[1] The first episode was broadcast on 6 May 2013 and featured the song of the male common cuckoo presented by David Attenborough.
[1][2] The series won the Broadcasting Press Guild's award for radio programme of the year in 2014.
[3] The series was scheduled across a year, by the end of which 266 different bird sounds had been featured.
The original series was presented by David Attenborough, Miranda Krestovnikoff, Steve Backshall, Michaela Strachan, Brett Westwood, Bill Oddie, Chris Packham, John Aitchison, Kate Humble, Liz Bonnin and Martin Hughes-Games.
[6] The second series included the above presenters, as well as Michael Palin and others