Wild In Your Garden was a live BBC television

BBC Television

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 show, broadcast

Broadcasting

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 in 2003.

Presenters Bill Oddie

Bill Oddie

William "Bill" Edgar Oddie OBE is an English author, actor, comedian, artist, naturalist and musician, who became famous as one of The Goodies....

, Kate Humble

Kate Humble

Katherine 'Kate' Humble is an English television presenter, mainly for the BBC, specialising in wildlife and science programmes...

 (both in a suburban garden in Bristol

Bristol

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, England

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) and Simon King

Simon King (television)

Simon Henry King OBE is a British television presenter and cameraman, specialising in nature documentaries.King has been working in the field of natural history film making for over 30 years...

 (mostly on location nearby) presented live action from a number of hidden cameras in or near nest box

Nest box

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es, badger

Eurasian Badger

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 setts and the like. Short, pre-filmed documentary

Documentary film

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 pieces were also included. It was shown twice a day, but at different times, sometimes after midnight.

A sequel, Britain Goes Wild with Bill Oddie

Britain Goes Wild with Bill Oddie

Britain Goes Wild with Bill Oddie was a live BBC TV show, broadcast nightly, Monday – Thursday, from May 31, 2004 to June 17, 2004.Following on from the previous year's Wild In Your Garden, presenters Bill Oddie, Kate Humble and Simon King spent one hour each evening, describing wildlife and...

, was broadcast in 2004 and the format eventually developed into the Springwatch series.