Summer
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.
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Worm hunt
Duration: 01:48
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Nightjar nuptials
Duration: 02:35
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Prickly partnership
Duration: 02:13
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Flying ant day
Duration: 01:01
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Patrick Hawes
Goddess of the Woods
Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra.- Highgrove Suite.
- Classic FM.
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Valgeir SigurΓ°sson
Before Nine
- Valgeir Sigurdsson.
- Bedroom Community.
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Benjamin Hudson & JΓΌrgen Kruse
Spiegel im Spiegel
- Spiegel im Spiegel.
- BIS Records.
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Whistling Jack Smith
I was Kaiser Bill's Batman
- Whistling Jack Smith.
- Universal Decca.
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UNKLE
Joy Factory (instrumental)
Performer: UNKLE.- Where Did The Night Fall.
- EMI.
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Valgeir SigurΓ°sson
Dreamland
- Draumalandid.
- Bedroom Community.
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Irving Berlin
Isn't this a lovely day
Performer: Peter Skellern. Performer: Grimethorpe Colliery Band.- Astaire.
- Mercury Records Limited.
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Boards of Canada
Transmissiones Ferox
- Tomorrow's Harvest.
- Warp.
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Seth Lakeman
Ghost of You
- Hearts and Minds.
- Relentless.
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The New Christy Minstrels
We'll Sing in the Sunshine
- Greatest Hits.
- Sony BMG.
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Chris Thile & Mike Marshall
'Til Dawn
- Live Duets.
- Sugar Hill.
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Florence + The Machine
Between Two Lungs
- Between Two Lungs.
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Seth Lakeman
White Hare
- Freedom Fields.
- Relentless.
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Seth Lakeman
Ghost of You
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Florence + The Machine
Between Two Lungs
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Seth Lakeman
The White Hare
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΄³Γ³²Τ²υΎ±
Sinking Friendships
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
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| Narrator | Joseph Fiennes |
| Series Producer | James Brickell |
| Executive Producer | Mike Gunton |
Broadcasts
Wed 16 Oct 2013 21:00- Sun 20 Oct 2013 16:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One except Wales & Wales HD
Mon 19 Oct 2015 21:00- Wed 21 Oct 2015 23:00
- Thu 2 Aug 2018 23:00
- Thu 21 Mar 2019 13:45
- Thu 23 Jan 2020 20:00
- Wed 19 Aug 2020 09:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland
- Wed 8 Jan 2025 15:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland
Meet the timelapse team
Find out more about the team behind the timelapse sequences in The Great British Year.
