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Sunday 25 July

Country Tracks

11:00am

Leeds to Scarborough. Programme celebrating the British countryside. Jodie Kidd goes on a Yorkshire journey. In Leeds, Jodie meets local girl actress Rhea Bailey, who takes Jodie on a personal tour of this great city. Next, Jodie discovers the wonders of the Yorkshire film archive in York, and travels to Knaresborough, on the trail of Britain's most famous soothsayer, Old Mother Shipton. Her final destination is Scarborough, where she visits its ancient castle and checks out a very modern seaside attraction.

Countryfile

8:00pm

Ellie Harrison and Adam Henson explore the town of Holmfirth, and the Yorkshire countryside that surrounds it. For thirty-seven years, Holmfirth has provided the backdrop to BBC favourite Last of the Summer Wine. Now, with the show about to start its final series, Adam Henson and Ellie Harrison look at the influence it has had on the town, and they speak to some of its stars.

Monday 26 July

Science and Islam

7:30pm

2/3 - The Empire of Reason. Physicist Jim Al-Khalili travels through Syria, Iran, Tunisia and Spain to tell the story of the great leap in scientific knowledge that took place in the Islamic world between the 8th and 14th centuries. He travels to Syria to discover how, a thousand years ago, the astronomer and mathematician Al-Biruni estimated the size of the earth to within a few hundred miles of the correct figure. In Cairo, he tells the story of the physicist Ibn al-Haytham, who helped establish the science of optics.

Tuesday 27 July

Saving Species

11:00am

Brett Westwood examines the world of nature and the challenges of wildlife conservation. 17: How did our British Seabirds do this year? Since the start of the series in April we have been following two breeding colonies in Scotland. We return to Sutor and Bob Swann in north-east Scotland to get the latest on our kittiwakes, shags and fulmars.

Home Planet

3:00pm

Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it.

Wednesday 28 July

Last Chance to See

2:00am

Aye-Aye Stephen Fry and zoologist Mark Carwardine head to the ends of the earth in search of animals on the edge of extinction. In Madagascar, the travellers encounter the biggest and the smallest lemurs on earth. But they are searching for the aye-aye, a peculiar lemur which, according to local legend, brings death to those who encounter it.

Thursday 29 July

Open Country

3:00pm

Moira Hickey visits Fair Isle, Britain's most remote inhabited island, to find out how it became a world leader in the study of birdlife and what attracts ornithologists from around the world. Since 1948, when a bird observatory was first built there, it has led the way in research into seabirds and in recording rare migrants blown on to this tiny island midway between Orkney and Shetland. For its 70 inhabitants, the bird observatory has become crucial to the viability of Fair Isle as a place to live: visiting birders feed the economy and help keep fragile air and sea links in business.