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  1. Life Story

    Life Story takes us on the greatest of all adventures - the journey through life.

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  2. My Family and Other Ibex

    Andrea Sella returns to the Italian landscape of his childhood to explore how it's changed

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    The Life Sub-Aquatic

    Whatever happened to the dream of living under the sea? Helen Scales investigates

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  4. Penguin Post Office

    The adventures of a film crew who travel to Antarctica to film a colony of Gentoo penguins

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  5. The Wonder of Animals

    Chris Packham discovers the unique features that make certain animal groups successful.

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  6. The Singing Fish of Batticaloa

    The search for an elusive watery wonder in the aftermath of Sri Lanka's civil war.

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  7. Plants: From Roots to Riches

    Our relationship with plants: a major new history by Kew's science director Kathy Willis.

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  8. Gone to Earth

    Horatio Clare discovers how infantry soldiers are shaped by the Brecon Beacons' landscape.

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  9. Cold Water California

    How surfing is shaping Ireland's coastal communities, north and south of the border.

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  10. Andy's Dinosaur Adventures

    Pre-school dinosaur history series. Andy goes on prehistoric adventures.

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  11. The Call of the Isles

    Fyfe Robertson travels to some of Scotland's islands, including Mull, Staffa and Barra.

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  12. Scotland’s Animals

    Meet some of Scotland’s native species.

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  13. Scotland’s Wildlife

    Find out about our native species and how they are being protected.

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  14. Shared Planet

    Series exploring the complex interface between a growing human population and wildlife

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  15. Wild Cameramen at Work

    The amazing careers of five of the world's best nature cameramen, who call Scotland home.

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  16. Insect Worlds

    Steve Backshall explores insects and their relatives, the arachnids and crustaceans.

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  17. Just So Science

    Vivienne Parry with the science behind Kipling's stories

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  18. Africa

    Eye to eye with the unknown - the world's wildest continent.

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  19. The Secret Power of Trees

    Ian Marchant explores The Secret Power of Trees

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  20. Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild

    Sir David Attenborough looks at the changes in natural history during his 60-year career.

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  21. In Pursuit of the Ridiculous

    Matthew Oates presents a series about naturalists and their pursuits

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  22. Attenborough's Ark

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

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    The Flower Fields

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

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    Helping Hamlet: Can Science Cure Procrastination?

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

    BBC Radio 4

  25. The Alien Birds Have Landed

    Alison Steadman on why so many birds in Britain are aliens from elsewhere

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  26. The Hunt for the Gay Whale

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

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  27. Extinct!

    Adam Rutherford presents a three-part series on extinction

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  28. Japan: Coping With Disaster

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

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    Children of the Tsunami

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

    BBC Two

  30. Winterwatch

    Live coverage as Britain's wildlife faces up to the most challenging time of year.

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  31. The Great British Countryside

    Hugh Dennis and Julia Bradbury's adventures in four stunning British landscapes.

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  32. Andy's Wild Adventures

    Andy Day and Kip the cat go all around the world in search of weird and wonderful animals.

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  33. The Art of Darkness

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

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  34. Frozen Planet

    The ultimate portrait of the Polar regions - the last great wildernesses on the planet.

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  35. Origins of Us

    Science series telling the story of human evolution through changes in human anatomy

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  36. Bitten by the Bug

    Brett Westwood explores the UK's natural history societies

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  37. A Guide to Farmland Birds

    How to recognise birds of the British countryside from their appearance, calls and songs

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  38. Mabey in the Wild

    Natural history series presented by Richard Mabey

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  39. Requiem for a Moth

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

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    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

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    The Cuckoo

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

    BBC Radio 4

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    In Denial - Climate on the Couch

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

    BBC Radio 4

  43. The Empire of Climate

    Professor David Livingstone argues for a revision of how we view the climate

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  44. What Happened at Copenhagen?

    A year after the Copenhagen climate summit, Roger Harrabin explores what really happened.

    BBC Radio 4

  45.

    The Dog and the Whale

    Tucker the sniffer dog takes a boat trip to save the whales.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Jane Goodall: Beauty and the Beasts

    Film about Jane Goodall, whose work with chimps transformed our understanding of them.

    BBC Four

  47. Big Game, Little Game

    Mark Stephen charts a job swap between gamekeepers from the Kalahari and the Angus Glens

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  48. Uncertain Climate

    Roger Harrabin investigates whether the arguments over climate change can ever be won

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  49. Saving Species

    Examining the world of nature and the challenges of wildlife conservation

    BBC Radio 4

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  50. Life

    A look at the extraordinary ends to which animals and plants go in order to survive.

    BBC One

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