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Nature Table

Join comedian, broadcaster and writer Sue Perkins as she hosts Nature Table: a comedy 'Show & Tell' series celebrating the natural world and all its funny eccentricities.

Radio 4,24 episodes

Episodes

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Series 4
1: Dogs, Ducks and a Chunk of the Moon
Ducks’ super vaginas wow the guests.
02 Jun 2024,28 mins
Series 4
2: Crime-solving brambles and radioactive houseplants
Forensic botany and scheming water lilies dazzle on this botanical special.
09 Jun 2024,28 mins
Series 4
3: Dubstep Camels and Super Sea Spiders
The sea spider’s ability to regrow its anus wows the audience.
16 Jun 2024,28 mins
Series 4
4: Super Snails and Party Beetles
Snails and their multi-purpose mucus wow the audience.
23 Jun 2024,28 mins
Series 4
5: Elton John Horseflies and Supersonic Fungi
Time to meet nipple-eyed horseflies, dungi and ant-decapitating flies.
30 Jun 2024,28 mins
Series 4
6: Giant Giraffes and Raucous Ruffs
Time to meet our tallest land animal, the giraffe, and theatrical bird, the ruff.
07 Jul 2024,28 mins
Series 3
Episode 1
Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with her guests.
28 Nov 2022,28 mins
Series 3
Episode 2
Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with her guests.
05 Dec 2022,28 mins
Series 3
Episode 3
Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with her guests.
12 Dec 2022,28 mins
Series 3
Episode 4
Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with her guests.
19 Dec 2022,28 mins
Series 3
Episode 5
Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with her guests.
26 Dec 2022,28 mins
Series 3
Episode 6
Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with her guests.
02 Jan 2023,28 mins
Series 2
Episode 1
Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with her guests.
03 May 2021,28 mins
Series 2
Episode 2
Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with her guests.
10 May 2021,28 mins
Series 2
Episode 3
Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with her guests.
17 May 2021,28 mins
Series 2
Episode 4
Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with her guests.
24 May 2021,28 mins
Series 2
Episode 5
Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with her guests.
31 May 2021,28 mins
Series 2
Episode 6
Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with her guests.
07 Jun 2021,28 mins
Series 1
Episode 1
Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with her guests.
10 Feb 2020,28 mins
Series 1
Episode 2
Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with her guests.
17 Feb 2020,28 mins
Series 1
Episode 3
Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with her guests.
24 Feb 2020,28 mins
Series 1
Episode 4
Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with her guests.
02 Mar 2020,28 mins
Series 1
Episode 5
Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with her guests.
09 Mar 2020,28 mins
Series 1
Episode 6
Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with her guests.
16 Mar 2020,28 mins