🎬New Forest Badgers, Filmed by Manuel Hinge for BBC. Part of the 'Wildlife Shorts' season.

The badger is one of Britain's best-loved animals, and yet it is rarely seen. In the New Forest, the first evidence of the badgers are the setts which they occupy. But once an occupied sett has been spotted, many hours of patience are needed just to get the smallest glimpse of these elusive animals. This intimate portrait follows the badgers through their busiest time of year, giving an insight into their lives.

This is one of nineteen episodes from the Wildlife Shorts season.

Narrated by Allan Corduner
Filmed by Manuel Hinge
Editor Mike Crawford
Colourist Adrian Rigby
Dubbing Editor James Burchill
Dubbing Mixer Adam Palmer
Production Manager Jon Cox
Production Co-ordinator Clare Bean
Series Producer Webdy Darke
Executive Producer Vyv Simson
Producer Robert Yeoman
BBC Bristol

🎬August 1975 marked the 40th anniversary of the opening of the M27 motorway. Paul Clifton looks back at the sometimes dramatic life of the road.

The first section of the motorway near Southampton opened in August 1975. The original idea was for a south coast motorway stretching from Kent to Cornwall. For financial reasons, this would never happen.

BBC South Today Production
19th August 2015