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British Isles: A Natural History Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

8 Episodes 2004 - 2004

Episode 1

Three Billion Years in the Making

Topics covered in Episode 1 are: Garden clues, Bluebells, Capercaillies, An Ice Age, The French Connection, Whisky, Rocks, Salt Mines, Edinburgh.

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Episode 2

Dinosaurs, Deserts and Volcanoes

Topics covered in Episode 2 are: Hadrian's Wall, Rafting on The River Tay, The Sundew Flower, Gaping Gyll, Isles of Scilly, Jurassic Coastline, Dinosaurs, Seven Sisters - Sussex, Giant's Causeway.

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Episode 3

Ice Age

Topics covered in Episode 3 are: Ben Nevis Range, Britain's Ice Age, Beaches in the Air, Glaciers, Kilarney, Fishing for Fossils, Neanderthal Man, Hunting Mammoths, Climate Swings.

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Episode 4

Islands Apart

Topics covered in Episode 4 are: Newtondale Valley, Arctic Char, Caledonian Forests, Gulf Stream Effect, Mighty Oaks, Cast Adrift, Tidal Estuaries, Ireland's Mammals, Sea Birds.

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Episode 5

Taming the Wild

Topics covered in Episode 5 are: Tree-felling, West Kennet Long Barrow, Stonehenge, Roman roads, Hay meadows, Castles, Skomer Island, Rats and plague, Wetlands and windmills.

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Episode 6

Revolution

Topics covered in Episode 6 are: The "Potteries", Canals, Waterway wildlife, Cornish tin mines, Steam engines, Irish potatoes, Ogwen Valley, London's pollution, Garden cemeteries.

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Episode 7

Modern Times

Topics covered in Episode 7 are: Red squirrels, Allotments, MOD land, Modern farming methods, River clean-up, Floods and defences, The Norfolk Broads, Cars and kestrels, London Wetlands.

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Episode 8

Our Future

Topics covered in Episode 8 are: Seasonal changes, Nesting birds, The Eden Project, Search for beetles, Japanese knotweed, Changing weather, London floods, The next Ice Age.

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