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The Way We Went Wild is a three-part BBC TV series, first shown on BBC Two, about British wildlife presenters. It was narrated by Josette Simon.
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The Way We Went Wild is a three-part BBC TV series, first shown on BBC Two, about British wildlife presenters. It was narrated by Josette Simon.
Episode 1, screened on 13 June 2004, featured Johnny Morris and Bill Oddie.
Episode 2, screened on 20 June 2004, featured Sir Peter Scott and Sir David Attenborough.
Episode 3, screened on 27 June 2004, again featured Attenborough, plus a number of more recent, younger wildlife presenters, including Saba Douglas-Hamilton, Steve Leonard and Charlotte Uhlenbroek.
The people interviewed about the featured presenters were:
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