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Radio 4,09 Jun 2024,28 mins
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In this episode, Sue and the Nature Table team visit Kew Gardens for an entertaining botanical special. Crime-solving brambles, radioactive houseplants, scheming water lilies, hallucinogenic flowers and life-saving seagrass all feature and wow Sue and the invited audience. Sue is joined by special guests: ethnobotanist James Wong, forensic botanist Mark Spencer and comedian Lucy Porter. Nature Table has a simple clear brief: to positively celebrate and promote the importance of all our planet’s wonderfully wild flora and fauna in a fun and easily grasped way... whilst at the same time having a proper giggle. For this series of Sue Perkins’ ARIA-winning ‘Show and Tell’ wildlife comedy, Team Nature Table have recorded at the Natural History Museum, Kew Gardens and London Zoo. Hosted by: Sue Perkins Guests: James Wong, Mark Spencer & Lucy Porter Written by: Catherine Brinkworth, Jenny Laville & Jon Hunter Additional material by: Christina Riggs & Pete Tellouche Researcher: Catherine Beazley Sound Recordist & Editor: Jerry Peal Music by: Ben Mirin Executive Producer: Richard Morris Production Coordinator: Sarah Nicholls Producer: Simon Nicholls An EcoAudio certified production A ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Studios Audio Production for Radio 4
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