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Go to the Listen Again page | | | | | The Rats' Tales is a dramatic and evocative series, following the lives of three female, brown rats and their struggle to survive and raise their families alongside their human companions.
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Narrated by Jane Lapotaire, this 5-part series follows the very different lives of three beautiful brown rats, one living in a Tyneside sewer, another in a harbour on Merseyside, and the third on a farm in Suffolk, over the course of a year.
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For centuries, man has had an uneasy relationship with rats. They must surely be among the most maligned of creatures; hated, revered, poisoned and attacked by humans - and yet they are among the most fascinating, intelligent and adaptable of animals.
Today, there's an estimated 60 million rats living in Britain - that's roughly one rat for every human being! This series presents another side to the creatures so maligned by man.
The Rats' Tales is a fictional story based on fact - and combines a rich and varied soundscape (recorded by wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson), with a powerful narration to produce a dramatic series following the lives of the rats, above and below the ground.
Programme Pages:
Episode 1: 12 September - More information >>>
Episode 2: 13 September - More information >>>
Episode 3: 14 September - More information >>>
Episode 4: 15 September - More information >>>
Episode 5: 16 September - More information >>>
See also:
Soundscape: The White-tailed Sea Eagle
Soundscape: The Swallow’s Journey
Soundscape: A Grey Seal Odyssey
Soundscape: A Serengeti March
Soundscape: The Pond
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RELATED LINKS | | | For further information about brown rats:
The Handbook of British Mammals, 3rd edn (Ed. by GB Corbet &. S. Harris), Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford .
The Mammal Society
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/mammal/
BBC Nature: Wildfacts
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/273.shtml
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