Birds Britannia
| Birds Britannia | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Natural history |
| Created by | BBC |
| Narrated by | Bill Paterson |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Neil Nightingale |
| Producer(s) | Stephen Moss |
| Location(s) | United Kingdom |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC Four |
| Picture format | 16:9 1080i |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 3 November – 24 November 2010 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Birds Britannia is a BBC's 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
- 1 2 3 4 "BBC - Nature UK: Birds Britannia". BBC Online. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
- ↑ "Amazon.co.uk record for Birds Britannia". Retrieved 20 November 2010.
External links
- Birds Britannia at the Internet Movie Database
- BBC Natural History blog entry by producer Stephen Moss
- BBC programme guide entry
- Garden birds video clips from Birds Britannia on BBC Nature