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June Special: 11th June 2006

Programme 1: 16th July 2006
A Deadly Day Out in Dublin: Where in Dublin can you get close to a golden eagle?  What is really inside a stuffed animal?  Are the exhibits in the Natural History Museum real or artificial?  And where can you see extinct Irish animals? For the answers to these and other 'deadly' questions, join presenter Mary Mulvihill and a class of curious and enthusiastic students from Sacred Heart Boys National School in Ballygall, for a tour of Dublin's 'dead zoo', in the company of education officer, zoologist Eimear Walsh.

Programme 2: 23rd July 2006
Mary Mulvihill goes behind the scenes at the Natural History Museum to meet zoologist Declan Murray who discovered a new species of midge at the bottom of his garden.

Programme 3: 30th July 2006
A real mythical monster?  Mary Mulvihill views some Irish giant squid which can be found in the Natural History Museum, with marine zoologist Dr Julia Sigwart

Programme 4: 6th August 2006
Exotic delicatessen goodies, artwork, religious artefacts, even Italian fashion... some of the more unusual exhibits among the dead animals at the Natural History Museum in Dublin. Keeper Nigel Monaghan shows Mary Mulvihill some unexpected 'bric-a-brac'.

Programme 5: 13th August 2006

Programme 6: 20th August 2006

Programme 7: 27th August 2006

Programme 8: 10th September 2006

Programme 9: 24th September 2006

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Mary Mulvihill

When: Series finished
Presenter: Mary Mulvihill
Producer: Dave McHugh