NATURE: James and the Giant Redwoods | BBC Radio 4 February 2012

NATURE: James and the Giant Redwoods (part 1)

BBC Radio 4, Tue 14 Feb 11.02, rpt Thur 16 Feb 21.02

James Aldred has long dreamt of seeing the world’s biggest trees, but their location is a well-kept secret, and then James is introduced to Michael Taylor, the man who found Hyperion, the world’s tallest tree, and so begins an adventure to the Giant Redwood forests of California in search of the some of the biggest living organisms on the planet, and an incredible climbing challenge.

Additional sound recordings by Chris Watson. Producer Sarah Blunt
NATURE: James and the Giant Redwoods (part 2)

BBC Radio 4, Tue 21 Feb 11.02m rot Thu 23 Feb 21.20

James Aldred encounters some of the world’s biggest trees in The Grove of Titans and a childhood dream comes true when he’s not only taken to see Hyperion, the world’s tallest tree, whose location is a well-kept secret, but also gets the chance to climb it.

Additional sound recordings by Chris Watson. Producer Sarah Blunt