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Open Country Episodes

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    Winter at Binevenagh

    Helen Mark immerses us in her local landscape surrounding Binevenagh in Northern Ireland.

  2. Frank Turner and the Meon Valley

    Frank Turner returns to the area in which he spent his early life, the Meon Valley.

  3. The Lighthouse on the Headland of the Great Seas

    How the local community is preserving the history of Scotland's Ardnamurchan Lighthouse.

  4. Kitty Macfarlane and the Somerset Levels

    Singer-songwriter Kitty Macfarlane explores how the Somerset levels inspires her music.

  5. Rediscovering Redesdale

    How the community in Redesdale, Northumberland, is restoring and celebrating its landscape

  6. Eilean Shona

    Eilean Shona, once a Highland crofting island, now a nature reserve and holiday retreat

  7. New Land Owners, New Visions

    Caz Graham meets the people behind two historic land buyouts in the south of Scotland.

  8. The Sea

    A cross-channel swimmer, a bird watcher, and an environmental artist reflect on the sea.

  9. Gilbert White鈥檚 Selborne

    A tour of Gilbert White鈥檚 Selborne 300 years after this pioneering naturalist was born.

  10. The Bord Waalk of Amble

    Landscape and wildlife have inspired a Bird Sculpture trail called Bord Waalk in Amble.

  11. Ghost Ponds and Underwater Songs

    In Norfolk, ghost ponds are being recovered, restored and heard to sing once again.

  12. Cleeve Common

    Sybil Ruscoe visits Cleeve Common, the highest point of the Cotswold Hills.

  13. Brett Westwood's Summer Nature Diary

    Brett Westwood shares his audio-diary of the natural world in summer.

  14. Pete Waterman at Braunston Marina

    Songwriter and music producer, Pete Waterman, revisits his childhood holidays

  15. The Great Spotted Woodpecker Quest

    Finding a Great Spotted Woodpecker鈥檚 nest is far from easy for cameraman James Aldred.

  16. Green Pavements

    Why the plants in our pavement cracks are attracting attention as important urban flora.

  17. Restoration in the Lake District

    Ian Marchant talks to people restoring landscapes in the Lake District.

  18. Dawn Walk

    A coastal dawn walk with wildlife filmmaker John Aitchison in West Scotland.

  19. Ben Shieldaig

    Helen Mark learns about a Scottish mountain and the village that nestles in it's shadow.

  20. Landscapes in lockdown

    How archaeologists have made new discoveries about the landscape, even during lockdown.

  21. Julie Walters on Warley Woods

    Julie Walters shares memories of her favourite childhood park, Warley Woods in Smethwick.

  22. A circus of puffins on the Isle of May

    Every year on Scotland鈥檚 Isle of May, thousands of puffins return from a winter at sea.

  23. Closed Country: Changing seasons

    Helen Mark looks at the changing seasons on her family farm near Limavady in N Ireland.

  24. Closed Country: A Spring Audio-Diary with Brett Westwood

    Spring - an audio diary with Brett Westwood

  25. Birmingham Tree City of the World

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

  26. The Music of the Surrey Hills

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

  27. Small Fish - Big Project

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

  28. 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.

  29. Halsway Manor

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

  30. Tintagel

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

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