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Open Country Episodes

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    Brecon Beacons, Waterfall Country

    Felicity Evans visits the western end of the Brecon Beacons and walks behind a waterfall.

  2. British Raj in the Peak District

    Helen Mark discovers Indian heritage amongst the hills of the Peak District National Park.

  3. Chelford Cattle Market

    Helen Mark explores Chelford Cattle Market in Cheshire.

  4. Common Ground, Dorset

    Helen Mark hears why Dorset was used as a laboratory by the arts group Common Ground.

  5. Adlestrop

    Helen Mark visits the Gloucestershire village that inspired Edward Thomas's famous poem.

  6. Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage

    Helen Mark discovers how Lincolnshire's former airfields are being used today.

  7. Falkland Centre for Stewardship

    Felicity Evans visits Falkland Estate in Fife, home to a former royal palace.

  8. Strangford Lough

    The people who work, rest and play on Strangford Lough.

  9. The Legacy of Flodden Field

    Helen Mark visits the border landscape surrounding the Battle of Flodden.

  10. Doddington Hall, Lincolnshire

    Helen Mark visits Doddington Hall in Lincolnshire, where festivities include a shoot.

  11. Royal Haslar Hospital

    Felicity Evans explores the site of the Royal Haslar Naval hospital in Gosport.

  12. Shropshire Union Canal

    Felicity Evans travels from Beeston to Ellesmere Port along the Shropshire Union Canal.

  13. Romney Marsh

    Tales of smuggling, a nuclear power station and medieval churches on Romney Marsh.

  14. Lighthouses of Northern Ireland

    Our infatuation with lighthouses and the need to preserve these iconic landmarks.

  15. The Birds of Lindisfarne

    Helen Mark arrives on Lindisfarne, just as migrating birds flock to this Holy Island.

  16. Moseley Bog

    Felicity Evans visits the Birmingham bog that inspired Tolkien's Middle Earth.

  17. Geocaching in Salcey Forest

    Helen Mark joins geocachers from around the world discovering the Salcey Forest.

  18. Restoring Mountsorrel's Long Forgotten Railway

    One man's 'crazy' idea to restore a forgotten railway track in Leicestershire.

  19. Celebrating the Plum

    Helen Mark meets Alistair McGowan at a plum festival in the Vale of Evesham.

  20. Laurie Lee Land

    Helen Mark explores the new life springing up in Laurie Lee's beloved Slad Valley.

  21. Beer Quarry Caves

    Helen Mark visits Devon's Beer Quarry Caves which supplied Exeter cathedral with limestone

  22. Skiffs on Loch Broom

    Helen Mark is in Scotland to celebrate a recent boom in skiff-racing.

  23. The Ants of Longshaw Estate

    Helen Mark visits Longshaw Estate in Derbyshire to meet some very special ants.

  24. Crossing the Forth

    Open Country marks the naming of the new Forth crossing near Edinburgh.

  25. Salisbury Plain

    Felicity Evans visits the 'lost' village of Imber on Salisbury Plain.

  26. A World in a Woodland

    Helen Mark goes to a forest school in woodlands in Gloucestershire.

  27. Herriot Country

    Felicity Evans visits 'Herriot Country' in Yorkshire, made famous by vet James 'Alf' Wight

  28. Teifi Valley

    Felicity Evans visits the Teifi Valley in West Wales.

  29. A Tale of Three Piers

    Helen Mark promenades with Timothy West along the pier at Clevedon and Weston-super-Mare.

  30. The Minack Coast

    Felicity Evans explores human influence on the coast between the Lizard and Land's End.

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