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Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Escape to the Country Episodes

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  1. Villadom in the Cotswolds

    10/12 How the idea of escaping to the countryside is as old as the Romans.

  2. The Brotherhood of Ruralists, part 2

    9/12 How John Seymour's 1976 Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency proved a hit with city dwellers.

  3. The Brotherhood of Ruralists, part 1

    8/12 How Mother Nature inspired a group of 1970s artists to paint rural life in the countryside

  4. Gertrude Jekyll and the Suburban Countryside

    7/12 How gardens became more than just lawns and borders.

  5. Healing in the Open Air

    6/12 How the rural landscape came to be seen as a place of healing for First World War veterans

  6. Octavia Hill

    5/12 How Octavia set up the National Trust, based on her belief in the importance of nature.

  7. Feargus O'Connor and the Chartist Land Plan

    4/12 The legacy of O'Connor's 1842 plan for poor Britons to plough their own furrow.

  8. The Sporting Estate

    3/12 Laurence Llewelyn Bowen explores the idea of the sporting estate.

  9. William Wordsworth and the Sublime Landscape

    2/12 How Wordsworth's poetry has influenced thinking about nature ever since.

  10. Humphry Repton

    1/12 Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen explores changing ideas about the countryside.