Memories
History - and natural history - filmed on location in Selborne, East Hampshire. This unusual edition of the long-running series Secrets of Life...
See moreLondon Visitors
The film tkes us to the North of England to follow the migration of the black-headed gull down to London. There, the narrator asks viewers to...
See moreShadow in the Stream
Explores the natural history of the otter, depicted through the fictitious account of a day in the life of Otto the Otter and his mother. The...
See moreGlimpses of Bird Life
Native British birds, from common gulls and cuckoos to the rare Richardson's Skua, are filmed in their natural habitat.
See moreNursery Island
The birdlife of Northumberland's Farne Islands comes under the spotlight.
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Birds of the Farne Islands.
See moreSt. Kilda, Its People and Birds
Scenes of islanders and seabirds on the remote island of St. Kilda.
See moreLondon Pigeon
Captures the lives, habits and habitats of London’s pigeon population.
See moreThe Nightingale
The nightingale and its song, its habitat, nest eggs and young.
See morePerky Cockney
The perky Cockneys are London sparrows, who star in this natural history film.
See moreThe Sedge Warbler and the Cuckoo
The peculiar trait of the cuckoo, which tricks another bird into hatching her egg for her, is shown in color photography.
See moreThe Home Wrecker
A Secrets of Nature short film about a the cuckoo.
See moreLa Fauvette et le coucou
The White Owl
A short black-and-white silent documentary film featuring the life-cycle of the Barn Owl.
See moreThe Cuckoo's Secret
The film shows a cuckoo caught in the act of laying an egg in the nest of two titlarks. The egg is hatched by the foster-mother, and she and her...
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