Bovisand Bay in South Devon in the company of Keith of...
An Image of Sound
Photographer Andrew Heptinstall goes on a quest to represent sound within a image, him...
The Living World - Spined Loach
The spined loach is a small freshwater fish that spends most of the time buried in the...
Shared Planet - Natural Symbols 20 Jan '14
The final programme in the series recorded in the Natural History Museum in London.
The Diaries of Brett Westwood: Canal - 16 Jan '15
When Brett Westwood began a wildlife diary at the age of 15, little did he think that...
The Diaries of Brett Westwood: Woodland - 15 Jan '15
When Brett Westwood began a wildlife diary at the age of 15, little did he think that...
The Diaries of Brett Westwood: Sewage
When Brett Westwood began a wildlife diary at the age of 15, little did he think that...
The Diaries of Brett Westwood: Valley - 13 Jan '15
When Brett Westwood began a wildlife diary at the age of 15, little did he think that...
Shared Planet - Half and Half 13 Jan '14
The world has lost so much wildlife some conservationists think half the earth should...
The Diaries of Brett Westwood: Farmland - 12 Jan '15
When Brett Westwood began a wildlife diary at the age of 15, little did he think that...
Shared Planet - Future of Coral
Coral reefs are renowned for their beauty and diversity, and they provide us with a as...
Shared Planet - Lemurs Out on a Limb
The lemurs of Madagascar are the most endangered mammals on earth - driven to the edge...
Shared Planet - Pit Stops and Stopovers
Migrating birds exemplify our problem to share the planet with wildlife.
Shared Planet - Sharing with Wolves
Few creatures have infiltrated our psyche as much as wolves. They haunt our and appear...
Shared Planet Orangutans and Drones
Orang-utans live in the peat rainforests of Malaysia and Indonesia. It can be tough to...
Shared Planet - Drought in East Africa
As East Africa gets hotter and drier livestock are increasingly being grazed inside...
Shared Planet - Snapping Turtles
What do elephants, snapping turtles and guillemots have in common? They are all of the...
Living World - Whooper Swans
When freezing temperatures descend on Iceland, majestic whooper swans migrate south to...
Shared Planet - Mangroves
Mangroves have been destroyed worldwide, we are trying to restore them.
Living World - Dry Stone Walls
Mary Colwell travels to White Peak to meet Sarah Henshall, lead ecologist with Buglife...
Shared Planet: Blue Whales
Blue whales are increasingly being hit by ships, especially off the coast of California.
Living World - Great Crested Newt
As the weather starts to chill, Chris Sperring travels to the Somerset Levels to seek...
Shared Planet Beavers in Business
The European beaver was hunted to extinction for its fur, meat and the aromatic from...
Living World: Eastern Wolves
Algonquin National Park in Ontario is home to the Eastern Wolf and a magnet for to...
Shared Planet - Albatrosses and Fishing
Albatrosses are giant flying seabirds that inhabit the southern oceans.
The Spirit Child
Paul Evans narrates a ghostly tale inspired by the true story of Alice Glaston who was...
Living World: Nightjars
Chris Sperring is in Somerset during the last days of summer to find a bird that is of...
Shared Planet: Hen Harriers - Trust
Hen harriers are persecuted in the British Isles because they eat grouse.
Shared Planet - Insects and Lights
Artificial lighting is ubiquitous in the developed world - but the effects of night on...
Shared Planet - Mahogany
Beautiful and durable, mahogany has been highly prized and traded internationally for...
Shared Planet - Ocean Plastics
Plastic litter has the knack of finding its way into the ocean. Unfortunately this to...
Shared Planet - Less Wildlife?
The diversity and abundance of wildlife is declining across the world.
Gossip From The Garden Pond
Ep: 3 of 3 In the last of three tales written by Lynne Truss, the Garden Spider Root)...
Shared Planet
Shared Planet - Ground Nesting Birds Ground nesting birds such as terns are vulnerable...
Gossip From The Garden Pond
Ep 2 of 3: In the second of three tales written by Lynne Truss, the Water Boatman and...
Shared Planet - Giant Otters
The fate of the Pantanal rests largely in the hands of Brazil's emerging economy.
Gossip From The Garden Pond
Ep: 1 of 3 In the first of three tales written by Lynne Truss, the Tadpole (Julian and...
Penguin Post Office Ep5
In the final programme in the series, wildlife cameraman and narrator Doug Allan joins...
Penguin Post Office Ep4
Life is tough not only for a colony of Gentoo penguins on a tiny island in Antarctica,...
Penguin Post Office Ep3
With their ship locked in ice a film crew attempt to walk across the frozen Antarctic...
Penguin Post Office Ep2
Fierce storms and dense sea ice provide more challenges to a film crew trying to reach...
Shared Planet - Belugas
As demand for oil continues to increase conflict with wildlife is inevitable.
Penguin Post Office Ep1
Wildlife cameraman Doug Allan narrates the first of five programmes following the of a...
The Listeners Srs 2
Ep 3 of 3: Listening is about more than hearing as we discover with four individuals...
Living World: Guillemots of Skomer
Skomer Island lies off the south east coast of Wales and is home to thousands of seabird.
The Listeners Srs 2
Ep 2 of 3: Listening is about more than hearing as we discover with people who listen...
Living World: Green Hairstreak
The Green Hairstreak butterfly is small, bright green and feisty. The males fight for...
The Listeners Srs 2
Ep 1 of 3: Professional listeners reveal how there's far more to listening than hearing.
Living World: The Rock Iguana
In the second programme from the Turks and Caicos islands, Tom Heap meets up with Mark...
Shared Planet: National Parks
The term National Park can be applied to different types of areas depending on where...
Living World: Pygmy Boa Constrictor
In the first of two programmes from the Turks and Caicos Islands, Tom Heap joins local...
Shared Planet: Zoos In The Wild
Ep 8 of 30: As more land is developed for industry and housing or converted to produce...
Shared Planet: Urban Wildlife
Ep 7 of 30: Wildlife in urban areas can be surprisingly diverse – particularly when...
Shared Planet: Overland Migration
Ep 6 of 30: Overland migrations of terrestrial mammals form some of the most natural...
Shared Planet: Hector's Dolphin
Ep 5 of 30: Hector's dolphin is the world smallest marine cetacean and one of the most...
Shared Planet: Conservation Triage
How does the world of conservation set its priorities? Shared Planet reports from and...
Shared Planet: The Modern Naturalist
Ep 3 of 30 / Monty Don presents a special Shared Planet in front of an audience from...
Shared Planet: Nature and the Written Word
Ep 2 of 30 / Monty Don presents a special Shared Planet in front of an audience from...
Shared Planet: Disclosure
Monty Don explores the difficulties in keeping secrets and the effects of secrecy on...
A Shell Nesting Bee
Solitary bees build their nests in some interesting places, but none more so than a is...
Living World - Springtime in the Hazel Coppice
The ancient tradition of coppicing, the periodic cutting of trees and allowing the to...
Living World - Adders of Loch Lomond
On the eastern edge of Loch Lomond adders are preparing for another summer.
Living world - Mendip Voles
Chris Sperring this week joins Dr Fiona Mathews, Senior Lecturer in Mammalian Biology...
Nature: Bigfoot - Not a Bear
A "Nature" with a bit of a difference. Instead of looking at rare species and this on...
Nature: The Midland Brown Snake - Dead or Alive
The Midland Brown Snake found in the eastern United States, like many snake species in...
Nature: James and the Giant Atlas Cedars
In August 2013, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) reclassified...
Living World - Crossbills
Crossbills are finches with large heads and bright colours: the males are red and the...
Nature: Bewitched by Dragonflies
In 1985, a dragonfly landed on Ruary Mackenzie Dodds. Up until this time, he had never...
Living World - A Starling Eruption
Each year the reedbeds of the Somerset Levels become the winter home for hundreds of...
Nature: In search of Humpback whales
Every year between January and April, Humpback whales from all around the North Ocean...
Living World - Long-tailed Tits: The Winter Flock
Seeing a flock of black and white striped, powder puff pink flanked long-tailed tits a...
Nature: Arctic terns at 66 Degrees North
In the second of three programmes recorded in Iceland, wildlife sound recordist Chris...
Living World - Lepidopteran Winter
Each year Britain's butterflies and moths attempt to make it through the cold, dark...
Nature: Islands of Ice and Fire
In the first of new series of NATURE, we join wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson in...
Living World - Grey Seals of Blakeney
A small group of female grey seals first chose the naturally managed sand spit Point,...
Shared Planet - 28 Jan 14 - Ocean Governance
In today's Shared Planet we ask who is responsible for the life in the ocean? a field...
Shared Planet - 21 Jan 14 - Medicinal Planet
Many commercially available medicines today can trace their origins to compounds found...
Shared Planet - 14 Jan 14 - Community Protection
Worldwide, with an increasing human population using more and more natural resources,...
Shared Planet - 07 Jan 14 - Deer Management
It is estimated that in the United Kingdom, numbers of certain deer species in our has...
Shared Planet - 31 Dec 13 - Do We Care Too Much About Nature?
"Do we care too much about nature?" This is the question we will be asking in a of a...
Shared Planet - 24 Dec 13 - Are There Too Many People For Wildlife to Thrive?
"Are there too many people on earth for wildlife to thrive?" This is the question we a...
Shared Planet - 17 Dec 13 - Noise in the Environment
Does human produced noise remove us from the natural world? Monty Don explores this of...
Shared Planet - 10 Dec 13 - Eco-Tourism
Humans in the form of scientific research or for artistic endeavour have for centuries...
Shared Planet - 03 Dec 13 - Ocean Pollutants
Sea lions in California are developing cancer and the most likely cause is pollution...
Shared Planet - 26 Nov 13 - Wildlife Conflict
As human population grows there is increasing conflict between people and nature.
Living World - Barnacle Geese of Caerlaverock
After a long summer spent raising their young in the Arctic, barnacle geese need a in...
Shared Planet - 19 Nov 13 - Traditional Societies
Traditional societies and the wildlife that depends on them are disappearing.
Living World - Winged Buffet
Every autumn Spurn Point National Nature Reserve is inundated with small migrating...
Shared Planet - 12 Nov 13 - Sequoia: Nowhere to go
Climate change is causing some National parks in America to re-think their boundaries.
Living World - Fairy Rings
Both mysterious and fascinating fairy rings are steeped in mythology. In this episode...
Shared Planet - 05 Nov 13 - Human Rubbish and Wildlife
More and more rubbish is put in landfill every year. Can rubbish tips and industrial...
Living World - The Ivy Bee
This week on the Living World Chris Sperring accompanies entomologist Richard Comont a...
Shared Planet - 29 Oct 13 - Restriction & Choice
In Australia some housing estates put restrictions on what people can do to protect...
Living World - Segestria Florentina
In the first Living World of the autumn run, Chris Sperring travels to Exeter to find...
Shared Planet - 22 Oct 13 - Fragility & Niche
Some wildlife is fragile and will die out if it loses particular conditions.
Shared Planet - 15 Oct 13 - Soil Science
Shared Planet explores the link between a growing human population and wildlife and is...
The Station
From a dawn solo to the thunderous roar of a midnight train, this vibrant sound 24 in...
Shared Planet - 08 Oct 13 - Sharks
Sharks are in decline across the world's oceans. It can be argued sharks have an image...
Shared Planet - 01 Oct 13 - Religion & Wildlife
This week Monty Don explores how religious teachings might help people get more in...
Shared Planet - 24 Sept 13 - Elephant Poaching in Africa
In this programme a field report from Saba Douglas-Hamilton of Save the Elephants from...
Shared Planet - 17 Sept 2013 - Wildlife Aliens and Diseases
As trade between different countries and continents increases we move more animals and...
Shared Planet - 10 Sept 13 - Rat Eradication
In this week's programme we have a field report from South Georgia where Tony Martin,...
Shared Planet - 03 Sept 13 - Crops and Wildlife
In this week's programme we have a field report from England with Simon Potts, of and...
Living World - Native Lime
This week's Living World sees presenter Chris Sperring heading to Hampshire where with...
Living World - Pine Marten
This week on Living World, presenter Trai Anfield travels to mid Scotland for an with...
Living World - Glow Worms
This week on Living World, presenter Chris Sperring is in Buckinghamshire on the for...
Shared Planet - 30 July 13 - What is Sustainability?
In this week's programme we have a report from Gloucestershire on the waxing and of...
Living World - Coquet Terns
Presenter Trai Anfield travels to Coquet Island off the Northumberland coast for this...
Shared Planet - 23 July 13 - Oil & Wildlife
In this week's programme we have a report from the Arabian Gulf off the coast of Qatar...
Shared Planet - 16 July 13 - Living with Carnivores
In this week's programme we report from India where John Aitchison revels in the sight...
Shared Planet - 09 July 13 - Building in Wildlife
The focus is towns and cities in this week's programme, with a report from North about...
Shared Planet - 02 July 13 - Valuing Nature
How much is a honey bee worth? Can you put a price tag on a mountain? Monty Don the of...
Shared Planet - 25 June 13 - Global Collapse
In this week’s programme we have a report from Northern Kenya about the Grevy's the...
Shared Planet - 18 Jun 13 - Can We Save It All?
A giant hamster in Alsace provides Monty with a puzzling dilemma, how do we decide to...
Shared Planet - 11 Jun 13 - The Problem of Population
Monty Don presents Shared Planet, the series that looks at the crunch point between...
Living World 19 May 13: Yuan Yang
In traditional Chinese culture the mandarin duck is believed to bring lifelong to and...
Living World 12 May 13: Tenby Daffodil
For many the emergence of the daffodil is the real, true harbinger of spring.
Living World 5 May 13: Dawn Chorus Day
May 5th is International Dawn Chorus day and to celebrate this worldwide event Trai to...
Living World 28 April 13: Golden Pheasant
One of Britain's scarcest birds is also one of its most beautiful. The flame-coloured...
A Natural History of Me!
Paul Evans explores the human self after discovering that only one in ten cells in our...
In Pursuit of Spring, Ep 3
Ep 3 of 3. In the third and last programme in the series, ecologist Matthew Oates, his...
In Pursuit of Spring, Ep 2
Ep 2 of 3. In the second programme in the series, ecologist Matthew Oates celebrates...
In Pursuit of Spring, Ep 1
Ep 1 of 3. Edward Thomas (1878-1917) was arguably the most accomplished and profound a...
Who's The Pest? 19 March 13 Episode 3
Ep 3 of 3. In Episode Three, Erica explores how insect technology can solve human...
Who's The Pest? 12 March 13 - Episode 2
Ep 2 of 3. In Episode Two, Erica asks whether we should be eating more insects.
Who's The Pest? 05 March 13 - Episode 1
Ep 1 of 3. They make up 80% of the species on earth, and at any time there are ten of...
Living World 24 Feb 13: The Wolf Tracker
For this week's Living World, presenter Chris Sperring goes in search of a large he's...
Living World 17 Feb 13: Birds of the Taiga
In January Sweden can be a cold and inhospitable place. Despite winter temperatures to...
Living World 10 Feb 13: Tree Sparrows
Living World: Tree Sparrows. Trai Anfield heads to RSPB Old Moor reserve to seek out a...
Saving Species - 12 Feb 13: Rarities & Recordings
Ep 24 of 24. In the final episode of the current series, Saving Species looks at the...
Saving Species - 05 Feb 13: British And Arctic Mammals
Ep. 23 of 24: This week's edition of Saving Species looks at the introduction of cull...
Living World 03 Feb 13: Godwits
Living World: Godwits. Black-tailed godwits are an elegant long legged bird about the...
Living World 27 Jan 13: Urban Kites
Living World: Urban Kites Living World presented by Trai Anfield is on the outskirts...
Saving Species - 29 Jan 13: Freshwater Eels and Mitten Crabs
Ep22of24. Freshwater eels are explored this week, as Sian Griffiths reports from the...
Saving Species - 22 Jan 13: Bonobos & Dragon Trees
Ep21 of 24: This week Saving Species looks at Bonobos - a great ape, related to and in...
R4 Afternoon Drama 22 Jan 13: Chapel of Skins
Recorded high up in the Shropshire hills of the Welsh Marches and inspired by a living...
Saving Species - 15 Jan 13: Marine Conservation Zones
Ep20 of 24: Marine Conservation Zones are in the spotlight this week, as Saving looks...
Saving Species - 08 Jan 13: International Wildlife
Ep 19 of 24: Saving Species investigates the relationship between polar bears and the...
Saving Species - 01 Jan 13: Wetland Habitats
Ep 18 of 24: Saving Species kick's off the new year with a look at the role of wetland...
Saving Species - 25 Dec 12: British Overseas Territories
Ep 17 of 24: Howard Stableford is in the chair for this Christmas Day Saving Species a...
Saving Species - 18 Dec 12: Wildlife Art/Wildlife Gardening Forum
Ep 16 of 24: This week Brett Westwood looks at the increasing alliance between the and...
Saving Species - 11 Dec 12: Rewilding/Devonshire Beavers
Ep 15 of 24: Saving Species takes a look at what could happen if parts of the British...
Saving Species - 04 Dec 12: Scottish Species Action Framework
Ep: 14 of 24Scotland's five year Species Action Framework programme ended in March 2012.
Living World 02 Dec 12 - The Living Deadwood
The Living Deadwood. Trai Anfield is in ancient woodland in North Yorkshire known for...
Saving Species - 29 Nov 12: Sausage Lichen/Turkmenistan/Hen Harriers
Brett Westwood travels to the Brecon Beacons to see the a very unusual lichen.
Living World 25 Nov 12 - Brambles
Brambles. James Brickell is in mid Wales with botanist Ray Woods looking at the the...
Saving Species - 20 Nov 12: Ash die back/Managing Woodlands
Ep 12 of 24: Plant a tree in 73" became a national slogan and very large numbers of...
Living World 18 Nov 12 - Centipedes and millipedes
Alongside Myriapod expert Steve Gregory, Living World is in Oxfordshire on the search...
IPOR 16 Nov 12: 5/5 The Purple Emperor
In Pursuit of the Ridiculous: Ep 5/5 - The Purple Emperor Matthew Oates is a complete...
IPOR 15 Nov 12: 4/5 Slugs and Snails
In Pursuit of the Ridiculous: 4/5 - Slugs and Snails After enduring a wet slug-filled...
IPOR 14 Nov 12: 3/5 Rare Orchids
In Pursuit of the Ridiculous: Ep 3/5 - Rare Orchids Most natural historians look for...
IPOR 13 Nov 12: 2/5 Twitching
In Pursuit of the Ridiculous: Ep 2/5 - Twitching To outsiders, twitching can seem the...
IPOR 12 Nov 12 : 1/5 Water Beetle
In Pursuit of the Ridiculous - Ep 1/5: Water Beetle In the first of five programmes by...
Saving Species - 13 Nov 12: Goliath Grouper/Asiatic Lion/Waxwings
Reporter Mark Brazil travels to the Gir Forest National Park in India to report on the...
Living World 11 Nov 12 - The Harvestman's Garden
Living World goes in search of autumn harvestmen in Yorkshire, a spider looking creepy...
Living World 04 Nov 12 - The Night Island
Living World, presented by Chris Sperring, looks for the Manx Shearwater and Storm...
Saving Species - 06 Nov 12: Wildcats/Tooth Fungi
Ep 10 of 24 Saving Species reporter Karen Partridge travels to Scotland to seek out an...
Saving Species - 30 Oct 12: Citizen Science/Giant Harvestman
Citzen Science/Giant Havestman Saving Species asks this week what contribution the to...
Saving Species - 23 Oct 12: British Raptors
Brett Westwood discusses issues arising in our countryside from a rising bird of prey...
Saving Species (Srs 3) - 16 Oct 12 - Ep 7
Ep 7 of 24 Brett Westwood talks to heads to filmmakers attending International Film to...
Saving Species (Srs 3) - 09 Oct 12 - Ep 6
In this episode of Saving Species we look at one of Britain's favourite birds - the...
Saving Species (Srs 3) - 02 Oct 12 - Ep 5
In this episode of Saving species we focus on the issues facing our rivers and systems...
Saving Species (Srs 3) - 25 Sep 12 - Ep 4
Can the world's marine environments remain healthy and functioning under the influence...
Saving Species (Srs 3) - 18 Sep 12 - Ep 3
Saving Species presented by Brett Westwood this week poses the question; with to our...
Saving Species (Srs 3) - 11 Sep 12 - Ep 2
Episode 2 of 24 Saving Species presented by Brett Westwood this week looks at bats and...
Saving Species (Srs 3) - 04 Sep 12 - Ep 1
1/24 Saving Species is back for another year of live broadcasting about the world of...
The Living World
Little Owls Miranda Krestovnikoff goes in search of the little owl, a bird that was in...
The Living World
Ouzels of the Moor Miranda Krestovnikoff is in a valley on Dartmoor searching for the...
Nature 07 Aug 12 - Largest Butterfly
Nature: Quest for the World's Largest Butterfly Queen Alexandra's Birdwing has a 30cm...
The Living World
The UK's Rarest Frog Joanna Pinnock is at a secret location in Norfolk, the home of...
Nature 31 July 12: Bird Wars on Malta
In Nature, Matthew Hill takes us from the windswept Maltese countryside, to the of to...
The Living World
New Series: A Home in the Reeds Joanna Pinnock enters the mysterious world of an East...
Amazonia - Keeping It Alive!
Amazonia - Keeping It Alive! The Amazon rainforest covers covering 1. 6 million square...
The Living World 20 May 12 - Brecon's Bats
The Living World visits the Usk Valley to see a population of lesser horseshoe bats an...
The Living World 13 May 12 - Pasqueflower
The Living World: The Pasqueflower Joanna Pinnock is at a nature reserve in developed...
The Living World 6 May 12 Bee Flies
Joanna Pinnock joins naturalist John Walters in Devon to find out more about a bee the...
Nature 01 May 12 Japanese Sika
Nature: In Search of the Japanese Sika Chris Sperring goes in search of sika deer and...
The Living World 29 Apr 12 Woodman's Butterfly
Sarah Pitt goes in search of the endangered pearl-bordered fritillary with the help of...
Nature 24 Apr 2012 Hedgehogs
Paul Evans investigates the decline of the British hedgehog and finds out that even of...
Nature 17 Apr 2012 Lamprey
Lampreys are some of the most primitive vertebrates and our three British species have...
Nature 10 Apr 2012 Wood And Water
Fish live in trees too. Brett Westwood finds out why conservationists are dropping to...
Nature 3 April 12 Drumming Down
As spring woodlands resound with the drumming of woodpeckers, Brett Westwood hears a...
A Life With... Seals
Episode 5 of 5: Seals Grey seals are Britain's largest mammal, yet still remain a mystery.
A Life With... Mosses
Episode 4 of 5: Mosses What makes a young man forgo parties with friends to sit at and...
Feathered Apes
Corvids are the group of birds that include rooks, jays and crows. These birds are by...
A Life With... Corals
Episode 3 of 5: Corals Corals? In Devon? Believe it or not there are lots of corals...
A Life With... Water Voles
Episode 2 of 5: Water Voles Water voles are famous for being Ratty in Wind in the but...
A Life With... Insects
Episode 1 of 5: Insects Insects are not everyone's favourite part of the natural but a...
The Living World 26 Feb 12 Winter Flies
For Living World, Miranda Krestovnikoff asks "where do flies go to in winter" and that...
The Living World 19 Feb 12 Woodcock
Miranda Krestovnikoff pays a nocturnal visit to the Hampshire countryside for a close...
The Living World 12 Feb 12 Ponds in Winter
Miranda Krestovnikoff discovers the life beneath the surface of some very special New...
The Living World 5 Feb 12 Dippers
Miranda Krestovnikoff visits the Brecon Beacons where she explores the watery world of...
The Living World 29 Jan 12 Jackdaw Roost
For this week's Living World, Joanna Pinnock heads to a site in Cambridgeshire which a...
Yeti's Finger
High up a remote Himalayan Mountain in Nepal is a Buddhist monastery. The monks say is...
Saving Species Sustaining Life
In a special edition of Saving Species, recorded in front of an audience at the of a...
Saving Species (Srs 2) - 13 Dec 11 - Ep 30
30/30 For the final live programme of the series there will be an update from the BTO...
Saving Species (Srs 2) - 06 Dec 11 - Ep 29
28/30 Michael Scott reports from the Flanders Moss peat bogs near Stirling.
Saving Species (Srs 2) 29 Nov 11 - Ep 28
28/30 In this weeks programme Buzzards are implicated as part of the cause in the of...
The Living World - 27 Nov 11 - Cuckoo Trees
The Living World: Cuckoo Trees In early winter, Joanna Pinnock heads up to the Hills...
Saving Species (Srs 2) 22 Nov 11 - Ep 27
27/30 This week the programme is all about trees and forests. In the UK this is tree...
The Living World 20 Nov 11 Winter Ladybirds
As ladybirds become dormant in winter, their struggle to survive is examined.
Saving Species (Srs2) 08 Nov 11: Ep 25
25/30 Saving Species reports from Tampa Bay on studies following the movements and of...
Saving Species (Srs 2) 15 Nov 11 - Ep 26
26/30 Assisi in Italy is the town most strongly associated with Saint Francis - the of...
The Living World 13-Nov-11 Waxcap Grasslands
West Wales receives a lot of rain, which is perfect for this week's Living World.
The Living World 06 Nov 11: Celtic Rain Forest
High in the hills of the Snowdonia National Park in Wales, can be found a rare and...
The Living World 30 Oct 11: Stone Curlew
Wiltshire's dry arable land is home to the stone curlew. Joanna Pinnock joins Nick as...
Saving Species (Srs 2) 01 Nov 11 - Ep 24
24/30: This weeks Saving Species is recorded in front of an audience at the National...
Savnig Species 2 Ep 23
Ep: 23 of 30 - BBC1 airs the Natural History Units latest wildlife landmark Frozen...
Saving Species Srs 2 18 Oct 11 - Ep 22 of 30
22/30: We report from the city of Bristol on the behaviour of Herring Gulls.
Bitten By The Bug - Ep. 5
Bitten By The Bug: "Sorby" In the last of this series of five programmes exploring the...
Bitten By the Bug - Ep. 4
Bitten By The Bug: "Mosses" In the fourth of this series of five programmes exploring...
Bitten By The Bug - Ep.3
Bitten By The Bug: "Bookham Commons" In the third of this series of five programmes of...
Bitten By The Bug - Ep.2
Bitten By The Bug: "The Flies Workshop" In the second of this series of five exploring...
Bitten By The Bug - Ep.1
Bitten By The Bug: BSBI Field Trip In the first of this series of five programmes the...
Saving Species Ep 21
Research biologist Lucy Hawkes from Bangor University is in the studio reporting on on...
Saving Species 2 - 04 Oct 2011 Ep 20
20/30 The Pika is a small mammal that lives in the high altitude grasslands in ranges...
Saving Species 2 Ep 19
19/30 We have our third report from the tundra of the Alaskan North Slope.S.
Saving Species Ep 18
18/30 Saving Species goes to Alaska to find the Spectacled Eider, a duck which is the...
Saving Species Ep 17
17/30 Butterfly expert Matthew Oates is tramping the wilds with Brett looking for the...
Saving Species Ep 16
Presenter Brett Westwood introduces the the Horrid Ground Weaver - a miniscule hairy -...
Saving Species Ep 15
Brett Westwood presents. The Wailing Wall in Jerusalem is the oldest known nesting in...
Living World - Malham Caddisfly
The Malham Sedge has not been seen for four years. Paul Evans joins a research project...
Living World - Vampire Plants
The Weardale uplands are home to rich and varied plant communities. For this weeks' Dr...
LW - Limestone Pavements
The Yorkshire Dales has some of the most spectacular scenery in England.
Living World - Puffins
Its summertime and for this weeks Living World Paul Evans crosses over to the Farne he...
Saving Species 2 Programme 14
14/30 Chris the cuckoo is south bound, heading for Africa - but where exactly is he?...
Saving Species Series 2 Episode 13
Brett Westwood presents. Ponds in the UK are the target for significant conservation...
Saving Species 2 Programme 12
Brett Westwood presents. Saving Species has an interview with Sperm Whale biologist...
Saving Species 2 Programme 11
11/30 The Green Turtle is one of nature's great travellers, migrating from feeding to...
Saving Species 2 Programme 10 28-Jun-11
10/30 This week in the Saving Species studio we have Lucy Hawkes visiting who is a on...
Saving Species 2 Programme 9 21-Jun-11
As part of the Saving Species mini-series "Citizen Conservation", presented by Sarah a...
Savnig Species Series 2 Programme 8
8/30 Britain is internationally important for seabird species. There are colonies of a...
Saving Species Series 2 Programme 7
This week's Saving Species explores the mysteries of bird migration. Joanna Pinnock on...
Saving Species 2 Programme 6
Saving Species reports the extraordinary findings of a twenty year study into the of a...
Saving Species 2 Programme 5
Saving Species is in front of an audience on the Tyntesfield Estate near Bristol – a...
Living World - Raft Spiders
Presenter Paul Evans meets up with John Hughes from the Shropshire Wildlife Trust to a...
Saving Species 2 Programme 4
Brett Westwood presents. Saving Species reports from a project in Norfolk restoring an...
Living World - Oil Beetles
Devon is home to all four oil beetle species recorded in Britain. For this weeks' Paul...
Saving Species 2 Programme 3
Saving Species reports from the Congo and the future of Lowland Gorilla's and the of...
Living World - Dymock Daffodils
Paul Evans follows the Poet's Path into the heart of wild daffodil country as he in in...
Saving Species 2 Programme 2
The re-introduction of European Beavers into the British countryside continues to be a...
Living World - Islay Birds
Islay is a haven for birds. For this weeks' Living World, Michael Scott joins long for...
Saving Species 2 Programme 1
Saving Species is back for another year of live broadcasting about the world of...
James And The Giant Eagle
James Aldred encounters one of the world's most powerful birds of prey, the Harpy Eagle.
Living World - The Brown Hare
Lionel Kelleway meets Gill Turner, who has observed the behaviour of brown hares for...
Living World - Ptarmigan
Lionel Kelleway joins Cairngorm Mountain Head Ranger Nic Bullivant on the snow fields...
Living World - Yew Trees
Lionel Kelleway visits two very different yew trees in Scotland, including The Yew -...
Living World - Arctic charr
Lionel Kelleway travels to Lake Windermere in the Lake District to encounter one of a...
Saving Species Programme 40
Brett Westwood presents. If we accept that saving all endangered species might not be...
Living World - First Flight
Lionel Kelleway joins Brian Morrell from WWT Caerlaverock to witness a wildlife rarely...
Saving Species Programme 39
Brett Westwood presents. In this programme we have our final "Memories" piece the past...
Saving Species Programme 38
Brett Westwood presents. We feature the final episode in our special series about Bird...
Saving Species Programme 37
This week Brett Westwood meets Damon Bridge of the Great Crane Project to catch up on...
Saving Species Programme 36
This week Kelvin Boot presents the latest findings about goose migration, following up...
Saving Species Programme 35
Guest presenter Matthew Hill presents a special programme focussing on tigers.
Saving Species Programme 34
This week, Brett Westwood talks to Karen Partridge about the alarming situation facing...
Saving Species Programme 33
Brett Westwood presents. We feature a special report about Sloths from the southern of...
Saving Species Programme 32
Brett Westwood presents a special edition of Saving Species from the 100 Foot Washes a...
Living World - Ravens 05 Deb 10
The raven is both agile and majestic in flight but shrouded in mystery, superstition...
Saving Species Programme 31
Brett Westwood presents. We take a look at British farmland and ask how fit it is for...
Living World - Ancient Trees
Lionel Kelleway travels to Herefordshire to marvel at the Old Masters of the British...
Saving Species Programme 30
This week Brett Westwood presents a programme featuring a report from Japan about...
Saving Species Programme 29
Brett Westwood presents. Saving Species looks into the issues of invasive species.
Living World - Hedgerows
Lionel Kelleway visits hedgerow ecologist Rob Walton on a farm in Devon, where they of...
Saving Species Programme 28
Brett Westwood presents. We return to St Bee's Island off the Queensland coast in for...
Living World - Wasps
The British Isles are home to 6500 species of wasps and bees. Lionel Kelleway travels...
Saving Species Programme 27
Brett Westwood presents a programme full of geese. Joanna Pinnock witnesses the in of...
Saving Species Programme 26
Brett Westwood presents. In the light of the British Government's spending review, is...
Saving Species Programme 25
Brett Westwood presents. Saving Species is in London looking for south-bound migrating...
Saving Species Programme 24
Brett Westwood presents. In earlier episodes of Saving Species we followed the life of...
Saving Species Programme 23
Brett Westwood presents. Chris Sperring reports from a woodland in Wales amongst and...
Saving Species Programme 22
Presented by Kelvin Boot. Saving Species visits the Mississippi Delta and asks and how...
Saving Species Programme 21
Brett Westwood presents. Saba Douglas-Hamilton reports from Samburu national park in...
Saving Species Programme 20
Brett Westwood presents. We focus on the seabird species the Little Auk which inhabit...
Saving Species Prog 19
Brett Westwood presents. For the first time in 400 years European Cranes are on the...