Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Celia Fiennes' Great Journey

Nicholas Crane attempts to follow in the footsteps of 17th-century explorer Celia Fiennes to the very top of the great precipice at Blackstone Edge.

Nicholas Crane attempts to follow in the footsteps of 17th-century explorer Celia Fiennes to the very top of the great precipice at Blackstone Edge. An acute observer, Fiennes was fascinated by anything new. Country houses, hospitals and spas: the emergence of all these spelled out the march of progress that she thought made England great.

1 hour

Last on

Sun 2 May 2010 16:15
大象传媒 HD

More episodes

Previous

William Gilpin's Observations on the River Wye (1783)

Next

William Cobbett's Rural Rides

See all episodes from Great British Journeys

Credit

Presenter Nicholas Crane

Broadcasts

  • Tue 28 Aug 2007 20:00
    大象传媒 Two except East & Yorkshire
  • Sat 1 Sep 2007 16:55
    大象传媒 Two England, Northern Ireland (Analogue), Northern Ireland & Scotland only
  • Wed 7 Nov 2007 04:00
    大象传媒 One
  • Sun 2 May 2010 16:15
    大象传媒 HD