The Alien Birds Have Landed

Episode

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Broadcast

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The Pheasant

20120820

Alison Steadman tells the story of why and how so many birds that make up the avifauna of Britain are aliens from elsewhere. Programme one: pheasant.

Producer: Tim Dee.

Alison Steadman tells the story of how and why the pheasant became a British bird.

The Canada Goose And Ruddy Duck

20120821

Alison Steadman tells the story of how and why the Canada Goose and Ruddy Duck became British Birds. Both started out in North America and only got here thanks to man. The Canada Goose is tolerated but the Ruddy Duck has been shot to extinction in Britain. What is going on?

Producer: Tim Dee.

Alison Steadman tells how the Canada goose and ruddy duck became British birds.

The Little Owl And Eagle Owl

20120822

Alison Steadman tells how the Little Owl became British and how the Eagle Owl might too. How should it be decided what makes a British bird?

Producer: Tim Dee.

Alison Steadman asks how it should be decided what makes a British bird.

The Rose-ringed Parakeet

20120823

Alison Steadman tells the story of how and why the Rose-ringed Parakeet became a British bird. Are alien birds apt expressions of our botched tenancy of the planet? Should we be more careful about how we meddle with nature?

Producer: Tim Dee.

Alison Steadman tells how a parakeet became a British bird.

05 LAST

The Starling And Blackbird

20120824

Alison Steadman tells the story of how and why the starling is hated in North America.

Alison Steadman tells the story of how and why the Starling is hated in North America and the Blackbird in New Zealand. Historically as much as today we have meddled with nature. It's a risky business. Can we undo our mistakes or is it too late?

Producer: Tim Dee.

Episodes

Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Comments
01	The Pheasant	20120820	Alison Steadman tells the story of why and how so many birds that make up the avifauna of Britain are aliens from elsewhere. Programme one: pheasant. Producer: Tim Dee. Alison Steadman tells the story of how and why the pheasant became a British bird.
02	The Canada Goose And Ruddy Duck	20120821	Alison Steadman tells the story of how and why the Canada Goose and Ruddy Duck became British Birds. Both started out in North America and only got here thanks to man. The Canada Goose is tolerated but the Ruddy Duck has been shot to extinction in Britain. What is going on? Producer: Tim Dee. Alison Steadman tells how the Canada goose and ruddy duck became British birds.
03	The Little Owl And Eagle Owl	20120822	Alison Steadman tells how the Little Owl became British and how the Eagle Owl might too. How should it be decided what makes a British bird? Producer: Tim Dee. Alison Steadman asks how it should be decided what makes a British bird.
04	The Rose-ringed Parakeet	20120823	Alison Steadman tells the story of how and why the Rose-ringed Parakeet became a British bird. Are alien birds apt expressions of our botched tenancy of the planet? Should we be more careful about how we meddle with nature? Producer: Tim Dee. Alison Steadman tells how a parakeet became a British bird.
05 LAST	The Starling And Blackbird	20120824	Alison Steadman tells the story of how and why the starling is hated in North America. Alison Steadman tells the story of how and why the Starling is hated in North America and the Blackbird in New Zealand. Historically as much as today we have meddled with nature. It's a risky business. Can we undo our mistakes or is it too late? Producer: Tim Dee.