Synopsis
Alan Titchmarsh travels Britain to discover why our islands are so diverse and extreme. When the Ice Age ended and the seas rose, we were cut off from mainland Europe.
- Programme: British Isles: A Natural History
- Episode: 04: Islands Apart
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2004
- Geography | Human and physical geography | Landscapes of the UK
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