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In Pursuit of the RidiculousEpisodes

    The Purple Emperor

    5/5Matthew Oates meets a man for whom the purple emperor butterfly is a lifetime obsession.

    Slugs and Snails

    4/5Biologist Mary Seddon explains why she finds the study of molluscs so compelling.

    Rare Orchids

    3/5Matthew Oates discovers some spectacular hybrid orchids with very rare parents.

    Twitching

    2/5Ecologist Matthew Oates meets Rob Lambert to find out more about the benefits of twitching

    Water Beetle

    1/5Matthew Oates meets Andy Foster, a man obsessed by a rare and elusive water beetle.