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Rare Earth
Episode 1 - Is Nature Better Off Without Us?
- Broadcast
- 2024 (52 mins)
Episode one sees Tom and Helen explore the thorny issue of humans’ relationship with nature. They ask: should we simply leave wild spaces alone to thrive, or must we carefully manage natural habitats for...
Rare Earth
Episode 2 - Can we live without waste?
- Broadcast
- 2024 (52 mins)
Rare Earth is a new weekly podcast and radio show from BBC Radio Four which digs deeper into the biggest issues for our planet. Each week, environmental journalist Tom Heap and physicist Helen Czerski will...
Rare Earth
Episode 3 - Can we build a better world with wood?
- Broadcast
- 2024 (52 mins)
From the emotional balm of a walk in the woods to the first wooden skyscrapers, Tom Heap and Helen Czerski ask if we can replace a world of concrete and steel with a wooden utopia. Will the Wood Age be...
Rare Earth
Episode 4 - Alien Invasion
- Broadcast
- 2024 (52 mins)
Should we celebrate the arrival of new species to the UK or drive them out? Tom Heap and Helen Czerski investigate the role of alien invasive species in the British countryside and beyond. Tom and Helen hear...
Rare Earth
Episode 5 - Can Politicians Save the Planet?
- Broadcast
- 2024 (52 mins)
Why do politicians have such trouble sticking to their environmental promises? Why are they happy to hug a husky one minute, desperate to ditch the ‘green crap’ the next? As Labour ditch their £28bn...
Rare Earth
Episode 6 - Can the Oceans Save Us from Climate Change?
- Broadcast
- 2024 (52 mins)
The world’s oceans have absorbed huge quantities of carbon dioxide, protecting us from the worst effects of climate change, but how much longer can they defend us? Join Helen Czerski in New Orleans at the...
Springwatch 2024
Episode One
- Broadcast
- 2024 (59 mins)
Springwatch is back to sprinkle a little sunshine on the season. Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan are broadcasting from RSPB Arne in Dorset, where spring has finally arrived. As usual, the site is bugged...
Springwatch 2024
Episode Two
- Broadcast
- 2024 (59 mins)
Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan introduce a medley of live nests at RSPB Arne in Dorset. It might only be night two, but the drama is already unfolding. Iolo Williams heads further afield to Hengistbury...
Springwatch 2024
Episode Three
- Broadcast
- 2024 (59 mins)
Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan commentate on the comings and goings of the live nests as the drama unfolds in Dorset. Iolo Williams is back at Hengistbury Head, where he reveals the secret drama playing...
Springwatch 2024
Episode Four
- Broadcast
- 2024 (59 mins)
Iolo Williams heads back to the fold and joins Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan at RSPB Arne in Dorset to round up the week and answer viewers’ wildlife-themed questions. The team are joined by special...