Twelve Short Pieces

Episode 1: Around the World in 80 Trees with Jonathan Drori

Episode 2: The tricks that trees use to attract pollinators – the Kapok tree

Episode 3: How beech trees avoid being ripped apart by lightning

Episode 4: Leylandii, the monster child of two trees that should never have met

Episode 5: How do you get up close and personal with the opposite sex when you’re rooted to the spot?

Episode 6: Just what is keeping Venice afloat? On alder wood, the tree that built the Venetian Empire

Episode 7: The gruesome tale of a group of Japanese monks who mummified themselves alive to achieve Buddhahood

Episode 8: Discover the history of caffeine and the tree that brought you Coca Cola, the Kola nut

Episode 9: The Lodgepole Pine, a statuesque tree which has managed to secure its legacy despite the odds

Episode 10: Fighting talk – how the Whistling Thorn houses aggressive insects to defend itself

Episode 11: The scientists bringing extinct trees back to life

Episode 12: Adapting to extremes – the tree that creates its own antifreeze to survive temperatures of minus 65 degrees