Garden Birds

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Episode 1 of 4

Duration: 1 hour

Documentary series which looks at the different birds that live in the UK and at the stories they can tell us about the British people over time. Top of our affections are garden birds, including the nation's favourite, the robin. Yet this relationship is a surprisingly modern one, the result of some of the most dramatic changes in British society in the last 150 years.

Last on

Sat 11 Feb 2012 15:30 BBC Two except Northern Ireland (Analogue), Wales (Analogue)

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Credits

Series Producer
Stephen Moss
Narrator
Bill Paterson
Participant
Bill Oddie
Participant
David Attenborough
Participant
Tony Soper
Participant
Jenny Uglow
Participant
Christopher Baines
Participant
David Lindo
Participant
Chris Frayling
Producer
Susie Painter

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