Green In The Media 18th - 24th April

Monday 18th April

One Planet
On: BBC World Service Radio
Time: 11:32 to 11:50 (Also 1630, Fri 1930, Sun 1930)
One Planet looks at how we use our planet.

Rain
On: BBC 4
Time: 19:30 to 20:30 (Also 0155)
Documentary series about the weather. This programme uncovers the true shape of a raindrop, shows how and why rain falls and tells stories of how we have adapted or succumbed to this elemental force of nature, such as James Glaisher's hot-air balloon ascent in 1862. The Victorians believed that they could master the rain, but today climate change threatens us with rain that is wilder and more unpredictable than ever.

Hugh's Big Fish Fight
On: more4
Time: 22:00 to 23:05 (Also 0110)
Hugh's fish fight takes him to Scotland, to meet with the world's largest company producing farmed salmon, before he heads to Brussels to try to knock some sense into the bureaucrats about the scandal of discards. In order to add some urgency to his campaign, he launches a website www.fishfight.net, which goes viral, and picks up 24,000 supporters in just 24 hours. Fishermen from all over the country descend on Westminster to add their voices to the protest, which ends with a rallying cry to all of us to try to help sort out the mess our fisheries are in. Hugh believes we all need to try and eat different types of fish, to relieve some of the pressure on cod, tuna and salmon, and we need to add our voices to the campaign to stop discards. Last in the series.

Wednesday 20th April

Costing the Earth
On: BBC Radio 4
Time: 21:00 to 21:30 (Also Thu 1330)
Torpedoes and mines sent thousands of ships to the sea floor during World War Two. 70 years later rust is taking its toll. Tom Heap asks if their oil could pollute our beaches.

Saturday 23rd April

British Isles: a Natural History
On: Yesterday
Time: 14:00 to 15:00
Our Future.
Alan concludes his journey and asks what the future might hold for our landscape and its wildlife: global warming, a big freeze or something much more sinister?


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