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Taming the Wild
Episode 5 of 8
Armed with stone axes and grim determination, a few thousand people turned our islands from forest to farm. Alan Titchmarsh discovers how our ancestors - from Stone Age man to the Romans and Normans - not only changed the countryside but also brought us the scourge of gardeners everywhere.
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Sat 7 Feb 2015
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Gastronomic garden snails
Duration: 01:04
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Skomer's shearwaters
Duration: 02:32
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Rabbit eviction
Duration: 02:48
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Norman conservation
Duration: 02:30
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Alan Titchmarsh |
| Producer | Chris Cole |
