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=== Series five === 7 November 2023 – Dr Paul Donald, Senior Scientist at Bird Life International. 5 December 2023 – Katie Holten, artist and environmental activist. 9 January 2024 – Dr Ruth Tingay, environmentalist and raptor conservationist. 13 February 2024 – Dr David Hetherington, ecologist and wild cat biologist. 12 March 2024 – Artist Andy Holden and Ornithologist Peter Holden; father and son. 9 April 2024 – A visit to the Carmarthenshire Vulture breed and release charity, The Horstmann Trust. 14 May 2024 – Rob Stoneman, Director of Landscape Recovery at the Wildlife Trusts. 11 & 18 June 2024 – Prof. Fiona Mathews & Prof. Tim Kendall, environmental biologist and nature writer respectively. 5 July 2024 – Matthew Oates, naturalist and nature writer. 9 August 2024 – Primatologist Dr Hannah Trayford and Wildlife Photographer Rachel Bigsby 10 September 2024 – M. G. Leonard, award-winning children's novelist and Vice President of Buglife. A bonus addendum episode was released on 1/7/25.
=== Series six === 21 October 2025 – Dr Sylvia Earle, Marine biologist, explorer and founder of Mission Blue. 18 November 2025 - Dr Bhaskar Choudhury, veterinarian and project head of the Wildlife Trust of India’s Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC). 20 November 2025 - Amrit Menon, department head of the Wildlife Trust of India’s Wild Aid division. 8 December 2025 - Iris Ho, Head of Campaigns and Policy at the Pan-African Sanctuary Alliance. 9 December 2025 - Abraham Joffe, documentary filmmaker. 17 February 2026 - Prof. Diana Pazmiño, marine biologist and conservation geneticist. 24 February 2026 - Prof. Carlos Mena, geographer and Director of Universidad San Francisco de Quito’s Galápagos campus and Co-Director of the Galápagos Science Centre. 3 March 2026 - Rakan Zahawi, Chief Executive of the Charles Darwin Foundation. 17 March 2026 - Darren Moorcroft, Beccy Speight and Craig Bennett; chief executives of the Woodland Trust, RSPB and The Wildlife Trusts respectively.
=== Bonus episodes === 7 October 2019 – An additional recording with Harry Barton of the Devon Wildlife Trust, released online through SoundCloud. Recorded on the banks of the River Otter, Devon, by the site of a project to reintegrate wild beavers into the local environment. 22 April 2020 – Bella Hardy's new song 'Curlew', accompanied by her creative thoughts in writing the song. 7 Aug 2020 – An additional recording with Bryce Stewart, released online through SoundCloud, detailing how COVID-19 is affecting UK fisheries.
=== Live recordings === 9 October 2019 – Recorded live at the 70th Cheltenham Literature Festival in partnership with the Woodland Trust, a discussion on “The Art of Trees” with Prof. Christiana Payne and Dr Angela Summerfield. It was eventually broadcast on 14 October 2019. 10 January 2020 – Recorded live at The Open Book, Wigtown, an interview with Dr Cat Barlow of the South of Scotland Golden Eagle Project. It was eventually broadcast on 20 January 2020. 1 November 2022 – Recorded live at Stanfords Travel Bookshop in Covent Garden, an interview with award-winning writer and science communicator, Sophie Pavelle. It was eventually broadcast on 6 June 2023. 16 July 2023 – Samuel West, actor, director and RSPB Ambassador. Recorded live at the 2023 Global Bird Fair in Rutland.
== Series 3: "Oakes on Oaks: 56(ish) Native Trees" == As a result of restrictions put in place in response to the COVID pandemic of 2020/21, the third series of Trees a Crowd temporarily took on a different format. Instead of interviews, it provided short narrative accounts – scripted and produced by Oakes – of 'the secrets and stories beneath the native tree species to the British Isles'. The series explored the folklore, history, botany, art, music and literature associated with each tree, and was illuminated by anecdotes from Oakes' personal experience. The episodes also featured soundbites from previous guests of the show, and poetry and song recitals performed by acquaintances from across Oakes' theatrical career.
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