Brett Westwood explores our complex relationship with the snail. Read more
now playing
Snail
Brett Westwood explores our complex relationship with the snail.
Nightingale
Brett Westwood soaks in a sound bath of nightingale song. From 2017
Baobab
Brett Westwood explores our relationship with the baobab or upside-down tree.
Moth
Brett Westwood steps into the world of a creature charged with the lore of the night.
Swallow
Swift flies the skimming swallow: Brett Westwood on a much-loved seasonal-indicator bird.
Gull
Brett Westwood follows gulls away from the sea to landfill sites where birdwatchers gather
Turtle
Brett Westwood explores how the venerable, ancient turtle has influenced human culture.
Rhino
Brett Westwood meets a rhinoceros nose to nose and is blown away by the experience.
Beaver
Beavers are back, but Brett Westwood asks if they can recover their place in our culture.
Giraffe
Brett Westwood admires how the impossibility of the giraffe has captured hearts worldwide.
Leopard
Brett Westwood stalks the leopard... and finds him on Exmoor.
Reindeer
Brett Westwood learns that there is more to reindeer than Rudolph.
Pike
A journey into dangerous waters to explore our relationship with the fearsome pike.
Willow
Brett Westwood looks into the cultural influence of the willow, from 2018
Dung Beetle
Brett Westwood delves into the delightful sphere of the dung beetle.
Peacock
Brett Westwood looks at the history of a bird which has become a byword for male beauty.
Otter
The beguiling and mysterious otter leads Brett Westwood on a merry spraint hunt. From 2018
Narwhal
Brett Westwood explores our relationship with the 'unicorn of the sea', the narwhal.
Adder
Brett Westwood goes in search of our only venomous snake, the adder.
Komodo Dragon
Brett Westwood on the Komodo dragon - myth, monster and reality!
Dog
Dogs have changed us and we've changed them. Brett Westwood visits Battersea to meet some.
Orchid
Orchids and a world filled with beauty, femme fatales, ghosts, sex and deception.
Penguin
Penguins and us: from engaging funny figures to sentinels of change.
Swan
Series celebrating the infinite variety of the natural world and its depiction in culture.
Sloth
Sloths are wildly popular but that may tell us more about ourselves than about the animal.
Bee
About a bee: which has had a profound impact on human culture and society across history.
Chicken
How did we get from the red junglefowl in Asia to the chicken now eaten in its millions?
Poppy
Natural Histories explores the poppy and its symbolism.
Fern
Once regarded as magical and mysterious; our obsession with ferns is longstanding
Pigeon
One of our oldest companions, the pigeon inspires both love and loathing.
Aye-Aye
One of the weirdest –looking creatures on earth has both mesmerised and terrified us.