6: Dawn: deer management, Winnie-the-Pooh author A.A. Milne's biographer, dusk: youth rangers and rutting deer

Did you know that Ashdown Forest is the '100 Aker Wood' (Christopher Robin's spelling) from the Winnie-the-Pooh stories? Hear from Pooh enthusiasts visiting the Forest...

• What was the real Christopher Robin like? Ann Thwaite, biographer of Winnie-the-Pooh author A. A. Milne, tells us.

• Dawn: how to manage the ever-increasing deer population.

• Dusk: youth rangers join our search for rutting deer.

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Producer: Eka Morgan

Guitar: Jared Thode

Artwork: Carry Akroyd

Technical support: David Kitto