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Shifting Sands

Episode 3 of 3

The discovery of oil has led to huge changes across Arabia and in the Arab relationship with nature. This episode reveals how technology and nature interact across the region.

Huge changes have swept across Arabia since the discovery of oil and the Arab relationship with nature has changed too. This is summed up by the changes to camel racing, now an ultra hi-tech sport. Arabia's animals now live alongside a very modern society, but Arabia's people are using technology to protect nature - dugongs are fitted with satellite transmitters, hunting falcons chase down radio-controlled planes, and the world's first carbon-neutral city is being built in the very heart of oil country.

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Sun 6 Oct 202402:40

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"Wild Arabia was always envisaged as being about more than just the animals".

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RoleContributor
NarratorAlexander Siddig
Executive ProducerBrian Leith
Series ProducerDan Rees
Series ProducerChadden Hunter

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