The Power of Plants
A selection of programmes relating to plants.
Chelsea Flower Show: Correspondence Edition—Gardeners' Question Time
Peter Gibbs hosts a correspondence edition from the Chelsea Flower Show.
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Episode 1—Omnibus
Kathy Willis explores our changing relationship with plants.
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The Botanists—The Tribes of Science
Peter Curran visits the Millenium Seed Bank to meet the botanists who won the lottery.
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Plant and flower shapes—The Forum
How do flowers get their shape? Bridget Kendall explores nature's mysteries.
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Gin and Botanicals—The Food Programme
Dan Saladino explores the past, present and future of the most British of drinks, gin.
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The Cell—In Our Time
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the biology and origins of the cell.
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The Flower Fields
Michael Bird explores Cornwall's beautiful, tiny flower fields.
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The Natural Order—In Our Time
Melvyn Bragg examines the science of taxonomy; the classification of the natural world.
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Flowers bloom best with a diet of heavy metal
Chris Beardshaw reveals that a diet of Black Sabbath worked wonders on greenhouse plants.
The Science of Seasonality—Leading Edge
Geoff Watts looks into the science of seasonality in plants, animals and humans.
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Carl Linnaeus—Frontiers
Peter Evans pays tribute to Carl Linnaeus, the father of taxonomy, born 300 years ago.
Matt Biggs' woodland garden
Matt Biggs on garden design and personal relevance of some of the plants he's introduced.
A special programme on plants and their pollinators, poisons and pests—BBC Inside Science
Adam visits Kew Gardens to root amongst the foliage and reveal the latest in plant science
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Turing test; World Cup exo-skeleton; Plant cyborgs; Music hooks—BBC Inside Science
Big Science - the first World Cup kick is to be made using a mind-controlled robotic suit.
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Sandy Knapp—The Life Scientific
Botanist Sandy Knapp talks about her adventures collecting plants in South America.
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A Rose by Any Other Name
Carl Linnaeus and a revolutionary grammar for plants.
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Linnaeus and the Immorality of Bluebells
Anna Pavord explores the life and legacy of the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus.
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Plants to Shape Society
How plants proved a new route to political power and the growth of Britain's Empire.
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