Wild Things! 
Comedy series by Georgia Pritchett about two florists with attitude.
| Series | Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 01 | Happiest Day Of Your Life | 20020819 | 20060518 (BBC7) 20060519 (BBC7) 20070719 (BBC7) 20070720 (BBC7) 20080402 (BBC7) 20080403 (BBC7) 20090310 (R7) 20090311 (R7) | Winnie and Ample are two florists with attitude. Starring Doon Mackichan. From August 2002 Winnie and Ample are two florists with attitude. Starring Doon Mackichan and Miranda Richardson. Organising flowers for a wedding is hindered by bridal indecision. |
| 01 | 02 | Bundle Of Joy | 20020826 | 20060525 (BBC7) 20060526 (BBC7) 20070726 (BBC7) 20070727 (BBC7) 20080409 (BBC7) 20080410 (BBC7) 20090317 (R7) 20090318 (R7) | Florists Winnie and Ample have plenty to arrange in their shop. Stars Doon Mackichan and Miranda Richardson. Winnie and Ample babysit and are outwitted by their silent charge. Ample's son is out of the Detention Centre - but for how long? |
| 01 | 03 | Date With Fate | 20020902 | 20060601 (BBC7) 20060602 (BBC7) 20070802 (BBC7) 20070803 (BBC7) 20080416 (BBC7) 20080417 (BBC7) 20090324 (R7) 20090325 (R7) | The fiery florists tackle a psychic, a dog - and fame beckons. A psychic, a dog called Scruffy, and promises of fame and happiness. Winnie and Ample try their hand at matchmaking. |
| 01 | 04 LAST | Rear Window | 20020909 | 20060608 (BBC7) 20070809 (BBC7) 20070810 (BBC7) 20080423 (BBC7) 20080424 (BBC7) 20090331 (R7) 20090401 (R7) | The fiery florists face competition from some new rivals. Stars Doon Mackichan and Miranda Richardson. From September 2002. Winnie becomes a guinea pig for medical experiments, with shocking results. |
| 02 | 01 | Plastic Fantastic | 20031126 | 20060615 (BBC7) 20060616 (BBC7) 20070830 (BBC7) 20070831 (BBC7) 20080430 (BBC7) 20080501 (BBC7) 20090407 (R7) | The fiery florists discuss Winnie's plans for a surgical boost. Stars Doon Mackichan and Miranda Richardson. From November 2003. Winnie decides to have plastic surgery, while Ample deals with a customer who keeps eating the flowers. |
| 02 | 02 | Prisoner | 20031203 | 20060622 (BBC7) 20060623 (BBC7) 20070906 (BBC7) 20070907 (BBC7) 20080507 (BBC7) 20080508 (BBC7) 20090414 (R7) | The florists discuss Winnie's inheritance and Ample's birthday. Stars Doon Mackichan and Miranda Richardson. From December 2003. Winnie learns she is about to inherit some money and Ample is overexcited about her birthday party. Winnie and Ample get locked in the store cupboard. Only Geoffrey the mouse can save them. |
| 02 | 03 | Insomnia | 20031210 | 20060629 (BBC7) 20060630 (BBC7) 20070913 (BBC7) 20070914 (BBC7) 20080514 (BBC7) 20080515 (BBC7) 20090421 (R7) | Ample can't sleep. Winnie is writing a novel - will Robert help? Stars Doon Mackichan and Miranda Richardson. From December 2003. Winnie is writing a novel - will Robert help? Winnie is writing a novel about lust and love. Ample cannot sleep. Robert appears to be delivering nothing. Winnie embarks on a career as a romantic novelist, while Ample's attempts at meditation are extremely un-relaxing for all concerned. |
| 02 | 04 LAST | The Big Day | 20031217 | 20060706 (BBC7) 20060707 (BBC7) 20070920 (BBC7) 20070921 (BBC7) 20080521 (BBC7) 20080522 (BBC7) 20090428 (R7) | A mail-order Thai groom gets the florists preparing a wedding. Ample finds it hard to cope with the pressures of fame after being interviewed by the local newspaper. Meanwhile Winnie orders herself a mail order Thai groom. Two women sell a few flowers, talk a lot of nonsense and insult their customers in this comedy about florists with attitude. |
| 01 | 01 | The Deer | 20110131 | 20111017 | When newspapers last year reported a killing of a stag in Exmoor, there were fierce reactions of horror. Even though deer can cause huge damage to forests, people are transfixed by their beauty and majesty. We have read about them in literature and seen haunting images of Bambi in the cinema. They represent something majestic, yet vulnerable and are a unique part of the British landscape. The poet and writer Ruth Padel begins a series of Essays exploring our reactions to 5 British wild animals, by investigating how our reactions to deer have been subconsciously shaped by centuries of folklore, literature and biology. She charts the history of the deer's links with royalty, traces the evolution of the different species in this country and explores the potency of the image of antlers. Producer: Emma Kingsley. Ruth Padel explores how history and literature have shaped British reactions to the deer.  |
| 01 | 02 | The Robin | 20110201 | 20111018 | In the second of her series of Essays considering our responses to the creatures which make up the British landscape, the writer and poet Ruth Padel turns her attention to the robin. She explores why our feelings on seeing their red breasts in winter have grown so strong and finds out that religious symbolism has played a large part. She charts the history of the bird in Britain and traces the ways it has been represented in literature from Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" to Frances Hodgson Burnett's "The Secret Garden". How has this affected the way we perceive it? Producer: Emma Kingsley. Poet Ruth Padel explores our relationship through the centuries with the robin.  |
| 01 | 03 | The Badger | 20110202 | 20111019 | In the third of her Essays which explore our responses to creatures in our landscape, the poet and writer Ruth Padel turns her attention to the badger. In children's stories the badger is usually a source of wisdom and has connections with morality- think of "The Wind in the Willows" and Narnia. Badgers have also acquired an extra mystery by emerging at night. But in reality they provoke mixed reactions, with some people wanting to hunt them for sport and some farmers demanding the right to cull them to stop TB transmission to cattle. Drawing on history, literature and science, Ruth explores how our attitudes to badgers have been shaped through the centuries. Producer: Emma Kingsley. Ruth Padel on our feelings for badgers - from literary figure of wisdom to TB carrier.  |
| 01 | 04 | The Butterfly | 20110203 | 20111020 | From Meadowbrown to Painted Ladies, the allure of butterflies has traditionally been strong. We love their colours and exotic names and use them as images of freedom and fragility coupled with inner strength. But why do we respond to them in this way? In the fourth of her series of Essays looking at creatures in the British landscape, the poet and writer Ruth Padel explores how our attitudes to the butterfly have been shaped and uncovers a host of associations that it has taken on in literature and science. Producer: Emma Kingsley. Writer Ruth Padel considers our attitudes to butterflies in the British landscape.  |
| 01 | 05 LAST | The Fox | 20110204 | 20111021 | In the last of her series of Essays considering our responses to creatures in the British landscape, the poet and writer Ruth Padel turns her attention to the fox. Drawing on a range of literary and historical examples, she charts the way in which our attitudes to it have changed and developed through the centuries and she asks what it means to us now. Producer: Emma Kingsley. Ruth Padel explores how our attitudes to the fox have been changed and developed. |
| 02 | 01 | Wild Ponies | 20120227 | They are some of the oldest wild inhabitants of the British Isles, they pulled Bronze Age chariots and feature in literature and paintings through the centuries. In a second series of Essays on five native wild animals, the poet and writer Ruth Padel investigates how our reactions to wild ponies have been subconsciously shaped by centuries of folklore, literature and biology. From the shaggy Exmoor pony, 'Skipper', on whom she learned to ride, to the Shetland ponies who were often used down the mines, Ruth explores how different breeds have lived and been used in Britain. She describes how they are evoked in poetry by John Betjeman and U.A Fanthorpe and paintings by the 'Ashington' group of pit painters. The Essay also looks at the questions over the long term survival and stability of wild ponies. How can they survive the problems of surplus stock, dropping sale prices and over-attentive visitors? Producer: Emma Kingsley. Ruth Padel explores how history and literature have shaped our reactions to wild ponies. | |
| 02 | 02 | The Owl | 20120228 | In our imagination owls are often associated with wisdom and magic, with their singular front-facing eyes and silent brooding presence. They appear in a wide range of literature, from Shakespeare to the Harry Potter books. So why are we fascinated by them and what do they in turn tell us about our landscape? In the second of her Essay series on native British wild animals, the writer and poet Ruth Padel explores what these birds mean to us. Her images range from the owls in Biblical scenes of destruction to the more comic ones in the novels of Max Beerbohm. And she investigates whether our mysterious reactions to these birds are shaped by the fact that owls belong to the night. Producer: Emma Kingsley. Ruth Padel on what owls mean to us and what they can show about the British landscape. | |
| 02 | 03 | Wild Salmon | 20120229 | In the 17th century the writer Izaac Walton called salmon "the King of freshwater fish" and they have continued to inspire authors as diverse as Henry Williamson and Ted Hughes. Their vivid life cycle, as they leave freshwater rivers, go to the sea and return home, is one of intense struggle as they swim upstream against the current. In her third Essay on Britain's wild animals, writer and poet Ruth Padel explores the history of salmon and investigates their significance to the landscape and to our imagination. She compares the lives of wild salmon with those which are farmed and considers the problems for the wild salmon's survival, such as pollution and disease. Producer: Emma Kingsley. Ruth Padel explores the wild salmon's extraordinary life and its impact on humans. | |
| 02 | 04 | The Squirrel | 20120301 | Is the squirrel a bushy-tailed friend or a creature of destruction, chewing through electricity cables and stripping bark from trees? Are the grey ones marauding invaders and the displacers of the red squirrels, or do they too own a place in our physical and emotional landscape? In her fourth Essay on native British wild creatures, the poet and writer Ruth Padel considers our attitudes to squirrels of both colours and explores how our responses to them have been shaped by biology, history and literature. She traces how the red population evolved, how grey squirrels were introduced and how conservationists are now trying to restore red squirrel numbers. She also evokes the many different ways in which writers through the centuries have responded to them. Producer: Emma Kingsley. Ruth Padel explores our feelings towards squirrels in biology, history and literature. | |
| 02 | 05 LAST | The Snake | 20120302 | The image of the snake is full of symbolism with its connotations of venom and forked tongues. It has inspired poets as diverse as Keats and D.H. Lawrence with its ability to move without limbs. In her final Essay on British wild animals, the poet and writer Ruth Padel explores how our responses to the snake have been shaped by biology, literature and history. She remembers her own experience of watching an adder in Cornwall and asks how snakes fit into our physical and emotional landscape. Producer: Emma Kingsley. Ruth Padel on our feelings towards the snake through biology, history and literature. |