Butterflies: A Very British Obsession
Documentary featuring the fascinating lives of Britain's beautiful butterflies filmed in exquisite detail, and also a celebration of their enduring appeal to the British people.
Wildlife documentary featuring the fascinating lives of Britain's beautiful butterflies filmed in exquisite detail, and also a celebration of their enduring appeal to the British people. Butterfly-costumed carnival-goers dance at Notting Hill, street artist Nick Walker uses their image to brighten bare city walls, burlesque dancer Vicky Butterfly recreates butterfly dances, and women reveal their butterfly tattoos at Britain's biggest tattoo convention.
Britain's butterflies have never been so threatened, three-quarters are in decline - but do they still have a message for us? A search for butterflies leads to some of the most beautiful parts of Britain. It opens up the intriguing possibility that a passion for butterflies could help us preserve the landscapes that we love.
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Clips
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Butterfly bounty
Duration: 00:55
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Complete makeover
Duration: 02:11
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Hiding in plain view
Duration: 02:25
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Butterfly bounty
Duration: 00:56
Music Played
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Jon Hopkins
Searchlight
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Jon Hopkins
The Wider Sun
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The Ink Spots
If I Didn't Care
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Jon Hopkins
Vessel
Remix Artist: Four Tet. -
The Adam & Eve Project
Gulls N' Buoys
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Max Richter
Written on the Sky
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Max Richter
Shadow Journal
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Nigel & Marvin
Follow Da Leader
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Narrator | Imelda Staunton |
Editor | Tim Martin |
Producer | Simon Bell |
Broadcasts
- Fri 17 Dec 2010 20:00
- Sun 19 Dec 2010 17:00麻豆社 Two Scotland
- Thu 10 Feb 2011 02:10
- Fri 27 Apr 2012 21:00麻豆社 HD
- Sat 1 Sep 2012 16:00麻豆社 HD
- Sun 2 Sep 2012 20:00麻豆社 HD
- Sun 21 Dec 2014 06:35
- Wed 21 Oct 2015 16:30
- Thu 9 Jun 2016 23:45
- Thu 16 Jun 2016 00:30
- Mon 2 Jan 2017 06:50
- Thu 30 Mar 2017 23:00
- Wed 8 Nov 2017 00:15
- Tue 21 Aug 2018 12:45
- Sun 17 Feb 2019 15:10麻豆社 Two except Wales
- Mon 9 Sep 2019 02:25
- Fri 27 Mar 2020 09:00麻豆社 Two except Scotland
- Mon 12 Apr 2021 16:00麻豆社 Two except Scotland
- Tue 31 May 2022 22:50
- Tue 6 Jun 2023 15:30麻豆社 Two except Scotland & Wales
- Tue 6 Jun 2023 16:00麻豆社 Two Wales HD & Wales only
- Sun 25 Feb 2024 12:45麻豆社 Two except Scotland