Birds Britannia is a BBC four-part television series about the birds of the United Kingdom, first shown from 7 to 28 November 2010 on BBC Four.[1] It was produced by Stephen Moss.
Each of the four, sixty-minute episodes concentrates on one kind of bird: garden birds, waterbirds, seabirds and birds of the countryside.[1]
The series has no presenter, and is narrated by the Scottish actor Bill Paterson,[1] with filmed interviews with a wide range of experts and bird enthusiasts, including David Attenborough, Mark Cocker, Jeremy Mynott, Tim Birkhead, Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall, Christopher Frayling, Kate Humble, Rob Lambert, Desmond Morris, David Lindo, Helen Macdonald, Andrew Motion, Tony Soper, and Bill Oddie.[1]
It has been announced that a book of the same title, by Stephen Moss, will be published by Collins in April 2011 (ISBN 978-0007413447).[2]
See also
- Birds Britannica, a book by Cocker and Richard Mabey
- List of Britannia documentaries
References
- ^ a b c d "BBC – Nature UK: Birds Britannia". BBC. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
- ^ Amazon.co.uk record for Birds Britannia. ASIN 0007413440.
External links
- Birds Britannia at BBC Online
- Birds Britannia at IMDb
- BBC Natural History blog entry by producer Stephen Moss
- Garden birds video clips from Birds Britannia on BBC Nature
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