Birds Britannia is a four-part BBC Four television series about the birds of the United Kingdom, first shown in 2010. 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.
The series has no presenter, and is narrated by the Scottish actor Bill Paterson, 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.
It has been announced that a book of the same title, by Stephen Moss, will be published by Collins in April 2011.
Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
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Season 1 | Episode 1 | Garden Birds | 2010-11-03 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 2 | Waterbirds | 2010-11-10 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 3 | Seabirds | 2010-11-17 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 4 | Countryside Birds | 2010-11-24 | 60 min |