About this season
David Attenborough reveals the drama unfolding in the hidden wild world of Britain's backyards. Because even in familiar surroundings, the rules of the wild are still in force.
Episodes (5)
1. Oxfordshire
9.0Aired 5 April 2026 • 58 min
The lives of the kingfishers, otters, and other animals in a river garden. Life here seems idyllic, but all are at the mercy of seasonal floods.
2. Bristol
9.0Aired 12 April 2026 • 58 min
The hidden lives of foxes, hedgehogs, blue tits, and frogs, each making a life for themselves in a small urban garden in Bristol.
3. The Lake District
9.0Aired 19 April 2026 • 58 min
The hidden struggles of swallows, field mice, newts, and moles as they race to breed in a beautiful country garden in Cumbria.
4. The Wye Valley
9.0Aired 26 April 2026 • 58 min
How tawny owls, badgers, dormice, and bumblebees have made a home in a beautiful woodland garden hidden at the bottom of a steep-sided Welsh valley.
5. The Western Highlands
9.0Aired 3 May 2026 • 58 min
How a remote garden on Scotland’s west coast has become an oasis for barn owls and pine martens as they battle the elements to feed, breed, and survive.