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Open Country Episodes

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    Closed Country: A Spring Audio-Diary with Brett Westwood

    Spring - an audio diary with Brett Westwood

  2. Birmingham Tree City of the World

    Helen Mark finds out why Birmingham is so obsessed with trees.

  3. The Music of the Surrey Hills

    Ian Marchant explores music inspired by the landscape of the Surrey Hills.

  4. Small Fish - Big Project

    How a little known fish, rare and remarkable, is behind a huge project on the River Severn

  5. Closed Country: Helen Glover in her Buckinghamshire back garden.

    Helen Glover discovers what's in her own back garden with the help of Steve Backshall.

  6. Halsway Manor

    Helen Mark visits the national centre for folk arts which sits in the Quantock Hills.

  7. Tintagel

    With storms and high winds will Helen Mark be able to cross Tintagel's new bridge?

  8. Ryebank Fields

    Helen Mark visits Ryebank Fields in Chorlton and asks if it can be saved from development.

  9. The Chilterns - a new National Landscape?

    Ian Marchant visits the Chilterns, to test ideas from a new review into National Parks.

  10. Planting Trees to Save the Planet in Cumbria

    Helen Mark meets teenage campaigner Amy Bray planting trees to save the planet in Cumbria.

  11. Skateboarding in the Woods

    Ruth Sanderson discovers a skateboarding camp, deep in the Forest of Dean.

  12. In the Bleak Midwinter: Holst's Cotswolds

    Helen Mark considers how composer Gustav Holst's youth in the Cotswolds shaped his work

  13. Bristol and the transatlantic slave trade

    Jasmine Ketibuah-Foley examines how the transatlantic slave trade has shaped Bristol.

  14. Painshill in Surrey - lost and found

    Charles Hamilton's Painshill in Surrey was nearly lost. Helen Mark discovers more.

  15. The Secret Life of Pigeons

    Join us as we uncover the little-known world of the humble homing pigeon

  16. Witham Navigable Drains

    Ian Marchant fulfils a boyhood dream, of navigating the Witham Navigable Drains.

  17. Arnos Vale Cemetery

    Helen Mark explores the landscape of Arnos Vale Cemetery in Bristol.

  18. Community Resilience in Toppesfield

    Helen Mark meets the thriving community of Toppesfield.

  19. One Tree Hill

    One Tree Hill: a landmark that connects us emotionally and confounds us archaeologically

  20. Folklore and Ghost Stories in Northumberland

    On Halloween, Jez Lowe explores Northumberland's rich folklore, song and ghost stories.

  21. Rick Stein's Cornwall

    For Rick Stein why Padstow remains old fashioned and that little bit different.

  22. Jarvis Cocker's Edale

    Jarvis Cocker鈥檚 love affair with Edale and Kinder Scout.

  23. Darwin鈥檚 Landscape Laboratory

    How Charles Darwin used the plants in his garden to develop his theory of evolution.

  24. The Centre of the Earth

    Helen Mark journeys to The Centre of the Earth, a hidden nature reserve in Birmingham.

  25. The Isle of Eels

    Helen Mark visits the Isle of Eels and joins their annual eel day parade

  26. Southwell's Workhouse

    Southwell's workhouse, minster and a 200-year-old apple tree.

  27. Inspiration On The Island of Jura

    The Isle of Jura has inspired many artists, including George Orwell. Helen Mark hears why.

  28. Rockfield Studios

    Laura Barton visits Rockfield Studios, used by Queen to record Bohemian Rhapsody.

  29. Family Monsters Garden in Swaffham and Chelsea

    Helen Mark visits the Escape Project in Swaffham as they prepare for Chelsea Flower Show.

  30. Ulva - An Island for the People

    Helen Mark visits Ulva to hear about plans to repopulate and revitalise the island.

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