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Cranborne Chase

Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison uncover the wonders of Cranborne Chase, and Steve Brown goes stargazing in the UK’s first designated dark sky reserve.

Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison uncover the wonders past and present of Cranborne Chase.

Matt unravels a puzzling piece of the area’s past as he explores a 900-year-old mediaeval ‘miz maze’ hidden in the woods, before crossing the Chase to help tend to Britain’s biggest modern day maze on the Longleat Estate. Ellie joins the UK’s only ‘supercluster’ of farmers working together to encourage wildlife on their land. She also heads to the River Ebble to disccover what makes this chalk stream so special and how it’s helping to give rural teenagers a sense of purpose. Steve Brown is in for some special stargazing in the Chase - the UK’s first designated dark sky reserve. Tom Heap investigates plans to launch a new space race from the heart of our countryside – but at what cost to the environment? And Adam Henson has a nervous wait on his hands as his rare-breed Suffolk Punch Lexi goes to the maternity unit.

55 minutes

Last on

Tue 18 May 2021 00:30

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Matt Baker
Presenter Ellie Harrison
Presenter Steve Brown
Presenter Adam Henson
Presenter Tom Heap
Series Producer Bill Lyons
Series Editor Jane Lomas

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