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Open Country Episodes

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    Balnakeil Craft Village

    Helen Mark visits Balnakeil Craft Village in Sutherland.

  2. Tale Valley, Devon

    Helen Mark learns how theatre is revisiting landscape stories in Devon's Tale Valley.

  3. The Northern Lights at Christmas

    Helen Mark visits Swedish Lapland to discover the myths and magic of the Northern Lights.

  4. Lincolnshire Coast Revival

    Helen Mark visits the Lincolnshire Coast to find new life and regeneration in the winter.

  5. Welsh Valleys after Coal

    Felicity Evans asks how the valleys of south Wales have fared since the mines closed.

  6. Pendle Hill, Lancashire

    Why do witches and radical Quakers haunt Pendle Hill, the much loved Lancashire landmark?

  7. Prehistoric Gower

    Writer Iain Sinclair seeks the UK's oldest burial site along south Gower's clifftops.

  8. The Macbeth Trail

    Helen Mark journeys through north east Scotland in search of the real King Macbeth.

  9. Tollesbury Wick in Essex

    Helen Mark visits Tollesbury Wick on the Essex coast.

  10. Big Chill in Llanthony

    Helen Mark visits Llanthony in Wales to hear how the Big Chill festival began 20 years ago

  11. The Naze in Essex

    Helen Mark explores the hidden landscape of the Naze in Essex.

  12. The Peak District

    Helen Mark is in the Peak District to meet Mountain Rescue Team, who keep visitors safe.

  13. The Glenfinnan Gathering

    Helen Mark goes to the Glenfinnan Gathering, a Highland games in the west of Scotland.

  14. Cornish Alps

    Helen Mark visits Cornwall's clay country to see how mining has sculpted the landscape.

  15. Jersey Shores

    Jersey doubles in size when the tide goes out. Helen Mark goes paddling.

  16. Thomas Hardy's Dorset

    Helen Mark visits the landscapes of Thomas Hardy's life, death and literature in Dorset.

  17. Rathlin Island

    Helen Mark visits Rathlin Island, situated just off the north coast of Antrim.

  18. The North Antrim Coast

    Helen Mark takes to the seas to explore the North Antrim coastline.

  19. Ospreys in Cumbria

    Caz Graham goes in search of Cumbria's regular visiting ospreys.

  20. Celebrating Golowan in Cornwall

    Helen Mark lights the midsummer bonfires on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall to celebrate Golowan.

  21. The Lengthsman with Antony Gormley

    Helen Mark joins Sir Antony Gormley to explore his latest sculpture in rural Warwickshire.

  22. The ancient sport of hound trailing in Cumbria

    Helen Mark visits Cumbria to experience the exciting and ancient sport of hound trailing.

  23. Landscape Art in Northumberland

    Caz Graham visits the Northumberland countryside to discover stunning art in the landscape

  24. Bristol Green City

    Helen Mark explores the nature reserves of the 2015 European Green Capital, Bristol.

  25. The Solway Shore

    Caz Graham visits the shores of Solway Firth.

  26. Sheffield Wild at Heart

    Helen Mark discovers why adults aged 50 to 105 are feeling wild at heart in Sheffield.

  27. The Hoo Peninsula

    Helen Mark visits the Hoo Peninsula in Kent to discover a landscape of change.

  28. CS Lewis Nature Reserve, Oxfordshire

    Helen Mark discovers the Oxfordshire woodland that once belonged to author CS Lewis.

  29. Tump 53

    Helen Mark explores Tump 53, a family-friendly nature reserve with an intriguing history.

  30. Shetland

    Helen Mark finds out about the landscape and people of Shetland.

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