Plants
The Inquiry. Have We Underestimated Plants? Audio, 23 minutes
An exploration of what plants are capable of and what we can learn from them.
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Inquiry. Have We Underestimated Plants? Audio, 23 minutes
An exploration of what plants are capable of and what we can learn from them.
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Essay. The Meaning of Trees, Birch. Audio, 15 minutes
Birch trees provide punishment, beauty, versatility and wine, but are very short-lived.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. The Meaning of Trees, Holly. Audio, 15 minutes
Fiona Stafford on the holly tree, which reaches huge proportions if not pruned annually.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. The Meaning of Trees, Cherry. Audio, 15 minutes
Fiona Stafford discusses the cherry tree, prized in many ways, but also in sharp decline.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. The Meaning of Trees, Cypress. Audio, 15 minutes
Fiona Stafford discusses the Leyland cypress or leylandii.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. The Meaning of Trees, Horse Chestnut. Audio, 15 minutes
Professor Fiona Stafford discusses the horse chestnut tree.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Infinite Monkey Cage. Series 11, What Is the Point of Plants? Audio, 28 minutes
Brian Cox, Robin Ince and guests ask, 'What's the point of plants?'.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Life Scientific. Sandy Knapp. Audio, 28 minutes
Botanist Sandy Knapp talks about her adventures collecting plants in South America.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Essay. The Meaning of Trees, The Meaning of Trees: Poplar. Audio, 15 minutes
Fiona Stafford on the poplar, the most modern tree and the first to have its DNA sequenced
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. The Meaning of Trees, The Meaning of Trees: Apple. Audio, 15 minutes
Fiona Stafford discusses the apple tree, which has been loved and hated for centuries.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. The Meaning of Trees, The Meaning of Trees: Hawthorn. Audio, 15 minutes
Professor Fiona Stafford on hawthorn trees, which have divided Britain for centuries.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. The Meaning of Trees, The Meaning of Trees: Pine. Audio, 15 minutes
Professor Fiona Stafford on the workhorse of the forest, the pine tree.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Why Factor. Trees of Life. Audio, 18 minutes
Why are our feelings about trees so mixed? Mike Williams explains
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Forum. Plant and flower shapes. Audio, 41 minutes
What makes a plant leaf or flower either flat and simple or curly and complicated?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Excess Baggage. Animal welfare - Plant hunting. Audio, 30 minutes
John McCarthy looks at plant hunting in western China and animal welfare issues abroad.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Dipdap. Plant. Video, 3 minutes
The Line draws a plant for Dipdap to take care of.
- AttributionCBeebies
- Available for 2 months
One Planet. 01/07/2010. Audio, 28 minutes
The kids take over One Planet to discuss forests, playing in woods and long term planning
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
