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Strangford Lough
The people who work, rest and play on Strangford Lough.
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The Legacy of Flodden Field
Helen Mark visits the border landscape surrounding the Battle of Flodden.
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Doddington Hall, Lincolnshire
Helen Mark visits Doddington Hall in Lincolnshire, where festivities include a shoot.
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Royal Haslar Hospital
Felicity Evans explores the site of the Royal Haslar Naval hospital in Gosport.
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Shropshire Union Canal
Felicity Evans travels from Beeston to Ellesmere Port along the Shropshire Union Canal.
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Romney Marsh
Tales of smuggling, a nuclear power station and medieval churches on Romney Marsh.
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Lighthouses of Northern Ireland
Our infatuation with lighthouses and the need to preserve these iconic landmarks.
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The Birds of Lindisfarne
Helen Mark arrives on Lindisfarne, just as migrating birds flock to this Holy Island.
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Moseley Bog
Felicity Evans visits the Birmingham bog that inspired Tolkien's Middle Earth.
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Geocaching in Salcey Forest
Helen Mark joins geocachers from around the world discovering the Salcey Forest.
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Restoring Mountsorrel's Long Forgotten Railway
One man's 'crazy' idea to restore a forgotten railway track in Leicestershire.
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Celebrating the Plum
Helen Mark meets Alistair McGowan at a plum festival in the Vale of Evesham.
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Laurie Lee Land
Helen Mark explores the new life springing up in Laurie Lee's beloved Slad Valley.
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Beer Quarry Caves
Helen Mark visits Devon's Beer Quarry Caves which supplied Exeter cathedral with limestone
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Skiffs on Loch Broom
Helen Mark is in Scotland to celebrate a recent boom in skiff-racing.
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The Ants of Longshaw Estate
Helen Mark visits Longshaw Estate in Derbyshire to meet some very special ants.
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Crossing the Forth
Open Country marks the naming of the new Forth crossing near Edinburgh.
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Salisbury Plain
Felicity Evans visits the 'lost' village of Imber on Salisbury Plain.
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A World in a Woodland
Helen Mark goes to a forest school in woodlands in Gloucestershire.
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Herriot Country
Felicity Evans visits 'Herriot Country' in Yorkshire, made famous by vet James 'Alf' Wight
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Teifi Valley
Felicity Evans visits the Teifi Valley in West Wales.
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A Tale of Three Piers
Helen Mark promenades with Timothy West along the pier at Clevedon and Weston-super-Mare.
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The Minack Coast
Felicity Evans explores human influence on the coast between the Lizard and Land's End.
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Cannock Chase
Jules Hudson visits Cannock Chase, in Staffordshire, to find out about its military past.
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Highland Ponies
Helen Mark visits the working ponies of the Reay Forest estate in Sutherland.
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Fens of Cambridgeshire
Felicity Evans visits Fenland Cambridgeshire in search of a Victorian vicar and naturalist
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Lyme Regis
Helen Mark visits Lyme Regis' Undercliffs, a jungle created by 200 years of landslips.
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Graham Sutherland's Pembrokeshire
Felicity Evans follows the Pembrokeshire footsteps of abstract artist Graham Sutherland.
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Springtime in Galloway
Helen Mark is in Scottish Dumfries and Galloway for their 10th annual Wild Spring Festival
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Nuns of Yorkshire
Helen Mark visits the sisters of the environmentally-friendly Stanbrook Abbey in Yorkshire