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Springwatch Unsprung - Episode Guide

Season 2016

Episode 1

Episode: 2016-05-30 | Airdate: May 30, 2016

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Chris Packham kicks off the Springwatch season with the first Unsprung in a brand new series. He is joined live in Suffolk by some very special guests, and takes one lucky celebrity on an exclusive bird watching experience.

Episode 2

Episode: 2016-05-31 | Airdate: May 31, 2016

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Unsprung comes live from the Springwatch studio at RSPB Minsmere, hosted by Chris Packham and Lindsey Chapman. Chris and Lindsey take viewers' questions and comments, looking at some of the highlights of the second day of the series, and they are joined by special guests on the Springwatch sofas.

Episode 3

Episode: 2016-06-01 | Airdate: Jun 1, 2016

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Host Chris Packham is joined by a star-studded line-up for Springwatch Unsprung. He meets young people with an inspirational passion for wildlife and gives out some new Unsprung Hero awards.

Episode 4

Episode: 2016-06-02 | Airdate: Jun 2, 2016

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The Sky at Night presenter Maggie Aderin-Pocock joins Chris Packham on the sofa, encouraging us to look to the skies both day and night. Lindsey Chapman feeds in audience questions as ever, and we check in with some people that are doing unheralded work for nature up and down the country.

Episode 5

Episode: 2016-06-03 | Airdate: Jun 3, 2016

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Host Chris Packham is joined by a star-studded line up for the final Springwatch Unsprung of the week.

Great British Sewing Bee judge Patrick Grant will be on the sofa to talk about his love of the natural world, and multiple Radio 2 Folk Award-winning group the Young'uns tell us how nature has inspired their music.

Episode 6

Episode: 2016-06-06 | Airdate: Jun 6, 2016

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Chris Packham is joined live in Suffolk by special guests including comedian Ed Byrne, for this second week of Springwatch Unsprung.

Lindsey Chapman answers viewers' questions, while Chris takes one lucky celebrity on an exclusive bird watching experience.

Episode 7

Episode: 2016-06-07 | Airdate: Jun 7, 2016

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Host Chris Packham is joined by a star-studded line-up including Will Young and Clive Anderson, live from the Springwatch studio at RSPB Minsmere.

Lindsey Chapman discusses viewers' questions and comments with Chris and guests.

Episode 8

Episode: 2016-06-08 | Airdate: Jun 8, 2016

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Live from the Springwatch Unsprung sofa, Chris Packham is joined by poet and playwright, Benjamin Zephaniah.

We will be meeting young people with an inspirational passion for wildlife, and giving out some Unsprung Hero awards.

Episode 9

Episode: 2016-06-09 | Airdate: Jun 9, 2016

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Chris Packham and the Springwatch Unsprung team have another action-packed show, live from Suffolk.

Chris talks bugs with feminist writer Germaine Greer, and Lindsey Chapman answers viewers' questions.

Episode 10

Episode: 2016-06-10 | Airdate: Jun 10, 2016

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Chris Packham is joined by special guests in the Springwatch studio at RSPB Minsmere, for the final Springwatch Unsprung of the week.

Lindsey Chapman highlights questions from the audience, and one lucky celebrity enjoys an exclusive birdwatching experience.

Episode 11

Episode: 2016-06-13 | Airdate: Jun 13, 2016

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Chris Packham kicks off the final week of Springwatch Unsprung, live from RSPB Minsmere in Suffolk.

Joining him for the usual mix of viewers' questions, comments and pictures are singer and DJ Cerys Matthews and Paralympian Steve Brown.

Episode 12

Episode: 2016-06-14 | Airdate: Jun 14, 2016

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Unsprung comes from the east coast in front of a live studio audience. Joining Chris Packham is Winter Olympics gold medallist Amy Williams to celebrate some unsung wildlife heroes and inspirational young naturalists.

Episode 13

Episode: 2016-06-15 | Airdate: Jun 15, 2016

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Hosts Chris Packham and Lindsey Chapman are joined by a star-studded line up for Springwatch Unsprung. They take viewers' questions and comments, and review footage and pictures sent to the show on social media.

Episode 14

Episode: 2016-06-16 | Airdate: Jun 16, 2016

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Doctor and TV presenter Chris van Tulleken joins Chris Packham on the Unsprung sofas to give tips on how nature can improve your health. Meanwhile, Lindsey Chapman is on hand to take viewers' questions and comments.

Episode 15

Episode: 2016-06-17 | Airdate: Jun 17, 2016

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Host Chris Packham is joined by The One Show's insect specialist George McGavin for the final Springwatch Unsprung of the series.

Aided by Lindsey Chapman, they look back at the best of the viewers' comments, questions and pictures, and look forward to some special events coming in the summer.

Season 2017

Episode 1

Episode: 2017-06-05 | Airdate: Jun 5, 2017

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Hosted by Chris Packham with Lindsey Chapman. Sue Perkins and Kate Humble discuss the use of dogs in conservation. Craig Revel Horwood listens to the dawn chorus in Hideshare.

Episode 2

Episode: 2017-06-06 | Airdate: Jun 6, 2017

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Chris Packham shares the sofa with explorer Dwayne Fields and uncovers the secret life of flies with Erica McAlister. Wildlife photographer Levon Biss shows off his secrets.

Episode 3

Episode: 2017-06-07 | Airdate: Jun 7, 2017

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Chris Packham is joined by broadcaster Sara Cox and dung expert Richard Jones. With Chris in Hideshare is Paralympian Ellie Simmonds. Lindsey Chapman is across all your questions.

Episode 4

Episode: 2017-06-08 | Airdate: Jun 8, 2017

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Olympic rower Helen Glover is on the sofa chatting about wildlife in the water. Fidget the weasel pops into the studio. And there is a peak behind the scenes in Unsprung Undressed.

Episode 5

Episode: 2017-06-09 | Airdate: Jun 9, 2017

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Baroness Floella Benjamin swaps the House of Lords for the sofa to join Chris Packham. Comedian and entertainer Julian Clary takes us round Noel Cowards' garden in Hideshare.

Episode 6

Episode: 2017-06-12 | Airdate: Jun 12, 2017

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Best-selling author Michael Morpurgo joins Chris Packham for a Warhorse-themed hide. Chef Michael Caines discusses his love for herons and lapwings, and Lindsey Chapman answers queries and sets the Unsprung quiz. Plus wildlife artist Darren Woodhead explains his passion for painting under the sea.

Episode 7

Episode: 2017-06-13 | Airdate: Jun 13, 2017

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Chris Packham is joined by news correspondent Frank Gardner and Dragons' Den entrepreneur Deborah Meaden, who chats about aggressive birds in the garden! Lindsey Chapman answers questions and responds comments, whilst Unsprung Undressed gives a peak behind the scenes of Springwatch.

Episode 8

Episode: 2017-06-14 | Airdate: Jun 14, 2017

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Actress Stephanie Cole is on the sofa to share her passion for the great outdoors with Chris Packham. Author of Beetle Boy MG Leonard hopes to inspire a love of beetles. Plus a quiz, queries and a rather prickly Wildlife Hero award.

Episode 9

Episode: 2017-06-15 | Airdate: Jun 15, 2017

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Poet Pam Ayres shares her wildlife garden and her passion for hedgehogs. Naturalist Steve Backshall is live on the sofa to answer questions and enthuses about British rivers. Plus military history meets natural history when Dan Snow is the latest celebrity in Hideshare.

Episode 10

Episode: 2017-06-16 | Airdate: Jun 16, 2017

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In the final show of the series, former Prima Ballerina and Strictly star Darcey Bussell shares her wild side in Hideshare, actor Sam West joins Chris Packham on the sofa and there is a very special Wildlife Hero from Northern Ireland. And Lindsey Chapman is across all your comments, ideas and pictures.

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