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| Europe: A Natural History | |
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 Series title card from UK broadcast | |
| Also known as | Wild Europe |
| Genre | Nature documentary |
| Narrated by | Sean Pertwee |
| Composer | Barnaby Taylor |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Mike Gunton Walter Köhler Reinhard Radke |
| Running time | 50 minutes |
| Production companies | BBC Natural History Unit ZDF ORF |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Four |
| Release | 15 February – 8 March 2005 |
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Europe: A Natural History is a four-part BBC nature documentary series which looks at the events which have shaped the natural history and wildlife of the European continent over the past three billion years. It debuted on UK television on BBC Four in February 2005, and was repeated on BBC Two in September the same year. The series was broadcast in some other territories as Wild Europe.
The programmes featured extensive use of CGI to bring to life extinct species and show how the European cities of today would have looked at various points in the past, when the climate was very different.
Europe: A Natural History was a co-production between the BBC Natural History Unit and the public-service broadcasters of Germany and Austria, ZDF and ORF respectively. The executive producers were Walter Köhler, Mike Gunton and Reinhard Radke. The music was composed by Barnaby Taylor and performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra, and narration for the BBC broadcasts was provided by actor Sean Pertwee.
The series forms part of the Natural History Unit's "Continents" strand. It was preceded by Wild Down Under in 2003 and followed by Wild Caribbean in 2007.