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  1. Bluebird in action on Coniston Water. It is a bright blue rocket-shaped craft. Spray is shooting from the rear where the jet engine is blowing the surface water. Meanwhile water is bubbling up around the craft's front and sides. There are support boats closer to the shore and four people are watching through binoculars.

  2. Ethan smiling into the camera while standing in one of the greenhouses. He has brown, curly hair and is wearing a blue zip-up fleece which reads 'Grow West' on the right of his chest. There are tables on either side of him lined with pots with different coloured flowers in them. On the right they are pink and on the left they are yellow, purple and pink.

  3. Clinicians Ingrid Wilkins, Mhairi Stewart and Ludger Barthelmes, wearing their brightly patterned reusable hats. They have matching burgundy scrubs and stand together in a hospital preparation area.

  4. Molly Haney is sitting at a sewing machine using a needle and thread to sew together a piece of fabric. She is surrounded by sewing machines and other tailoring apparatus.

  5. The bird has landed on a grassy field where water droplets hang off some of the green spikes. It is a colourful creature with a red, white and blue head. Its small body is mainly brown, with some yellow feathers and blue wings that have white dots on them.

  6. The M6 has six lanes in total, separated by a grassy central reservation with a low metal barrier running along it. The road is bordered by tall trees on the left, and smaller trees and shrubs on the right. There are a mix of cars, vans and trucks on the road, but they are fairly well-spaced apart.

  7. Close-up of Bluebird operating on Loch Fad. It is a craft that looks like a cross between a plane and a boat. It is painted blue. Spray is shooting up behind it.

  8. A pair of puffins on some leaves. One of them has their black wings outstretched.

  9. A composite of Brian Chambers as a young man and now. On the right, he has greying short hair and is wearing sunglasses and a white shirt with a life ring logo embroidered on the front. He is sitting at a table and looking to the right of frame. On the left, Chambers is standing with one hand in his pocket and the other on a banister. He has mid-length black hair and is wearing a red scarf and green-checked shirt. He is smiling at the camera.

  10. A bus driver, wearing a blue shirt and tie and sunglasses, is looking out the window as he drives the vehicle. Green fields whizz by outside. There are various gadgets around the driver's seat including a fan and a microphone.

  11. The small GP practice is on the corner of residential street. It has several triangular roofs and is made of various material including red brick, grey concrete and yellow concrete. There is a blue and white sign out the front that reads: "Shap Medical Centre". The building is partially obscured by a shoulder-high stone wall in the foreground.

  12. DOnald Campbell, wearing overalls and smoking a cigar, stands next to Bluebird. He has dark hair, brushed back from his face.

  13. Darrel Carter stares into the camera. He is a ginger coloured beard, short brown hair and has a widow's peak. He is wearing a navy hoodie.

  14. Lindsay McCrae in Antarctica kneeling on the snow with his broadcast camera on a tripod, with dozens of Emperor penguins behind him. McCrae is wearing a red snow suit, orange boots, black balaclava-style black hat and black mittens. He is looking at the camera.

  15. A general view of entrance to The Forum in Barrow, Cumbria. The signs above the glass doors and windows are black and white. There is a triangular design on the roof above the main door. There is a man walking across the front of the building, and flowers in the hanging baskets.

  16. A sign nailed to a fence in a field near Kendal. The sign has detail warning dog owners about the dangers of dog poo and asks owners to pick up after their pets. There is a herdwick sheep on the sign.

  17. Heather Wainwright sitting in a BBC Radio Cumbria studio, with a branded purple microphone in front of her and a branded purple wall behind her. She has blonde/white hair in a bob and is wearing a blue jacket. She is smiling at the camera.

  18. The entrance to the magistrates' court in Carlisle. Steps lead up to the arched entrance of the sandstone building, which has a sign for the court.

  19. An aerial view of a rural landscape.

  20. A large digger installs a metal rod in the slope near Kirkstone Pass. The yellow digger is on the road and a person wearing orange fluorescent uniform watches over.

  21. Poppy's mother, Becca, holds her in her arms. They are sitting in a hospital ward and medical equipment is behind them. Poppy has blonde hair and a tube is running from her nose.

  22. Paul Cornforth is walking out of the tall, red-brick court building. He has short brown hair and a short beard. He is wearing a blue suit and a striped tie. There is a leafy tree on his right.

  23. Mark Forster speaking to someone out of view in front of a farm gate. He has short grey hair thinning on the top of his head. He is wearing a grey shirt.

  24. Cumbrian young farmers interview Hugh Jackman for Sheep Detectives