Badgers: Their Secret Worlds Season 1 Episode 1 - Episode 1

Airdate: 2023-Sep-27

Episode summary:

In the Gloucestershire countryside, Steve has a wonderful wild badger encounter, while deep in a specially rigged sett. Could a female badger called Peggy be about to give birth? If she does it will be what's believed to be a world first – the only time a wild European badger will have given birth on camera!We meet the captivating Bluebell Badgers and follow their lives above ground, seeing the nine-week-old cubs emerge from the sett for the very time, and we witness the harsher side of a badgers world, as young cub Edith recovers from terrible injuries at a rescue centre.And badger housekeeping: the incredible lengths they go to for clean and tidy home!

About Badgers: Their Secret Worlds series:

In this unique series, Steve Backshall reveals the secret lives of one of the UK's most iconic yet elusive species, the badger. With cameras r...Show more >