A special programme for European Conservation Year Even today Europe has some weird and wonderful wildlife, some remote and unknown wildernesses. In this varied continent, stretching from Iceland to Turkey, from Portugal to Russia, flamingoes, porcupines, pelicans, bison, and polar bears still survive. But for how long? Threah to their existence can affect us all, for we share the same environment. This programme, filmed in 14 countries, follows the migration of the shy and elegant crane across a fast-changing Europe. It's a crane's-eye-view, from the Norwegian tundra, across the heaths of Germany and the marshes of Holland, over an army of French hunters, through the Pyrenees to the warm delta of the Guadalquivir in Spain, the ' last great wilderness in Europe.' Then back again, to the spring in Scandinavia for an assembly that is one of Europe's greatest wildlife spectacles. Introduced by HRH Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands Narrated by MICHAEL FLANDERS Written by JOHN LLOYD Music by SIDNEY SAGER Produced by RICHARD BROCK (from Bristol)
