Esmond Knight

Film and stage actor Esmond Knight shares his love of wildlife with Derek Jones - which includes birds of prey.

The Plaintive Cuckoo and the Redshank are amongst Emond's choice of natural history recordings from the BBC archive.

Actor Esmond Knight (1906 – 1987) achieved much of his success before the Second World War, in which he was badly wounded. His film roles included Black Narcissus and Sink the Bismarck!

Produced by John Burton for BBC Bristol.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1976.