Overview
- The BBC confirmed the Christmas edition of This Natural Life featuring the monarch will air on BBC Radio 4 on December 23 at 12pm, with a repeat on Christmas Day.
- Recorded on the Dumfries House estate in East Ayrshire, the programme follows Martha Kearney and the King through the arboretum as he reflects on a lifelong love of the natural world.
- Discussion points include teaching rural skills, marine conservation, the art of topiary, and the pleasures of well-used gardening tools.
- Listeners will also hear from young people, students, and education staff involved in outdoor programmes based at the estate.
- The King’s Foundation chief executive Kristina Murrin credits him with saving Dumfries House in 2007, and the series places him alongside past guests such as Cate Blanchett and Sir Antony Gormley.