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Summer

The Great British Year Original Series
Episode 3 of 4

Documentary series showing Britain's changing look over the course of a year. Whilst the human population of Britain kicks back, summer is boom time for the animals.

Whilst the human population of Britain kicks back, summer is boom time for the animals. More sun means more food, but animals are arriving from afar to share, and competition is high. Hunters time their arrival from Africa to feast on the huge glut of flying insects, hobbies race after dragonflies, and thermal cameras reveal nightjars on a Dorset heath. Will the weather hold? One day harmful UV rays force sea urchins to cover up, the next sees thunderstorms bring out hordes of hungry snails.

58 minutes

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Wed 8 Jan 2025 15:15
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Music Played

  • Patrick Hawes

    Goddess of the Woods

    Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Highgrove Suite.
    • Classic FM.

  • Valgeir Sigur冒sson

    Before Nine

    • Valgeir Sigurdsson.
    • Bedroom Community.

  • Benjamin Hudson & J眉rgen Kruse

    Spiegel im Spiegel

    • Spiegel im Spiegel.
    • BIS Records.

  • Whistling Jack Smith

    I was Kaiser Bill's Batman

    • Whistling Jack Smith.
    • Universal Decca.

  • UNKLE

    Joy Factory (instrumental)

    Performer: UNKLE.
    • Where Did The Night Fall.
    • EMI.

  • Valgeir Sigur冒sson

    Dreamland

    • Draumalandid.
    • Bedroom Community.

  • Irving Berlin

    Isn't this a lovely day

    Performer: Peter Skellern. Performer: Grimethorpe Colliery Band.
    • Astaire.
    • Mercury Records Limited.

  • Boards of Canada

    Transmissiones Ferox

    • Tomorrow's Harvest.
    • Warp.

  • Seth Lakeman

    Ghost of You

    • Hearts and Minds.
    • Relentless.

  • The New Christy Minstrels

    We'll Sing in the Sunshine

    • Greatest Hits.
    • Sony BMG.

  • Chris Thile & Mike Marshall

    'Til Dawn

    • Live Duets.
    • Sugar Hill.

  • Florence + The Machine

    Between Two Lungs

    • Between Two Lungs.

  • Seth Lakeman

    White Hare

    • Freedom Fields.
    • Relentless.

  • Seth Lakeman

    Ghost of You

  • Florence + The Machine

    Between Two Lungs

  • Seth Lakeman

    The White Hare

  • 闯贸苍蝉颈

    Sinking Friendships

Credits

Narrator Joseph Fiennes
Series Producer James Brickell
Executive Producer Mike Gunton

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