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- Five nuns set their sights on winning the cash prize in a major cycling race to raise money to renovate a dilapidated hospice. The only hitch is that none of them can ride a bicycle.
- Colombia is a naturalist's paradise, with more vertebrate species than any other country on Earth, including over 160 species of hummingbird and more than 800 types of frog. From the Andes to the Amazon, the Pacific to the Caribbean, wildlife adventurer Nigel Marven journeys to the country's major habitats to meet rare and unusual creatures, many filmed for the very first time.
- Adventurer and nature lover Ray Mears explores some of Britain's more inaccessible countryside to discover the wildlife living just outside our front door.
- Adventurous naturalist and all round snake lover Nigel Marven takes a look at some of the world's most lethal snakes.
- Ray travels to the New Forest in Hampshire where he takes a look around the ancient woodland to discover fallow deer and New Forest ponies. He also finds ancient dead and decaying trees that provide a haven for beetles, bats and hornets.
- Ray makes his way to East Anglia to find out more about one of the wildest and wettest parts of the country.
- The survival expert sets out again to explore some of Britain's finest habitats and most spectacular wildlife, beginning in Scotland's Caledonian pine forests, home to rare species including the capercaillie. Ray camps out in the hope of catching the turkey-sized grouse's courtship display, and also goes in search of the red squirrel.
- Ray Mears reveals that he spent much of his childhood searching the South Downs for the Adonis Blue butterfly. Back then, they were a rare sight but now, thanks to conservation work, they are easily spotted and Ray gets to marvel at one perched on his finger. Ray's looking at chalk habitats and explains that chalk is made from creatures that lived in the sea millions of years ago. He's on the South Coast and journeys Westwards and, on his way, he spies peregrine falcons, kittiwakes, a wealth of wild flowers and, of course, the Adonis Blue.
- Ray travels to the most northern landscape of the British mainland which is peat bogs of Caithness and Sutherland. The area covers 1,500 square miles and is one of the largest stretches of unspoiled Blanket Bog in Europe. He takes a look around the region and uncovers rare specialized plants, and birds such as the Black-throated diver and the Hen-harrier.
- The survival expert heads to Norfolk to explore the county's lowland rivers, which are a haven for wild plants and creatures including kingfishers and crayfish. Ray also goes in search of water voles, whose population is in sharp decline.
- Ray heads to North Uist in the Outer Hebrides and explores Loch Maddy - home to red deer, otters, common seals, red-throated divers and sea eagles. He also does some scuba diving.
- Ray explores Skomer Island, a seabird haven off the Pembrokeshire coast, and watches members of its puffin population returning from the sea with sand eels to feed their young. He also has a close encounter with the Skomer vole, which is not found anywhere else.
- Ray visits one of the country's least known habitats - the Breckland in East Anglia. The area has the hottest summers and coldest winters in the country, and is home to an abundance of exciting fauna including brown hares, the rare stone curlew and the noisy pool frog - which until recently was extinct in this country. Ray ventures below ground to explore an ancient flint mine where he discovers a red deer antler that has been there since the Stone Age.
- Ray Mears explores the Forest of Dean - one of the few remaining ancient forests in England - where he encounters a family of wild boar and the rare goshawk.
- Ray Mears visits the quintessential British habitat - the hay meadow - and reveals the vital link between this precious habitat and some of our most wonderful wildlife.
- The survival expert explores the Peak District, one of the most popular spectacles in the British countryside, where he spots short-eared owls hunting for voles and catches a glimpse of some of the red grouse and mountain hares that live among the heather of the Dark Peak. He also heads to the limestone uplands of the White Peak, whose rivers and streams are home to rare great crested newts and caddis flies.
- Ray Mears explores the coastal landscape of north Norfolk, where he discovers the rare natterjack toad and finds out why the area has been dubbed Britain's bird-watching capital.
- Ray Mears continues his journey across Great Britain, uncovering some of nature's finest habitats. In this episode, he explores the lowland wetlands of Somerset by canoe.
- Ray Mears travels to the Highlands of Scotland where he takes a look around the dramatic peaks and heather-covered moors which feature a mix of mammals and birds that have adapted to an ecology unique to the region.