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A relaxing countryside stroll with Packham

 Join the naturalist and presenter in Hampshire as he revisits an enjoyable springtime walk from his childhood.

CATCH UP ON BBC IPLAYER The start of Chris Packham’s latest programme is a tad different to his usual documentaries. Rather than standing in a field somewhere in the UK or in the bush somewhere in Africa, this one kicks off in his kitchen with his gorgeous poodles, where he introduces the programme and explains that, without the normal film crew available due to pandemic restrictions, he is using a 360-degree, hand-held camera to record his walk. “It’s not any old walk, it’s a really important walk to me. I’m going to be following in my distant footsteps, on a path where

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