Bees In A Pod With Rob Beckett [Let It Grow]

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Bee Enemies And The Cuckoo Bee

20210902

20210919 (R2)

David Attenborough is saving the planet, Brian May is saving badgers, now Comedian Rob Beckett is saving the bees. With help from comedy friends and proper bee experts. This week entomologist Dr George McGavin enthrals Rob with tales of the threats and enemies bees face. Find out about parasites that eat bees from the inside out and how the bee of the week - cuckoo bees - hide and take over other bees' nests. Comedian Michael Odewale wants to know if there are any bees you should pick a fight with, and Rob hears from Bee rescuer extraordinaire, Erika Thompson.

Series Producer Jo Newsholme.

More bee-based laughs with Rob Beckett. This episode it's bee enemies.

Get help transforming grey spaces into wild and colourful places!

Bee Homes And Hotels

20210815

David Attenborough is saving the planet, Brian May is saving badgers, now Comedian Rob Beckett is saving the bees. With help from comedy friends and proper bee experts. This week bee enthusiast Katy Bell tells Rob some of the unusual and secretive places bees might be hiding in your home and garden. What can you do to keep them there? And what do you do if they turn up somewhere you don't want them? Comedian Andy Field quizzes Rob on what rapper Cardi B's relationship is to bees, and whether the mining bee really does wear a hard hat - Plus other weird and wonderful stories from the world of bees.

Bee based laughs with Rob Beckett, Katy Bell and Andy Field.

Get help transforming grey spaces into wild and colourful places!

Honey Honey... How Bees Make The Sweet Stuff

20210808

David Attenborough is saving the planet, Brian May is saving badgers, now Comedian Rob Beckett is saving the bees. With help from comedy friends and proper bee experts. This week Rob chats to comedian Sunil Patel and bee expert, Professor of Biology Dave Goulson. We've made it all the way to Episode 4 without finding out what honey is. This week we rectify that with the bee of the week, the honey bee. Find out what a colony is, what a swarm is, and how you can get a bee in the post. Plus, do you really want to know how honey is made?

Series Producer Jo Newsholme.

Comedian Rob Beckett discovers why we can't live without bees

Get help transforming grey spaces into wild and colourful places!

Pollination And Some Dodgy Flower Names

20210729

20210801 (R2)
20210822 (R2)

David Attenborough is saving the planet, Brian May is saving badgers, now comedian Rob Beckett is saving the bees. With help from some comedy friends and proper bee experts.

This week Rob chats to comedian Ahir Shah and the RHS's Helen Bostock about the vital role bees play in pollination, and what we'd be eating if we didn't have them... He learns what flowers are good for bees (and which ones have seriously dodgy names). And bee of the week is a lovely little pollinator called the red mason bee.

Series Producer Jo Newsholme.

Rob Beckett finds out about pollination, plants and the red mason bee.

Get help transforming grey spaces into wild and colourful places!

Pollination And Some Dodgy Flower Names

20210729

20210822 (R2)
20210801 (R2)

David Attenborough is saving the planet, Brian May is saving badgers, now comedian Rob Beckett is saving the bees. With help from some comedy friends and proper bee experts.

Series Producer Jo Newsholme.

Rob Beckett finds out about pollination, plants and the red mason bee.

Get help transforming grey spaces into wild and colourful places!

David Attenborough is saving the planet, Brian May is saving badgers, now comedian Rob Beckett is saving the bees. With help from some comedy friends and proper bee experts.

Series Producer Jo Newsholme.

Rob Beckett finds out about pollination, plants and the red mason bee.

Get help transforming grey spaces into wild and colourful places!

So How Clever Are Bees Anyway?

20210814

20210815 (R2)

David Attenborough is saving the planet, Brian May is saving badgers, now Comedian Rob Beckett is saving the bees. With help from comedy friends and proper bee experts. This week bee expert Gill Perkins tells Rob all about bumblebees. She insists they're the fuzziest, cuddliest of all the bees - and that they are really clever. Find out if bees would make a good five-a-side football team, whether they can turn corners like Lewis Hamilton, and hear from the scientist who performs fecal transplants on bees. Comedian Travis Jay wants to know if you can be friends with a bee - and questions whether Rob has learned anything at all about bees so far.

More bee based laughs with Rob Beckett. This week it's bumblebees and intelligence.

Get help transforming grey spaces into wild and colourful places!

So How Clever Are Bees Anyway?

20210814

20210815 (R2)

David Attenborough is saving the planet, Brian May is saving badgers, now Comedian Rob Beckett is saving the bees. With help from comedy friends and proper bee experts. This week bee expert Gill Perkins tells Rob all about bumblebees. She insists they're the fuzziest, cuddliest of all the bees – and that they are really clever. Find out if bees would make a good five-a-side football team, whether they can turn corners like Lewis Hamilton, and hear from the scientist who performs fecal transplants on bees. Comedian Travis Jay wants to know if you can be friends with a bee – and questions whether Rob has learned anything at all about bees so far.

More bee based laughs with Rob Beckett. This week it's bumblebees and intelligence.

Get help transforming grey spaces into wild and colourful places!

The Birds And The Bees

20210805

20210808 (R2)

David Attenborough is saving the planet, Brian May is saving badgers, now Comedian Rob Beckett is saving the bees. With help from comedy friends and proper bee experts. This week Rob chats to comedian Maisie Adam and entomologist and zoologist Dr George McGavin about the intimate lives of different species of bees. Be prepared for some pretty disgusting procreation stories. Plus, we find out about the romantic moves of the bee of the week, the hairy-footed flower bee.

Series Producer Jo Newsholme.

Comedian Rob Beckett discovers how bees make other bees.

Get help transforming grey spaces into wild and colourful places!

The Grand Finale - Bee Hopeful

20210909

20210919 (R2)

David Attenborough is saving the planet, Brian May is saving badgers, now Comedian Rob Beckett is saving the bees. With help from comedy friends and proper bee experts. This week bee expert Gill Perkins - CEO of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust - is back to tell Rob about some of the positive things happening in bee world, including good numbers of bees in urban areas and the rare breed crusaders out to save threatened species. Comedian Josh Jones joins the fun to find out if there really can be any Queen Bee other than Beyonce, and bee enthusiast Dawood Qureshi leaves Rob feeling the future is in safe hands.

Series Producer Jo Newsholme.

Comedian Rob Beckett takes an optimistic look towards the future for bees.

Get help transforming grey spaces into wild and colourful places!

The Grand Finale - Bee Hopeful

20210909

20210919 (R2)

David Attenborough is saving the planet, Brian May is saving badgers, now Comedian Rob Beckett is saving the bees. With help from comedy friends and proper bee experts. This week bee expert Gill Perkins – CEO of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust – is back to tell Rob about some of the positive things happening in bee world, including good numbers of bees in urban areas and the rare breed crusaders out to save threatened species. Comedian Josh Jones joins the fun to find out if there really can be any Queen Bee other than Beyonce, and bee enthusiast Dawood Qureshi leaves Rob feeling the future is in safe hands.

Series Producer Jo Newsholme.

Comedian Rob Beckett takes an optimistic look towards the future for bees.

Get help transforming grey spaces into wild and colourful places!

The Origin Of Bees With Dr Bee And Zoe Ball

20210722

20210801 (R2)
20210822 (R2)

Rob chats to Professor Dave Goulson (Dr Bee) and Zoe Ball about the origin of bees.

Get help transforming grey spaces into wild and colourful places!

The Origin Of Bees With Dr Bee And Zoe Ball

20210722

20210822 (R2)
20210801 (R2)

Rob chats to Professor Dave Goulson (Dr Bee) and Zoe Ball about the origin of bees.

Get help transforming grey spaces into wild and colourful places!

Rob chats to Professor Dave Goulson (Dr Bee) and Zoe Ball about the origin of bees.

Get help transforming grey spaces into wild and colourful places!

Episodes

Title	First Broadcast	Repeated	Comments
Bee Enemies And The Cuckoo Bee	20210902	20210919 (R2)	David Attenborough is saving the planet, Brian May is saving badgers, now Comedian Rob Beckett is saving the bees. With help from comedy friends and proper bee experts. This week entomologist Dr George McGavin enthrals Rob with tales of the threats and enemies bees face. Find out about parasites that eat bees from the inside out and how the bee of the week - cuckoo bees - hide and take over other bees' nests. Comedian Michael Odewale wants to know if there are any bees you should pick a fight with, and Rob hears from Bee rescuer extraordinaire, Erika Thompson. Series Producer Jo Newsholme. More bee-based laughs with Rob Beckett. This episode it's bee enemies. Get help transforming grey spaces into wild and colourful places!
Bee Homes And Hotels	20210815		David Attenborough is saving the planet, Brian May is saving badgers, now Comedian Rob Beckett is saving the bees. With help from comedy friends and proper bee experts. This week bee enthusiast Katy Bell tells Rob some of the unusual and secretive places bees might be hiding in your home and garden. What can you do to keep them there? And what do you do if they turn up somewhere you don't want them? Comedian Andy Field quizzes Rob on what rapper Cardi B's relationship is to bees, and whether the mining bee really does wear a hard hat - Plus other weird and wonderful stories from the world of bees. Bee based laughs with Rob Beckett, Katy Bell and Andy Field. Get help transforming grey spaces into wild and colourful places!
Honey Honey... How Bees Make The Sweet Stuff	20210808		David Attenborough is saving the planet, Brian May is saving badgers, now Comedian Rob Beckett is saving the bees. With help from comedy friends and proper bee experts. This week Rob chats to comedian Sunil Patel and bee expert, Professor of Biology Dave Goulson. We've made it all the way to Episode 4 without finding out what honey is. This week we rectify that with the bee of the week, the honey bee. Find out what a colony is, what a swarm is, and how you can get a bee in the post. Plus, do you really want to know how honey is made? Series Producer Jo Newsholme. Comedian Rob Beckett discovers why we can't live without bees Get help transforming grey spaces into wild and colourful places!
Pollination And Some Dodgy Flower Names	20210729	20210801 (R2) 20210822 (R2)	David Attenborough is saving the planet, Brian May is saving badgers, now comedian Rob Beckett is saving the bees. With help from some comedy friends and proper bee experts. This week Rob chats to comedian Ahir Shah and the RHS's Helen Bostock about the vital role bees play in pollination, and what we'd be eating if we didn't have them... He learns what flowers are good for bees (and which ones have seriously dodgy names). And bee of the week is a lovely little pollinator called the red mason bee. Series Producer Jo Newsholme. Rob Beckett finds out about pollination, plants and the red mason bee. Get help transforming grey spaces into wild and colourful places!
Pollination And Some Dodgy Flower Names	20210729	20210822 (R2) 20210801 (R2)	David Attenborough is saving the planet, Brian May is saving badgers, now comedian Rob Beckett is saving the bees. With help from some comedy friends and proper bee experts. This week Rob chats to comedian Ahir Shah and the RHS's Helen Bostock about the vital role bees play in pollination, and what we'd be eating if we didn't have them... He learns what flowers are good for bees (and which ones have seriously dodgy names). And bee of the week is a lovely little pollinator called the red mason bee. Series Producer Jo Newsholme. Rob Beckett finds out about pollination, plants and the red mason bee. Get help transforming grey spaces into wild and colourful places! David Attenborough is saving the planet, Brian May is saving badgers, now comedian Rob Beckett is saving the bees. With help from some comedy friends and proper bee experts. This week Rob chats to comedian Ahir Shah and the RHS's Helen Bostock about the vital role bees play in pollination, and what we'd be eating if we didn't have them... He learns what flowers are good for bees (and which ones have seriously dodgy names). And bee of the week is a lovely little pollinator called the red mason bee. Series Producer Jo Newsholme. Rob Beckett finds out about pollination, plants and the red mason bee. Get help transforming grey spaces into wild and colourful places!
So How Clever Are Bees Anyway?	20210814	20210815 (R2)	David Attenborough is saving the planet, Brian May is saving badgers, now Comedian Rob Beckett is saving the bees. With help from comedy friends and proper bee experts. This week bee expert Gill Perkins tells Rob all about bumblebees. She insists they're the fuzziest, cuddliest of all the bees - and that they are really clever. Find out if bees would make a good five-a-side football team, whether they can turn corners like Lewis Hamilton, and hear from the scientist who performs fecal transplants on bees. Comedian Travis Jay wants to know if you can be friends with a bee - and questions whether Rob has learned anything at all about bees so far. More bee based laughs with Rob Beckett. This week it's bumblebees and intelligence. Get help transforming grey spaces into wild and colourful places!
So How Clever Are Bees Anyway?	20210814	20210815 (R2)	David Attenborough is saving the planet, Brian May is saving badgers, now Comedian Rob Beckett is saving the bees. With help from comedy friends and proper bee experts. This week bee expert Gill Perkins tells Rob all about bumblebees. She insists they're the fuzziest, cuddliest of all the bees – and that they are really clever. Find out if bees would make a good five-a-side football team, whether they can turn corners like Lewis Hamilton, and hear from the scientist who performs fecal transplants on bees. Comedian Travis Jay wants to know if you can be friends with a bee – and questions whether Rob has learned anything at all about bees so far. More bee based laughs with Rob Beckett. This week it's bumblebees and intelligence. Get help transforming grey spaces into wild and colourful places!
The Birds And The Bees	20210805	20210808 (R2)	David Attenborough is saving the planet, Brian May is saving badgers, now Comedian Rob Beckett is saving the bees. With help from comedy friends and proper bee experts. This week Rob chats to comedian Maisie Adam and entomologist and zoologist Dr George McGavin about the intimate lives of different species of bees. Be prepared for some pretty disgusting procreation stories. Plus, we find out about the romantic moves of the bee of the week, the hairy-footed flower bee. Series Producer Jo Newsholme. Comedian Rob Beckett discovers how bees make other bees. Get help transforming grey spaces into wild and colourful places!
The Grand Finale - Bee Hopeful	20210909	20210919 (R2)	David Attenborough is saving the planet, Brian May is saving badgers, now Comedian Rob Beckett is saving the bees. With help from comedy friends and proper bee experts. This week bee expert Gill Perkins - CEO of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust - is back to tell Rob about some of the positive things happening in bee world, including good numbers of bees in urban areas and the rare breed crusaders out to save threatened species. Comedian Josh Jones joins the fun to find out if there really can be any Queen Bee other than Beyonce, and bee enthusiast Dawood Qureshi leaves Rob feeling the future is in safe hands. Series Producer Jo Newsholme. Comedian Rob Beckett takes an optimistic look towards the future for bees. Get help transforming grey spaces into wild and colourful places!
The Grand Finale - Bee Hopeful	20210909	20210919 (R2)	David Attenborough is saving the planet, Brian May is saving badgers, now Comedian Rob Beckett is saving the bees. With help from comedy friends and proper bee experts. This week bee expert Gill Perkins – CEO of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust – is back to tell Rob about some of the positive things happening in bee world, including good numbers of bees in urban areas and the rare breed crusaders out to save threatened species. Comedian Josh Jones joins the fun to find out if there really can be any Queen Bee other than Beyonce, and bee enthusiast Dawood Qureshi leaves Rob feeling the future is in safe hands. Series Producer Jo Newsholme. Comedian Rob Beckett takes an optimistic look towards the future for bees. Get help transforming grey spaces into wild and colourful places!
The Origin Of Bees With Dr Bee And Zoe Ball	20210722	20210801 (R2) 20210822 (R2)	Rob chats to Professor Dave Goulson (Dr Bee) and Zoe Ball about the origin of bees. Get help transforming grey spaces into wild and colourful places!
The Origin Of Bees With Dr Bee And Zoe Ball	20210722	20210822 (R2) 20210801 (R2)	Rob chats to Professor Dave Goulson (Dr Bee) and Zoe Ball about the origin of bees. Get help transforming grey spaces into wild and colourful places! Rob chats to Professor Dave Goulson (Dr Bee) and Zoe Ball about the origin of bees. Get help transforming grey spaces into wild and colourful places!