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Open Country Episodes

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    Biodiversity at Heathrow

    Helen Mark visits Heathrow to discover how the airport encourages biodiversity.

  2. The Dolphins of Cardigan Bay

    Patrick Aryee encounters the dolphins and dolphin-watchers of Cardigan Bay.

  3. Bishop Auckland, History in Production

    Helen Mark explores the history of Bishop Auckland as theatrical production Kynren opens.

  4. Midsummer Music in Orkney

    Helen Mark visits Orkney to hear music and stories from 40 years of St Magnus Festival.

  5. Dawn Chorus across Europe

    Brett Westwood follows the dawn chorus from east to west across Europe.

  6. Tennyson's Lincolnshire

    Helen Mark explores the Lincolnshire Wolds through the poetry of Tennyson.

  7. Southwell Races, Nottinghamshire

    Helen Mark spends a day at the rural racetrack of Southwell in Nottinghamshire.

  8. Old Oswestry Hillfort

    Helen Mark visits the Iron Age hillfort in Oswestry, Shropshire.

  9. The National Forest: 25 Years

    Helen Mark visits the National Forest as it marks 25 years.

  10. Gainsborough's Nodding Donkeys

    Helen Mark visits the nodding donkeys of the Gainsborough Trough.

  11. Return to the Fens

    Helen Mark and writer Simon Barnes explore the Great Fen and Charles Rothschild's legacy.

  12. Snowsports at Glenshee, Cairngorms

    Helen Mark gets on her skis at Glenshee as it opens for the winter season's first snow.

  13. Scowles in the Forest of Dean

    Helen Mark is in the Forest of Dean in search of geological formations known as scowles.

  14. Somerset Peat: Past, Present and Future

    Helen Mark uncovers why peat makes the Somerset Levels a special place to visit.

  15. Yorkshire in the Dark

    Yorkshire looks different in the dark. Helen Mark looks into the heavens and underground.

  16. River Tay

    Salmon, apples and whisky. Caz Graham follows the fertile flow of the River Tay.

  17. Balnakeil Craft Village

    Helen Mark visits Balnakeil Craft Village in Sutherland.

  18. Tale Valley, Devon

    Helen Mark learns how theatre is revisiting landscape stories in Devon's Tale Valley.

  19. The Northern Lights at Christmas

    Helen Mark visits Swedish Lapland to discover the myths and magic of the Northern Lights.

  20. Lincolnshire Coast Revival

    Helen Mark visits the Lincolnshire Coast to find new life and regeneration in the winter.

  21. Welsh Valleys after Coal

    Felicity Evans asks how the valleys of south Wales have fared since the mines closed.

  22. Pendle Hill, Lancashire

    Why do witches and radical Quakers haunt Pendle Hill, the much loved Lancashire landmark?

  23. Prehistoric Gower

    Writer Iain Sinclair seeks the UK's oldest burial site along south Gower's clifftops.

  24. The Macbeth Trail

    Helen Mark journeys through north east Scotland in search of the real King Macbeth.

  25. Tollesbury Wick in Essex

    Helen Mark visits Tollesbury Wick on the Essex coast.

  26. Big Chill in Llanthony

    Helen Mark visits Llanthony in Wales to hear how the Big Chill festival began 20 years ago

  27. The Naze in Essex

    Helen Mark explores the hidden landscape of the Naze in Essex.

  28. The Peak District

    Helen Mark is in the Peak District to meet Mountain Rescue Team, who keep visitors safe.

  29. The Glenfinnan Gathering

    Helen Mark goes to the Glenfinnan Gathering, a Highland games in the west of Scotland.

  30. Cornish Alps

    Helen Mark visits Cornwall's clay country to see how mining has sculpted the landscape.

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