Open Country Podcast
Countryside magazine featuring the people and wildlife that shape the landscape of the British Isles
Episodes to download
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The Isle of Eels
Thu 15 Aug 2019
Helen Mark visits the Isle of Eels and joins their annual eel day parade
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Inspiration On The Island of Jura
Thu 1 Aug 2019
The Isle of Jura has inspired many artists, including George Orwell. Helen Mark hears why.
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Rockfield Studios
Thu 25 Jul 2019
Laura Barton visits Rockfield Studios, used by Queen to record Bohemian Rhapsody.
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Family Monsters Garden in Swaffham and Chelsea
Thu 18 Jul 2019
Helen Mark visits the Escape Project in Swaffham as they prepare for Chelsea Flower Show.
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Ulva - An Island for the People
Thu 11 Jul 2019
Helen Mark visits Ulva to hear about plans to repopulate and revitalise the island.
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Exercise Shallow Grave
Thu 4 Jul 2019
Mary-Ann Ochota joins former members of the armed forces as they unearth Saxon artefacts.
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Stonehenge and its community
Thu 9 May 2019
The makers and trades people of Stonehenge, whose lives are shaped by their landscape.
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Sussex Weald Ironworking
Thu 2 May 2019
Ian Marchant discovers that Sussex was once the epicentre of the international arms trade.
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George Eliot Country
Thu 25 Apr 2019
Helen Mark visits Nuneaton to follow in the footsteps of Victorian novelist George Eliot
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Changing Tides at Morecambe Bay
Thu 11 Apr 2019
Morecambe Bay is changing. Helen Mark hears how buildings and artworks will set the tone.
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Surfing on Scotland鈥檚 North Coast
Thu 4 Apr 2019
Thurso鈥檚 surfing community on why their reef break is one of Europe鈥檚 best waves.
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The Pub at the End of Easdale
Thu 31 Jan 2019
Helen Mark learns what it takes to run a pub on the tiny Scottish island of Easdale.
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The Changing Thetford Forest
Thu 17 Jan 2019
Ian Marchant meets some of the unexpected animals in Thetford Forest in Norfolk.
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The Strawberry Line Community
Thu 3 Jan 2019
Far from being abandoned, the Strawberry Line in Somerset has a new role in the community
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Reservoirs and lost villages
Thu 27 Dec 2018
Helen Mark visits Derbyshire to hear about reservoirs and long-gone villages.
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Moorland on the mend
Thu 20 Dec 2018
Caz Graham re-visits moors destroyed by fire this summer, to ask how they are recovering.
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Leicester鈥檚 hidden gem - Bradgate Park - bought for the locals, but where鈥檚 all the archive?
Thu 13 Dec 2018
Bradgate park bought for the people of Leicester from the heirs of Lady Jane Grey.
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Life on the canals at Foxton Locks
Thu 6 Dec 2018
Life on the canals, from the lock keeper to those who live on the water at Foxton Locks.
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Benjamin Britten's Aldeburgh
Thu 29 Nov 2018
An exploration of how the sea and Suffolk coast inspired Benjamin Britten's music
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Ash to Ash
Thu 22 Nov 2018
Ash trees are dying from ash dieback. Helen Mark hears how Kent is preserving their memory
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The Suffolk Maharajah
Thu 15 Nov 2018
How did an Indian Maharajah end living and being buried in a quaint rural Suffolk village?
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Herodsfoot, Thankful Village
Thu 8 Nov 2018
Helen Mark visits the 'thankful village' of Herodsfoot in Cornwall.
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The Windermere Boys
Thu 1 Nov 2018
How 300 orphans of the holocaust began a new life in the Lake District.
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Liverpool Giants
Thu 25 Oct 2018
Liverpool's landscape is dwarfed by three beloved giants. Helen Mark gets up close.
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The Malvern Hills
Thu 6 Sep 2018
Helen Mark explores the landscape of the Malvern Hills in the Midlands.
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Childhood Holidays in Pembrokeshire
Thu 30 Aug 2018
Charlotte Smith revisits Pembrokeshire, where she spent many of her childhood holidays.
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Purton Hulks
Thu 9 Aug 2018
Helen Mark discovers the fascinating world of the UK's largest ship's graveyard.
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The First Lundy Marathon
Thu 2 Aug 2018
David Lindo visits Lundy in north Devon for the island's very first half marathon race.
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The Boat Builders of Pin Mill
Thu 26 Jul 2018
Helen Mark sets sail from Pin Mill to discover the history of boat building in Suffolk.
