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Episode 4 of 6

Duration: 1 hour

Jimmy Doherty goes behind the scenes at the Natural History Museum to discover the lengths people go to to add new and rarely studied species to the collection. A colossal squid turns up at the museum, a team of scientists push through unexplored jungle in Panama and a pioneering project finds a new species at the bottom of the sea off the coast of Sweden.

Last on

Tue 6 Jul 2010 02:35 BBC One except HD

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Credits

Presenter
Jimmy Doherty
Presenter
Mark Carwardine
Presenter
Liz Bonnin
Presenter
Kate Bellingham
Presenter
Chris van Tulleken
Director
Ian A Hunt
Director
Sophie Harris
Producer
Ian A Hunt
Producer
Sophie Harris
Producer
Tim Green

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