Wild Britain with Ray Mears
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Survival with Ray Mears is a television series hosted by Ray Mears
. The show follows Mears as he explores Great Britain
's inaccessible countryside and the finest habitats and wildlife within it. Exclusive extra's were filmed for each episode of the series and made available on itvWILD.
Ray Mears
Raymond Paul "Ray" Mears is an English woodsman, instructor, author and TV presenter. His TV appearances cover bushcraft and survival techniques, and he is best known for the TV series Ray Mears' Bushcraft, Ray Mears' World of Survival, Extreme Survival, Survival with Ray Mears, Wild Britain with...
. The show follows Mears as he explores Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
's inaccessible countryside and the finest habitats and wildlife within it. Exclusive extra's were filmed for each episode of the series and made available on itvWILD.
Series 1
- "Deciduous WoodlandWoodlandEcologically, a woodland is a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunlight and limited shade. Woodlands may support an understory of shrubs and herbaceous plants including grasses. Woodland may form a transition to shrubland under drier conditions or during early stages of...
" - "Heathland"
- "MeadowMeadowA meadow is a field vegetated primarily by grass and other non-woody plants . The term is from Old English mædwe. In agriculture a meadow is grassland which is not grazed by domestic livestock but rather allowed to grow unchecked in order to make hay...
s and FarmlandFarmlandFarmland generally refers to agricultural land, or land currently used for the purposes of farming. It may also refer to:*Arable land, land capable of cultivating crops*Farmland, Indiana, a town in the United States...
" - "WetlandWetlandA wetland is an area of land whose soil is saturated with water either permanently or seasonally. Wetlands are categorised by their characteristic vegetation, which is adapted to these unique soil conditions....
s" - "Shingle ShoreShoreA shore or shoreline is the fringe of land at the edge of a large body of water, such as an ocean, sea, or lake. In Physical Oceanography a shore is the wider fringe that is geologically modified by the action of the body of water past and present, while the beach is at the edge of the shore,...
" - "MoorlandMoorlandMoorland or moor is a type of habitat, in the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome, found in upland areas, characterised by low-growing vegetation on acidic soils and heavy fog...
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Series 2
- "Caledonian Pine Forest – Friday 14 October at 8pm, ITV1 & ITV1 HD"
- "SkomerSkomerSkomer is a 2.92 km² island off the coast of southwest Wales, one of a chain lying within a kilometre off the Pembrokeshire coast and separated from the mainland by the treacherous waters of Jack Sound....
– Friday 21 October at 8pm, ITV1 & ITV1 HD" - "Chalk – Friday 28 October at 8pm, ITV1 & ITV1 HD"
- "Lowland River - Friday 04 November at 8pm, ITV1 & ITV1 HD"
- "Sea Loch - Friday 11 November at 8pm, ITV1 & ITV1 HD"
- "Ancient Forest - Friday 18 November at 8pm, ITV1 & ITV1 HD"
- "Flow CountryFlow CountryThe Flow Country is a large, rolling expanse of peatland and wetland area of Caithness and Sutherland in Scotland. It is the largest expanse of blanket bog in Europe, and covers about 4,000 square kilometres ....
– Friday 25 November at 8pm, ITV1 & ITV1 HD" - "BroadlandBroadlandBroadland is a local government district in Norfolk, England, named after the Norfolk Broads. Its council is based in Thorpe St Andrew, which is a suburb of the City of Norwich.-History:The district was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of St...
- Friday 02 December at 8pm, ITV1 & ITV1 HD" - "Mountain & Moorland – Friday 09 December at 8pm, ITV1 & ITV1 HD"
- "Best of Show – Friday 16 December at 8pm, ITV1 & ITV1 HD"
See also
- Extreme SurvivalExtreme SurvivalExtreme Survival is a survival television series hosted by Ray Mears. The series airs on the BBC in United Kingdom, it is also shown on Discovery Channel in the United States, Canada, India, Italy, Brazil, New Zealand, Australia, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands and Russia, where he...
- Ray Mears' BushcraftRay Mears' BushcraftBushcraft is a survival television series hosted by Ray Mears. The series airs on the BBC in United Kingdom, it also shown on Discovery Channel in the United States, Canada, India, Italy, Brazil, New Zealand, Australia, Norway, Sweden, The Netherlands, Romania and Russia...
- Wild FoodWild FoodWild Food is a documentary television series hosted by Ray Mears. The series airs on the BBC in United Kingdom, it is also shown on Discovery Channel in the United States, Canada, India, Italy, Brazil, New Zealand, Australia, Norway, Sweden, The Netherlands and Russia. The show was first broadcast...
- Ray Mears' Northern WildernessRay Mears' Northern WildernessRay Mears' Northern Wilderness is a television series hosted by Ray Mears, showing Mears in Canada. The series is broadcast by the BBC.Mears also released a book of the same title.-Synopsis:Ray Mears explores the Canadian wilderness...
- Survival with Ray MearsSurvival with Ray MearsSurvival with Ray Mears is a 3 part television series hosted by Ray Mears, as he tracks predators in their natural habitats. The series is broadcast by ITV, and was billed as the return of the Survival brand...