Countryfile

Nature Strikes Back (29x42)

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On 15 October 1987 a storm hit the UK with such force that it brought down millions of trees, created devastation and chaos and tragically killed 18 people. Thirty years on, Ellie visits Wakehurst Place in West Sussex, a 500-acre estate which lost 20,000 trees that night and faced some hard decisions as dawn broke the next day. Ellie meets up with the team that rebuilt and replanted Wakehurst's collection and helped turn it into the showcase for global conservation that it is today. Ellie also looks back through the Countryfile archive, remembering the stories and places that have also suffered and rebuilt in face some of Britain's wildest weather.