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Alan Titchmarsh ventures 50 metres below the Channel, scales an ancient tree in the New Forest and stalks red deer in Scotland to tell the story of how island Britain was created. He searches for c...lues across the country, discovering tropical nickar nuts in Scotland, palm trees growing at latitudes where polar bears should feel more at home and watching whooper swans in Cambridgeshire who arrive from Siberia for Britain's milder winters.
Alan Titchmarsh ventures 50 metres below the Channel, scales an ancient tree in the New Forest and stalks red deer in Scotland to tell the story of how island Britain was created. He searches for c...lues across the country, discovering tropical nickar nuts in Scotland, palm trees growing at latitudes where polar bears should feel more at home and watching whooper swans in Cambridgeshire who arrive from Siberia for Britain's milder winters.
| Series: | British Isles: A Natural History |
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| First transmission date: | 20-10-2004 |
| Published: | 2004 |
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| Duration: | 00:59:00 |
| Note: | This programme contains a 10 minute 'Landscape Detectives' section looking at the natural history of the east of England. |
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| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Link to related site: | Website: http://www.open2.net/naturalhistory/index.html |
| Subject terms: | Archaeology--Great Britain; Natural history--Great Britain |
| Production number: | NINH20245 |
| Available to public: | no |
