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Discovering Alabama

Television series on Alabama Public Television From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Discovering Alabama is a series on Alabama Public Television about Alabama's natural history.[1] It is hosted by Doug Phillips, a naturalist-educator with the Alabama Museum of Natural History which produces the show. Broadcast since 1985, the show has won four Southeast Emmy Awards.[2][3] It the longest running show on Alabama Public Television and one of the station's most popular.[4][5]

The show has aired more than 100 episodes in its 40-year history.[6] As of 2019, 76 episodes were digitized and posted online.[7]

The show has a partnership with the Alabama Department of Education.[8]

Phillips wrote the 2002 book Discovering Alabama Wetlands[9][10] with photographs by Robert P. Falls and a foreword by Edward O. Wilson. In 2006 Phillips book Discovering Alabama Forests was published.[6] He was inducted into the university of Alabama Hall of Fame in 2023 for his work on the show.[5]

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Selected episodes

  • Alabama's state capitals (2023)
  • Whooping cranes (2023)
  • "Tuscaloosa" (2019), about the history of Tuscaloosa[11][12]
  • Flint River (2016)[13]
  • Alabama in Space (2010), regional Emmy Award winner 2010[14]
  • Wildlife history (2004)
  • Long Leaf Ecosystem (1998)[15]

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