Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Episode details

Radio 4,10 Apr 2007,30 mins

For Nature, Not Humans

Available for over a year

Alan Leith tells the story of an eccentric recluse. Mary Florence Bonham Christie purchased Brownsea Island in 1927. She banned the public and allowed wildlife to roam free.

Programme Website