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1. The Planted Plants of Rum

4 Extra Debut. Do mysterious plants prove the Isle of Rum miraculously escaped the Ice Age? Dr Tori Herridge investigates. From 2023.

Mysterious plants appear on the Isle of Rum.

Do they prove the island miraculously escaped the Ice Age?

And what extraordinary lengths would one scientist go to in order to prove that it did?

Dr Tori Herridge investigates.

Produced at BBC Audio Bristol by Beth Sagar-Fenton

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2023.

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14 minutes

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Sunday 23:30
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