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Open Country Episodes

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    Strangford Lough

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

  2. The Legacy of Flodden Field

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

  3. Doddington Hall, Lincolnshire

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

  4. Royal Haslar Hospital

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

  5. Shropshire Union Canal

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

  6. Romney Marsh

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

  7. Lighthouses of Northern Ireland

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

  8. The Birds of Lindisfarne

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

  9. Moseley Bog

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

  10. Geocaching in Salcey Forest

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

  11. Restoring Mountsorrel's Long Forgotten Railway

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

  12. Celebrating the Plum

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

  13. Laurie Lee Land

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

  14. Beer Quarry Caves

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

  15. Skiffs on Loch Broom

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

  16. The Ants of Longshaw Estate

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

  17. Crossing the Forth

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

  18. Salisbury Plain

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

  19. A World in a Woodland

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

  20. Herriot Country

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

  21. Teifi Valley

    Felicity Evans visits the Teifi Valley in West Wales.

  22. A Tale of Three Piers

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

  23. The Minack Coast

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

  24. Cannock Chase

    Jules Hudson visits Cannock Chase, in Staffordshire, to find out about its military past.

  25. Highland Ponies

    Helen Mark visits the working ponies of the Reay Forest estate in Sutherland.

  26. Fens of Cambridgeshire

    Felicity Evans visits Fenland Cambridgeshire in search of a Victorian vicar and naturalist

  27. Lyme Regis

    Helen Mark visits Lyme Regis' Undercliffs, a jungle created by 200 years of landslips.

  28. Graham Sutherland's Pembrokeshire

    Felicity Evans follows the Pembrokeshire footsteps of abstract artist Graham Sutherland.

  29. Springtime in Galloway

    Helen Mark is in Scottish Dumfries and Galloway for their 10th annual Wild Spring Festival

  30. Nuns of Yorkshire

    Helen Mark visits the sisters of the environmentally-friendly Stanbrook Abbey in Yorkshire

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