| Genre: | Natural history |
| Creator: | BBC |
| Narrated: | Bill Paterson |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Num Series: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 4 |
| Executive Producer: | Neil Nightingale |
| Producer: | Stephen Moss |
| Location: | United Kingdom |
| Runtime: | 60 minutes |
| Channel: | BBC Four |
Birds Britannia is a BBC four-part television series about the birds of the United Kingdom, first shown from 7 to 28 November 2010 on BBC Four.[1] It was produced by Stephen Moss.
Each of the four, sixty-minute episodes concentrates on one kind of bird: garden birds, waterbirds, seabirds and birds of the countryside.
The series has no presenter, and is narrated by the Scottish actor Bill Paterson, with filmed interviews with a wide range of experts and bird enthusiasts, including David Attenborough, Mark Cocker, Jeremy Mynott, Tim Birkhead, Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall, Christopher Frayling, Kate Humble, Rob Lambert, Desmond Morris, David Lindo, Helen Macdonald, Andrew Motion, Tony Soper, and Bill Oddie.
It has been announced that a book of the same title, by Stephen Moss, will be published by Collins in April 2011 .[2]