Cities: Nature’s New Wild
DOCUMENTARY / 9pm / BBC2
in the last instalment of this incredible series exploring how animals have made the urban jungle their own, the focus turns to the ‘outcasts’, creatures who are now fighting for a place in territory that once belonged to them. In Sri Lanka, crops have replaced the forests where elephants once roamed, resulting in deadly battles between locals and these hungry five-ton beasts. But in South Carolina, alligators happily go about their lives on a busy golf course. And on our doorstep, 15 million brown rats have adapted to city living in the UK – and they’ve made themselves right at home in ours…