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Summary:FILMED FROM THE AIR THROUGHOUT ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES AND IRELAND, THE SERIES TELLS THE STORY OF THE LANDSCAPE: THE BUILDING-BLOCKS IT IS MADE OF, AND THE PROCESSES THAT HAVE SHAPED IT, AND STILL DO. WHEN POLAR ICE COVERED MUCH OF OUR LANDSCAPE, THE AREA TO THE SOUTH WAS FROZEN TUNDRA, AND WHEN THE ICE AND TUNDRA RETREATED THEY RELEASED HUGE QUANTITIES OF WATER. IN THIS PROGRAMME, PRESENTER TIM PREECE GOES TO THE VALE OF LLANGOLLEN AND TO HIGH FORCE WATERFALL ON THE TEES TO LOOK AT THE EFFECT THAT TUNDRA AND MELTWATER, AND THE RIVERS THAT TAKE OVER FROM THEM WHEN THE CLIMATE WARMS UP, HAVE IN SHAPING OUR LANDSCAPE.
Description:A SERIES COMIBINING AERIAL FILM OF THE BRITISH LANDSCAPE WITH COMPUTER-GENERATEDGRAPHICS TO EXPLAIN THE GEOMORPHOLOGY OF THE BRITISH ISLES.