The Great British Year
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- Episode
- Episode 1 ' Winter
- Broadcast Info
- 2015 (59 mins)
- Description
- Starting at on New Years Day, the country is in the grip of winter and about to experience the coldest temperatures of the year. Time lapses show frost shrouding the country and mist swirling in hollows. The water becomes the enemy as it freezes, expanding and destroying plant cells. All British wildlife has to cope with the effects of the cold. Red Kites track the farmers as they plough the hard ground uncovering grubs and worms. Owls use their sensitive hearing to dive on voles through the covering of snow. Despite the freezing temperatures, adders emerge into the frosty air to bask. Spring moves in a visible line across the country, vast swathes of woodland floor erupt with carpets of snowdrops. In London grass is growing, thousands of people rush to mow their lawn; and in a north London estate, fallow deer from the ancient Epping forest creep in undercover of darkness to feed. As winter fades there is new hopee on a lake in Wiltshire this hope is captured in the evocative dance of great rested grebes.
- Genre
- Natural History; Climate
How to cite this record
The Open University, "The Great British Year". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ou/search/index.php/prog/84054 (Accessed 10 Jan 2025)