Open Country Episodes Episode guide
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Rare British breeds and their owners
We follow a photographer capturing rare British breeds in the landscape.
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An Obsession with Forsythia
Helen Mark meets enthusiasts creating and looking after National Plant Collections.
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Dawn on the Sea Loch
A journey at dawn by kayak across a sea loch in western Scotland as the seasons change.
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Tales from the Black Mountains
Travel writer Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent explores her new home in the Welsh Black Mountains.
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Fisherwomen
The voices of the women who mend the nets and gut the fish.
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Songs of England
Folk singer Sam Lee explores the historic landmarks of England through song.
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Canna
Fiona Mackenzie on the history, music and landscape of the Isle of Canna in the Hebrides.
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Stormont Estate
Helen Mark finds out how the public and politicians in Northern Ireland share a parkland.
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Twelve months of Open Country
Helen Mark looks at some of the highlights from the last twelve months of Open Country.
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Julia Blackburn and the Suffolk coast
Helen Mark talks to the writer Julia Blackburn about her love of the Suffolk coastline.
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Windows
Helen Mark rethinks her relationship with windows and how they connect us to the world.
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Snowdrop Country
Alan Street has spent his life discovering snowdrops - but now there is new demand.
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Brett Westwood and Wyre Forest
Brett Westwood and Rosemary Winnall are in Wyre Forest in search of wild service trees.
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Winter at Binevenagh
Helen Mark immerses us in her local landscape surrounding Binevenagh in Northern Ireland.
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Frank Turner and the Meon Valley
Frank Turner returns to the area in which he spent his early life, the Meon Valley.
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The Lighthouse on the Headland of the Great Seas
How the local community is preserving the history of Scotland's Ardnamurchan Lighthouse.
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Kitty Macfarlane and the Somerset Levels
Singer-songwriter Kitty Macfarlane explores how the Somerset levels inspires her music.
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Rediscovering Redesdale
How the community in Redesdale, Northumberland, is restoring and celebrating its landscape
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Eilean Shona
Eilean Shona, once a Highland crofting island, now a nature reserve and holiday retreat
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New Land Owners, New Visions
Caz Graham meets the people behind two historic land buyouts in the south of Scotland.
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The Sea
A cross-channel swimmer, a bird watcher, and an environmental artist reflect on the sea.
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Gilbert White’s Selborne
A tour of Gilbert White’s Selborne 300 years after this pioneering naturalist was born.
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The Bord Waalk of Amble
Landscape and wildlife have inspired a Bird Sculpture trail called Bord Waalk in Amble.
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Ghost Ponds and Underwater Songs
In Norfolk, ghost ponds are being recovered, restored and heard to sing once again.
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Cleeve Common
Sybil Ruscoe visits Cleeve Common, the highest point of the Cotswold Hills.
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Brett Westwood's Summer Nature Diary
Brett Westwood shares his audio-diary of the natural world in summer.
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Pete Waterman at Braunston Marina
Songwriter and music producer, Pete Waterman, revisits his childhood holidays
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The Great Spotted Woodpecker Quest
Finding a Great Spotted Woodpecker’s nest is far from easy for cameraman James Aldred.
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Green Pavements
Why the plants in our pavement cracks are attracting attention as important urban flora.
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Restoration in the Lake District
Ian Marchant talks to people restoring landscapes in the Lake District.