Springwatch

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Springwatch is a BBC television series which charts the fortunes of wildlife in the United Kingdom during the changing of the seasons. The episodes are broadcast on BBC Two from locations around the country. They require a crew of 100 and over 50 cameras, making them the largest British outside broadcast events on the BBC. Many of the cameras are hidden and operated remotely to record natural behaviour, for example, of birds in their nests and badgers outside their sett. Each year, the series begins on the late-May bank holiday (the last Monday in May) and is broadcast four nights each week for three weeks. After the success of the first Springwatch in 2005, the BBC commissioned a one-off special, Autumnwatch, which became a full series from 2006 to 2022. Winterwatch ran from 2012 to 2026, broadcast in January or February. The programmes were sometimes known collectively as The Watches. The BBC discontinued Autumnwatch in 2023, in order to focus resources on Springwatch and Winterwatch...

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