This Natural Life
Episodes
Kiri Pritchard-McLean
01 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian Kiri Pritchard-McLean grew up on a farm on the island of Anglesey in North Wales. In this programme, she tells Martha Kearney about her conne...
His Majesty The King
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special edition of This Natural Life, His Majesty The King tells Martha Kearney about his lifelong passion for nature and the environment. As...
Dara McAnulty
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dara McAnulty, a 21-year-old Northern Irish naturalist currently studying at Cambridge, is home for the winter break. He takes Martha Kearney to one o...
Jane Anderson
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Martha Kearney meets Jane Anderson, one of the UK's leading physicians in HIV medicine, to learn about the living library of plants at Chelsea Physic ...
Emma Pinchbeck
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Emma Pinchbeck is the Chief Executive Officer of the Climate Change Committee - the independent body which advises the government on emissions targets...
Sarah Perry
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Essex Serpent author Sarah Perry takes Martha Kearney to see the great rook and jackdaw roost at Buckenham Carrs in Norfolk. At dusk thousands of ...
Jeanette Winterson
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The author Jeanette Winterson grew up in Accrington in Lancashire, but has made her home in a village in rural Gloucestershire. This year marks the 40...
Angela Harding
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Martha Kearney travels to one of Britain's most isolated islands where the illustrator of books by the likes of Simon Armitage and Isabella Tree seeks...
Lira Valencia
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lira Valencia grew up in Croydon, the daughter of refugee parents from South America. In this programme she shows Martha Kearney around the Walthamsto...
Antony Gormley
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Antony Gormley's sculptures on Crosby beach are one his best-known works. In this programme, he shows Martha Kearney around the sculptures, and talks ...
Charlotte Church
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Charlotte Church rose to global fame at just eleven years old, renowned for the extraordinary purity of her singing voice. From growing up in what she...
Raynor Winn
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Author of The Salt Path Raynor Winn takes Martha Kearney back to walk part of it: the south west coast path from Polruan in Cornwall, where her story ...
George McGavin
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
George McGavin is an entomologist, author, academic and television presenter. In this programme he shows Martha Kearney around the university research...
Sacha Dench
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Conservationist and adventurer Sacha Dench tells Martha Kearney about her love of the natural world. She explains how she came to fly a paramotor alon...
James Dyson
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sir James Dyson is one of the UK’s best known inventors and businessmen. His Dyson vacuum cleaners, hair dryers and air purifiers have sold in their...
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is a chef, broadcaster, author and campaigner. His 'River Cottage' series ran for more than ten years on Channel 4 and he ...
Adjoa Andoh
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adjoa Andoh has played lead roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre, and is a familiar face to fans of Casualty and Doctor W...
Professor Kathy Willis
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Martha Kearney meets Kathy Willis, Professor of Biodiversity at Oxford University, at Kathy's local stamping ground of Port Meadow, the protected comm...
Martin Clunes
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Martin Clunes is best known for his roles in the long-running TV series Doc Martin and the 1990s sitcom Men Behaving Badly. He's also known as an anim...
Delia Smith
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Martha Kearney meets much-loved cook and writer Delia Smith for a winter walk around her garden in Suffolk. She speaks of her lifelong love of nature,...
Hamza Yassin
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Martha Kearney meets wildlife cameraman Hamza Yassin in a bird hide overlooking reed beds and marshes at the London Wetland Centre in Barnes. He speak...
Richard Mabey
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Mabey has been described as the godfather of British nature writing. Over the last half-century, he has written more than thirty books. His fi...
Cate Blanchett
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of this new series, Martha Kearney meets Hollywood star Cate Blanchett. She finds out about Cate's relationship with the natural ...
Welcome to This Natural Life
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A new interview series where Martha Kearney takes people to a favourite place to explore their passion for nature.