Episodes
Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
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Loves Of The Plants | 20080328 | 20080329 (R4) | Joseph Banks demands that any exotic plant from overseas be sent home to Kew. | |
01 | The Merchant's Tale | 20080324 | 20080325 (R4) | New plants from the American colonies were introduced to Britain. |
02 | The Peckham Prototype | 20080325 | 20080326 (R4) | Many of Britain's favourite flowers first bloomed in the ordered garden of Peter Collinson |
03 | The Merchant's Tale | 20080326 | 20080327 (R4) | The great Swedish taxonomist Carl Linnaeus sends his brightest student to London. |
04 | Ye Who O'er Southern Oceans Wander | 20080327 | 20080328 (R4) | Joseph Banks heads south in the ship Endeavour on a historic botanical expedition. |