The Nature of Britain is a nature documentary

Nature documentary

A natural history film or wildlife film is a documentary film about animals, plants, or other non-human living creatures, usually concentrating on film taken in their natural habitat...

 series made for British television by the BBC Natural History Unit

BBC Natural History Unit

The BBC Natural History Unit is a department of the BBC dedicated to making television and radio programmes with a natural history or wildlife theme, especially nature documentaries...

. It was first broadcast on BBC1 in October and November 2007. The Nature of Britain was the second BBC natural history series presented by Alan Titchmarsh

Alan Titchmarsh

Alan Fred Titchmarsh, MBE DL is an English gardener, broadcaster and novelist. After working as a professional gardener and a garden journalist, he established himself as a media personality through appearances on gardening programmes...

, following 2004's British Isles - A Natural History

British Isles - A Natural History

British Isles – A Natural History is an eight-part documentary series produced by the BBC Natural History Unit and presented by Alan Titchmarsh...

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After the introductory episode, each 50-minute programme showed the wild plants and animals found in a range of different British habitats. They were followed by a 10-minute regional programme which aimed to show viewers how they could contribute to wildlife conservation in their region.

Episodes

• "Island Britain"
• "Farmland Britain"
• "Urban Britain"
• "Freshwater Britain"
• "Coastal Britain"
• "Woodland Britain"
• "Wilderness Britain"
• "Secret Britain"

Merchandise

A 3-disc Region 2

DVD region code

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DVD set (BBCDVD2532) featuring all eight episodes was released on 26 November 2007. Titchmarsh wrote an accompanying book, also called The Nature of Britain, and released by BBC Books on 27 September 2007. (ISBN 0-563-49398-4)