In the programme Look back at the people and places featured in series 3.

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The stunning new glasshouse is opened by Michael Palin after a year in construction; Dave Barnes gives us the inside story on the Kew compost heap; Peter Roberts investigates a mystery fungus sent to Kew's mycology department, and Dave Cooke is attempting to move a large palm that has outgrown its position in the Temperate House.

Get a sneak preview of what it's like to move such an enormous tree.

Visitors discover Kew's Japanese 'Minka House', hidden behind a forest of bamboo; Dave Cooke creates a new Australian bed in the Temperate House; Nigel Rothwell gets to grips with repotting the gigantic - and very smelly - arum lily; and plant scientist Christine Leon goes to China, following in the footsteps of Kew's heroic plant hunters.

Watch our exclusive clip of Christine's challenge.

Construction begins on Kew's first bridge; Nigel Hepper reveals the results of his weather observations at Kew; the team help to create a an African herbal garden for the Chelsea Flower Show and Hugh Pritchard solves the mystery of some 200-year-old seeds found among documents in Britain's National Archives.

Will the seeds germinate? Watch now.

A new display, the Temple of the Imagination, opens, adding to a collection of decorative follies at Kew; the Chinese Ambassador opens the pagoda to visitors, and wallabies cause problems as George III's menagerie is recreated. The tree gang performs a seven -yearly pruning job; Magnus Irwin paints a wall in the Princess of Wales conservatory, and Sarah Smith prepares the gardens around Kew Palace in preparation for its reopening.

Watch Sarah's plans and preparations for replanting the parterre.

Simon Cole teaches 11-year-olds about conservation; Head of HR Kate Forrest experiences life with the tree gang; Pat Smallcombe teaches the Kew volunteers about summer pruning, and Dave Cooke and Phil Griffiths try a new predator to keep pests in the Temperate House at bay.

See how Dave and Phil deal with their unwelcome guests.

The tree gang saves an ancient lime tree from being felled with some careful surgery; Egyptologist, Sally McAleely learns more about the culture and botany of the pharaohs by recreating a wreath found buried with an Egyptian mummy; Scientist, Hazel Wilkinson plays a key role in solving a serious crime; and a group of staff from the Ministry of Defence have a team building day weeding the azalea beds.

Watch the tree gang prune an old lime tree

Researcher Steve Jansen injects trees and shrubs with a dye to find out how they might survive the drought; Tony Hall and Pat Smallcombe plant a Mediterranean garden with cork, olive and pine imported from Italy; Steve Robinson checks up on the dormice in the ancient woodlands at Wakehurst Place; and Lara Jewitt explains the sex life of orchids while she creates her weekly display in the Princess of Wales conservatory.

Watch Tony Hall plant a Mediterranean garden

Phil Stevensen is working on an African plant which kills the pests that destroy harvested grain; Steve Robinson hopes to increase the wildlife in his meadow garden by introducing a new system for cutting hay; and a it's moving day for the Mycology departments huge and unique collection of fungi.

Watch Steve Robinson cut the meadow garden

Colin Clubbe leads a team in Montserrat to rebuild the hundred-year old botanic garden that was destroyed by a volcano; first-year horticulture student, Thea Pitcher is planting a vegetable patch according to the phases of the moon; and Steve Alton, from Kew's Millennium Seed Bank, searches for a Ley's whitebeam tree in South Wales.

Watch Colin Clubbe search for endangered plants in the forest of Montserrat

Librarian James Kay and historian Ray Desmond identify two men in an 1848 photograph of the Palm House; Steve Robinson uses coppiced hazel to turn old hawthorne field dividers into beautiful hedges where wildlife can flourish; four new oaks are planted along the 19th century Pagoda Vista; and Wes Shaw works with Bill Baker to preserve the palm bud of a coconut before it's cut down.

Watch Tony Kirkham and the team plant new oaks along the Pagoda Vista

Find out more about the people who work at Kew and job opportunities at the gardens.