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Episode 5

Autumnwatch 2009
Episode 5 of 8

UK wildlife series. For Halloween week, Chris Packham and Kate Humble are in deepest, darkest Gloucestershire seeking out things that go bump in the night.

For Halloween week, Chris Packham and Kate Humble are in deepest, darkest Gloucestershire seeking out things that go bump in the night. The setting is a haunted mansion whose residents include bats, badgers and spiders.

Meanwhile, Simon King is reporting live from a London graveyard to reveal the animals that have made this unusual wildlife location their home, Gordon Buchanan is on the trail of another viewer's story and Martin Hughes-Games explains how to get more involved with wildlife and with the series.

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Sat 31 Oct 2009 19:30
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Chapters

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • Introduction

    The programme concentrates on Britain's nocturnal wildlife.

    Duration: 01:10

  • Woodchester 1

    The never-completed mansion is home to greater horseshoe bats.

    Duration: 09:27

  • Cemetery 1

    In east London, Simon King spots night time foxes and daytime owls.

    Duration: 06:13

  • Woodchester 2

    Kate Humble watches the mansion's lesser horseshoe bats.

    Duration: 05:09

  • Science with Chris

    Why some animals decide night time is the best time to be active.

    Duration: 02:25

  • Woodchester 3

    Chris and Kate track the area's badgers by monitoring their latrines.

    Duration: 03:50

  • Cemetery 2

    The daytime wildlife at Apney cemetery.

    Duration: 06:19

  • Woodchester 4

    The insects making the most of ivy and late autumn flowers.

    Duration: 02:09

  • Beetles

    Chris and Kate get a good look at two voracious beetles.

    Duration: 03:36

  • Herbalism

    Martin Hughes-Games investigates natural hedgerow remedies.

    Duration: 06:12

  • Bird round up and Weather

    News on birds migrating into the UK plus weekend weather.

    Duration: 04:38

  • Cemetery 3

    Simon looks for mini-beasts and shows how to build a bug hotel.

    Duration: 04:39

  • Goodbye

    Including viewer's video of a starling and pigeon sharing a shower.

    Duration: 02:35

Credits

Presenter Chris Packham
Presenter Kate Humble
Presenter Simon King
Presenter Gordon Buchanan
Presenter Martin Hughes-Games
Producer Roger Webb
Executive Producer Tim Scoones

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