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  1. Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice

    Spy cameras get closer than ever to the world's greatest land predator, the polar bear.

    BBC One

  2. The Wire

    The music of the wind captured on fencing wires stretched across the Australian landscape.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  3. The Meerkats

    Dramatised documentary featuring the coming of age of a young meerkat pup.

    BBC Two

  4. The Hebridean Trail

    Scotland's well-known walker Cameron McNeish explores the Outer Hebrides.

    BBC Two Scotland

  5. America's Oil Disaster: Could It Happen Here?

    Euan McIlwraith imagines how Scotland would cope with an oil disaster.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  6. The Secret Life of Waves

    Film that shows how ocean waves are not only beautiful but also profoundly important.

    BBC Four

  7.

    In Denial - Climate on the Couch

    Jolyon Jenkins investigates the psychology of climate change - why aren't we more worried?

    BBC Radio 4

  8. Around the World in 60 Minutes

    David Morrissey narrates a unique journey around the planet that we call home.

    BBC Four

  9. Attenborough and the Giant Egg

    David Attenborough returns to the island of Madagascar on a very personal quest.

    BBC Two

  10.

    The Cuckoo

    A fascinating insight into one of Nature's greatest cheats.

    BBC Radio 4

  11. Jules Verne's Volcano

    A year after the ash cloud, Chris Watson goes on his own volcanic adventure.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  12.

    James and the Giant Eagle

    James Aldred encounters one of the world's most powerful birds of prey, the Harpy Eagle.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  13.

    Requiem for a Moth

    Martin Wainwright looks at our national night time obsession - with the beauty of moths.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  14. The Wonder of Weeds

    Horticulturalist Chris Collins tells the story behind the plants most people call weeds.

    BBC Four

  15. Eòin Loch Stiapabhat

    Fiona NicIllinnein ann an Nis le prosbaig còmhla ri dithis le sùil gheur airson eòin.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  16. Wainwright's Long Walk

    Stuart Maconie follows in the footsteps of Lake District fell walker Alfred Wainwright.

    BBC One

  17. Britain's Great Reef

    Mike Dilger explores Europe's longest chalk reef which lies off the Norfolk coast.

    BBC One

  18. The Secret Life of Ice

    Dr Gabrielle Walker examines ice, one of the strangest substances in the world.

    BBC Four

  19. Survival

    Mark Beaumont explores the psychology and physiology of survival in extreme environments.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  20.

    The Art of Darkness

    Richard Coles on the inspiration to artists of darkness and the Northern lights in Norway.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  21. Rowing the Arctic: Mark's Story

    Mark Beaumont reflects on the first ever attempt to row to the Magnetic North Pole.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  22. The Crimson Wing

    A look at the crimson-winged flamingos coming to Lake Natron in Tanzania every year.

    BBC Two

  23. Wild about Pandas

    Following giant pandas Tian Tian and Yang Guang's resettlement in Edinburgh Zoo.

    BBC One Scotland

  24.

    Children of the Tsunami

    How the 2011 tsunami and the Fukushima nuclear accident have affected children's lives.

    BBC Two

  25.

    Japan: Coping With Disaster

    What does the response to last year's tsunami and meltdown tell us about modern Japan?

    BBC Radio 4

  26. Twitterpated!

    An exploration of spring fever and the season of romance.

    BBC Radio 4

  27. Turas gu Tuath – Innis Tìle

    1/1 Bholcànoan, talamh a' goil agus cnoc ùr an Innis Tìle. Le Ciorstaidh NicIlleathain.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  28. Bliadhna an t-Sneachda Dhuibh

    1/1 Mar a thug bholcàno ann an Innis Tìle buaidh mhòr air Alba anns an ochdamh linn deug.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  29.

    The Hunt for the Gay Whale

    Can animals be gay? Hermione Cockburn investigates the biologists who say they can.

    BBC Radio 4

  30. The Prince, the Poacher and the Rhino

    Kate Silverton reports on a unique project to relocate rhinos from Kent to Tanzania.

    BBC News Channel

  31. Poems from the Pennines

    Poet Simon Armitage takes listeners on a journey to the Stanza Stones.

    BBC Radio 4

  32. Swimming with Piranhas

    Mike Greenwood reports from Paraguay on the battle for one of the last wildernesses.

    BBC Radio 4

  33.

    Helping Hamlet: Can Science Cure Procrastination?

    Rowan Pelling searches for a cure for the problem which blights her life, procrastination.

    BBC Radio 4

  34. Tales from the Riverbank

    Julia Paul uncovers a story of government failure which could come at a price.

    BBC Radio Ulster

  35. Evicting the Earl

    Kevin Sharkey asks if wrestling Lough Neagh from the Earl of Shaftesbury is a good idea.

    BBC Radio Ulster

  36.

    The Flower Fields

    Michael Bird explores Cornwall's beautiful, tiny flower fields.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  37. You've Been Trumped

    Film following a conflict between a group of Scottish homeowners and tycoon Donald Trump.

    BBC Two

  38.

    Attenborough's Ark

    David Attenborough picks ten animals that he would most like to save from extinction.

    BBC Two

  39. Project Nim

    Documentary about Nim Chimpsky, the chimp who became the focus of a landmark experiment.

    BBC Two

  40. Sandy: Anatomy of a Superstorm

    A minute-by-minute forensic analysis of the devastation wreaked by superstorm Sandy.

    BBC Two

  41.

    The Secret Power of Trees

    Ian Marchant explores The Secret Power of Trees

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  42. Miniature Britain

    George McGavin shows us the extraordinary little things that are vital to our land.

    BBC One

  43. Kilimanjaro

    An dùbhlan a chuir Cailean Seòras Moireasdan roimhe fhèin airson 2012.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  44. Wild Weather in 2012: East

    Julie Reinger looks back on a year of extreme weather in the East.

    BBC One

  45. Wild Weather in 2012: East Midlands

    Kaye Forster reviews the extremes of weather in the region this year.

    BBC One

  46. Wild Weather in 2012: Yorkshire & Lincolnshire

    Paul Hudson reviews a year of record-breaking weather across the region.

    BBC One

  47. Wild Weather in 2012: London

    Carol Kirkwood reviews a year of record-breaking weather across the capital.

    BBC One

  48. Wild Weather in 2012: North East and Cumbria

    John Hammond looks back on a year of extreme weather.

    BBC One

  49. Wild Weather in 2012: North West

    BBC Weather Presenter Dianne Oxberry looks back at a dramatic year.

    BBC One

  50. Wild Weather in 2012: South and South East

    Miranda Krestovnikoff looks back at a year that went from drought to deluge.

    BBC One

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