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Hamza's Hidden Wild Isles S01 complete (1080p, soft English subtitles) Wonder is everywhere – if you know where to look. From sunny beaches to rugged moors, craggy Munros to city streets, Hamza Yassin reveals amazing wildlife hidden around the UK. E01 Spring Wildlife cameraman Hamza Yassin spends the spring travelling across the UK to track down and film some of the most-hidden wildlife spectacles the British Isles have to offer. Hamza’s hidden wildlife journey kicks off with a boom at RSPB Minsmere in Suffolk, where he witnesses something very few people ever have the chance to see, let alone film. The bittern is a rare, secretive bird which in full song creates a boom that can be heard over three miles away. A trip to the bluebell woods of Sussex is next, and Hamza is joined by his two nieces, whom he hopes to give a wildlife encounter to remember. Sitting quietly in the sun-dappled light of late evening, the trio are treated to an eye-to-eye experience with one of our most-loved yet rarely seen creatures: a clan of wild badgers emerging from their sett for the evening. From here, he heads to the wild wooded hills of Dartmoor with wildlife sound recordist Ellie Williams to attend one of the finest natural concerts in the world: the dawn chorus. By focusing on unique songs and calls, Hamza and Ellie are able to pinpoint exact species and individual bird calls in the woods. Inner-city Cardiff might not seem a likely place to witness a wild romance. Hamza, nevertheless, heads to a small nature reserve right next to the docks to watch the famous courtship display of the great crested grebe. Gift giving, elaborate dance moves and gentle displays of affection – this is the ultimate love story, unfolding before the backdrop of steel and concrete. Back in Suffolk, Hamza heads to a working farm with a difference. The Barker family have developed a way to farm that benefits people and nature whilst turning a profit and encouraging wildlife. And one species has made its home here remarkably well: the brown hare. The adults are easy to see as they feed in open fields and play while the sunset casts golden light over the grass and crops. But the baby hares, known as leverets, are a different story. They stay stock-still all day, hidden in tall grass, waiting for their mother to come and feed them in the evening. Hamza enlists help from his crew and a thermal drone to try to track them down – but it will be far from easy. Next, Hamza heads to the Wirral to try to film one of the weirdest events in Britain. A high spring tide forces small mammals to leave their homes in the marsh and head to higher ground, providing a frenzy for a range of predators. Joined by fellow cameraman Simon King, they brave the elements of a particularly wet and windy spring day to watch this once-a-year spectacle. Hamza then heads to Herefordshire in search of Britain’s only venomous snake, the adder, and the man who’s dedicated his life to protecting them. Nigel Hand’s love for adders runs deep, and he’s spent the last 20 years working to save this beautiful and threatened snake. As spring gives way to summer, Hamza heads back to Suffolk and a special bit of scrubland on Westleton Heath. As the sun sets, the star of the show begins his performance – a nightingale in full song. Once heard across the UK, they are now restricted to a few small pockets in the south of England. Hamza is treated to perhaps the most beautiful and intricate natural encounter we get in the UK – a perfect way to end his spring season. E02 Summer Wildlife cameraman Hamza Yassin spends the summer travelling the UK to track down and reveal some of the most hidden wildlife spectacles in our warmest months. His journey takes him from the vast open ocean of the Irish Sea to the heart of Leeds and up to his remote home on the west coast of Scotland, with many other places between. Along the way, he meets old friends and passionate conservationists, who help to reveal the hidden beauty of the British summer. Hamza begins his journey out at sea, 40 miles off the coast of south west Wales. With the summer sun beating down on him, he gets his first ever glimpse of an incredible ocean nomad: a two-metre long blue shark that, for a few short weeks each summer, calls our coasts its home. From here, Hamza heads north to his home in Kilchoan on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula. He moved there 16 years ago and has made lasting and deep friendships with residents of his small village. His first few years were supported by his neighbour Amanda, who Hamza often refers to as his Scottish mother. For a special treat, Hamza takes Amanda on a walk along their familiar coastal paths to try to catch a glimpse of one of our most elusive and hard-to-spot mammals: the otter. Even though the west coast of Scotland is possibly the best place to spot otters in the whole of the UK, Amanda still rarely sees them. And so, with Hamza’s expertise, they head out onto the rocks and into the seaweed to spend the day together in search of this shy aquatic creature. Unfortunately, the weather has other plans. The long-awaited summer has yet to arrive in Scotland. Hamza’s next hidden creature is back down south – all the way to the RSPB’s Arne Reserve on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset. This is one of the most biodiverse places in the British Isles, with hundreds of rare, special animals and plants adding to the rich tapestry of life. One species in particular heads here for the summer months, and for centuries it has been shrouded in folklore, capturing imaginations due to its bizarre appearance, unearthly call and nocturnal activities. A strange, pigeon-sized brown bird called a nightjar has made its home on the heath, and to reveal its night-time behaviour, Hamza is going to need more than just his regular camera to peer into the night. He is joined by fellow wildlife cameraman Mark Yates, who has brought along one of the most advanced thermal-imaging cameras in the world to help them peel back the cover of darkness and film these alien-like birds in their natural environment. Arne is also home to millions of tiny creatures that shape and mould the landscape in dramatic fashion. There are hundreds of wood ant colonies here, and with the help of some specialist kit for filming tiny worlds as well as ant expert and insect lover Lucy Hodson, Hamza reveals a hidden empire thriving underground. Back up in Scotland, an animal emerges that has been missing from our lands for the past 400 years. Signs of its return cover the forest floor: felled trees, stripped bark and huge dams crossing streams and rivers. After exploring the newly developed landscape, Hamza settles into his filming position for the evening alongside a beautiful, calm pond, hoping that wild beavers will emerge and give him an experience that has been centuries in the making. Heading back down to south Wales, Hamza stops off at a historic stable on the Stackpole Estate in Pembrokeshire. Up in the attic of this ancient building, a very large and special gathering is waking up as the sun sets. Pregnant female greater horseshoe bats have used this building as a maternity roost for longer than living memory, and over a thousand of them are waiting for darkness to emerge and find food. To reveal these hidden creatures of the night, Hamza is going to need some special gadgets. Infrared lights and special cameras give him unparalleled access to the night-time proclivities of these amazing and secretive bats. On a normally quiet street just outside Leeds, the sound of high-pitched screaming wheels overhead. More than forty pairs of swifts, one of our most threatened bird species, have journeyed back from Africa to nest on this seemingly ordinary suburban road. But Swift Park Avenue is far from ordinary – residents here have spent the last decade creating a hidden sanctuary for the swifts, and Hamza can’t wait to meet them and discover the secrets to their incredible success. To end his summer of hidden wildlife, Hamza heads back out to sea to search for a much-loved ocean dweller. A pod of common dolphins has been reported patrolling the vast Celtic Sea between Pembrokeshire and Ireland, but they could be anywhere. Armed with a crew of specialist film-makers, Hamza and the team head out into the open ocean to throw every trick they have at finding these ephemeral and intelligent marine mammals. E03 Autumn Wildlife cameraman Hamza Yassin spends the autumn travelling across the UK to track down and film some of the most hidden wildlife spectacles that the British Isles have to offer. Hamza heads to the south Devon coast to attempt to spot Atlantic bluefin tuna. These incredible, huge fish have made an impressive comeback in British waters, and every autumn we are inundated with leaping tuna on the hunt for small bait fish. But finding them won’t be easy – they can appear at any moment, and Hamza only has a split second to film them as they launch themselves into the air from the rough waves. Next, Hamza heads to Walthamstow Wetlands in London to see a bird that, surprisingly, he’s never managed to lay eyes on. The streams and channels here are a perfect autumnal refuge for one of our most colourful and recognisable birds – the kingfisher. To help him finally track one down, Hamza is joined by wildlife trust warden – and social media star – Lira Valencia, who works at Walthamstow and knows this reserve like the back of her hand. Staying in London, Hamza heads to the world-famous Highgate Cemetery in search of a nightly visitor. Thankfully, it’s not the Highgate vampire but rather a family of urban foxes who have made the cemetery their home over many generations. In the moody, atmospheric urban landscape, Hamza has an unforgettable close encounter with our most familiar wild mammal, which for the majority of people is a fleeting glimpse at best. Hamza then heads to Ireland in pursuit of alien life. Well, nearly. Throughout the UK, miles upon miles of cave systems lie right below our feet, hidden and out of sight. In County Cavan, on the border with Fermanagh, experts Pam and Tim Fogg have been exploring their local cave systems for years and have discovered strange creatures lurking in the dark. Braving the autumnal rainfall and cold temperatures, Hamza joins them on an expedition deep into White Father’s Cave to discover hidden species of cave spiders. And more weirdly, the fungus that turns them into zombies. In Lancashire, there’s a small bird that’s very rare in the UK. In fact, just 700 pairs of bearded tits live here, and people flock from all over the place to try to catch a fleeting glimpse of one. They are fast, flighty and, more often than not, completely hidden in the reed bed. On a frosty autumn morning, Hamza heads out with his camera to try to get the perfect shot of one, but what he finds is something he could never have hoped to witness: a flock of bearded tits, in plain sight, feeding among the reeds. Just down the coast, Morecambe Bay stretches out for 120 square miles. It’s a globally important mudflat, providing homes and feeding grounds for countless species, and in the autumn months, it is inundated with thousands upon thousands of ducks and wading birds. Hamza heads to the shore to film the birds as they flock together, creating beautiful shapes. Not only does this offer an incredible spectacle, but the wildlife here forms the basis for a pioneering new scheme to help improve people’s mental health. Hamza heads to Morecambe town to meet people who are being prescribed access to nature on the NHS – and discovering the many benefits of getting outdoors and into the wild. Autumn is a time of plenty, and for life that feeds on fallen leaves and decay, it's a time to shine – literally. Right under our feet, countless species of fungi cover the forest floor up and down the country. With the right kit, Hamza and his friend and fellow camerawoman Katie Mayhew illuminate the weird and wonderful world of this amazing kingdom. By using special UV lights and filming equipment, Hamza and Katie reveal a totally new look at an already hidden world, and the results are nothing short of spectacular. To end the autumn, Hamza heads to Dartmoor to experience the ultimate in night-time encounters – the starry night sky in one of the best places to see it in the whole country. E04 Winter Wildlife cameraman Hamza Yassin spends the winter travelling across the UK to track down and film some of the most hidden wildlife spectacles the British Isles have to offer. His journey takes him from the frozen Highlands of Scotland down to the quiet suburbs of Sussex and many places in between. Hamza begins his quest on the icy plateaus of the vast, ancient Cairngorms in Scotland. Conditions are as close to the Arctic as you can find in Britain, and the wildlife that lives here needs to be as hard as the mountains themselves. Hamza is after a bird that turns pure white in winter to blend in with the snowy peaks around it: the ptarmigan, a small, pigeon-sized grouse that is going to take all his skill to find. The Cairngorms are also home to the UK’s only true native species of the rabbit family, the mountain hare - another creature that turns white. So Hamza has a tough job to find and film these incredibly well-hidden mountaineers. The Scottish Highlands were once covered by the huge Caledonian forest, but all that remains now are small fragments scattered here and there throughout the landscape. On the western edge of its once-great frontier lies Loch Arkaig, one of the few vestiges of the Scottish rainforest. In these trees, there is an animal that has been absent from our lands for almost 700 years – wild boar. They are roaming the woods once again, and it might be Hamza’s most difficult challenge yet. If he is to get even a glimpse of them, he’s going to need help. It’s time to call in aerial support. Back in the Cairngorms, Hamza meets up with his best friend and fellow naturalist, James Shooter. Hamza and James met at university and have been birdwatching together for over 15 years. But there is one bird Hamza has never seen. Just 1,500 pairs of crested tits live in the UK, and all of them are confined to the old pine woods in the Highlands. Relying on James’s local knowledge, they set off together to try to get a world first for Hamza’s bird list. Winter in the Highlands can create drastic and dynamic weather conditions, and nowhere is this more apparent than in Braemar, the coldest place in the whole of the UK. Hamza makes the most of the snow and heads off with expert conservation officer Shaila Rao in search of one of Britain’s best-loved but most threatened species, the red squirrel. The short days of winter can make filming wildlife in daylight a difficult prospect. But by filming at night, Hamza can reveal a whole different world happening out of sight. In the Vale of York, he searches for a strange woodland wading bird called a woodcock. Ordinarily, these birds are all but impossible to see in the day, as they are experts at staying camouflaged and hidden. But at night, they come alive, and with the help of one of the most advanced thermal-imaging cameras in the world, Hamza can enter their domain and catch a glimpse of these incredible animals. But just filming them isn’t enough. It’s time for Hamza to get up close and personal with this strange bird, all in the name of science. Joining expert conservationists, he heads out into the fields to catch a woodcock and put an identifying ring on its leg, giving us a close-up look at this rarely seen, beautiful bird. Back in the Caledonian forest, Hamza is on a mission to find one of the rarest, most elusive animals in the whole of the UK – a cat-sized member of the weasel family called a pine marten. Ordinarily, their home is in the heart of the forest, hidden away amongst the trees. But Hamza visits Gill Williams, whose garden in the forest is the playground for a whole host of pine martens, giving him the opportunity to film them like never before. Armed with remote infrared cameras to provide an early warning to get ready with his normal kit, Hamza and Gill camp out in the living room and wait for their arrival. As wildlife hides go, a snug sofa in a warm lounge is pretty comfortable. To end his winter wildlife journey, Hamza visits his old friend and wildlife photographer, David Plummer. A couple of years ago, when filming Hamza: Strictly Birds of Prey, Hamza came here to get an unbelievably close experience with a wild tawny owl. This time, he’s back to go one better and film these birds in their world, on their level and in total darkness. Once again, bringing his advanced thermal-imaging camera, Hamza and David get set up in anticipation of the owl’s arrival... up a three-metre-tall scaffold tower. Once in position, all Hamza can do is wait and hope that David’s years of experience with these secretive birds will pay off and get Hamza the shot he’s after. Before long, Hamza has the perfect end to his survey of hidden British wildlife - a wild tawny owl on a branch less than three metres from his camera. And he simply can’t wait to show David the footage. First broadcast: 12 October 2025 Duration: 1 hour per episode Torrent dead? Request reseed in comments at x1337x.ws - or ask at elsonroa at tutanota.com