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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London: A National Park City?
Thu 19 Jan 2017
Can London be a National Park City? David Lindo finds out.
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Barton-upon-Humber Clay Pits
Thu 12 Jan 2017
Helen Mark discovers why flooded clay pits make up the landscape of Barton-upon-Humber.
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Winter Solstice at Newgrange
Thu 22 Dec 2016
To celebrate winter solstice Helen Mark visits prehistoric monument Newgrange in Ireland.
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Wordsworth's County Remade
Thu 15 Dec 2016
Helen Mark visits the Lake District to hear how 'Wordsworth's County' is being remade.
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Whitelee Windfarm on Eaglesham Moor
Thu 8 Dec 2016
Helen Mark visits Eaglesham Moor in Scotland, home of the UK's largest onshore wind farm.
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Belvoir Castle and its 'Capability' Brown Landscape
Thu 1 Dec 2016
Helen Mark explores the completed 'Capability' Brown gardens at Belvoir Castle.
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Sathnam Sanghera goes home to Wolverhampton
Thu 24 Nov 2016
Writer Sathnam Sanghera goes home to Wolverhampton to discover a changed landscape.
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David Lindo on the Isle of Man
Thu 17 Nov 2016
David Lindo, AKA the Urban Birder, leaves the city to meet the wildlife of the Isle of Man
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Snowdonia Marathon
Thu 10 Nov 2016
Helen Mark meets the runners, organisers and volunteers behind Snowdonia Marathon.
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Wild Boar in the Forest of Dean
Thu 3 Nov 2016
Helen Mark has a close encounter with some wild boar in the Forest of Dean.
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Off Grid in Mid-Wales
Thu 27 Oct 2016
Guest presenter Ian Marchant meets people who live 'off-grid' in mid-Wales.
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Bellaghy - Seamus Heaney's 蜜芽传媒place
Thu 8 Sep 2016
Helen Mark travels to Bellaghy to discover poet Seamus Heaney's '蜜芽传媒place'.
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Hoylake: Green Belt and Greens
Thu 1 Sep 2016
Helen Mark finds out how a proposed golf resort in Hoylake will affect the green belt.
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Helen Baxendale visits Belper in Derbyshire
Thu 25 Aug 2016
Helen Baxendale visits Belper in Derbyshire to explore the traces of its industrial past.
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Spurn Point Lifeboat Station
Thu 18 Aug 2016
Helen Mark meets the only full-time lifeboat crew in the UK at Spurn Point in East Yorks.
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The 'Man Engine' in Cornwall's mining landscape
Thu 11 Aug 2016
Helen Mark meets the UK's largest puppet, Man Engine, in Cornwall's mining landscape.
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Orkney Wildlife in Crisis
Thu 4 Aug 2016
Orkney's incredible wildlife is under threat. Helen Mark discovers how technology can help
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Capability Brown at 300
Thu 28 Jul 2016
Helen Mark finds out why Capability Brown is heralded as the Shakespeare of gardening.
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Biodiversity at Heathrow
Thu 21 Jul 2016
Helen Mark visits Heathrow to discover how the airport encourages biodiversity.
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The Dolphins of Cardigan Bay
Thu 14 Jul 2016
Patrick Aryee encounters the dolphins and dolphin-watchers of Cardigan Bay.
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Bishop Auckland, History in Production
Thu 7 Jul 2016
Helen Mark explores the history of Bishop Auckland as theatrical production Kynren opens.
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Midsummer Music in Orkney
Thu 30 Jun 2016
Helen Mark visits Orkney to hear music and stories from 40 years of St Magnus Festival.
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Dawn Chorus across Europe
Thu 12 May 2016
Brett Westwood follows the dawn chorus from east to west across Europe.
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Tennyson's Lincolnshire
Thu 5 May 2016
Helen Mark explores the Lincolnshire Wolds through the poetry of Tennyson.
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Southwell Races, Nottinghamshire
Thu 28 Apr 2016
Helen Mark spends a day at the rural racetrack of Southwell in Nottinghamshire.
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Old Oswestry Hillfort
Thu 21 Apr 2016
Helen Mark visits the Iron Age hillfort in Oswestry, Shropshire.
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The National Forest: 25 Years
Thu 14 Apr 2016
Helen Mark visits the National Forest as it marks 25 years.
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Gainsborough's Nodding Donkeys
Thu 7 Apr 2016
Helen Mark visits the nodding donkeys of the Gainsborough Trough.
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Return to the Fens
Thu 11 Feb 2016
Helen Mark and writer Simon Barnes explore the Great Fen and Charles Rothschild's legacy.
