Open Country

BBC Radio 4

Countryside magazine featuring the people and wildlife that shape the landscape of the British Isles

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462 episodes
Updated May 14

Episodes462

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May 9, 2019 · 24 min
Stonehenge and its community
The makers and trades people of Stonehenge, whose lives are shaped by their landscape.
Apr 25, 2019 · 24 min
George Eliot Country
Helen Mark visits Nuneaton to follow in the footsteps of Victorian novelist George Eliot
Apr 11, 2019 · 24 min
Changing Tides at Morecambe Bay
Morecambe Bay is changing. Helen Mark hears how buildings and artworks will set the tone.
Apr 4, 2019 · 24 min
Surfing on Scotland’s North Coast
Thurso’s surfing community on why their reef break is one of Europe’s best waves.
Jan 31, 2019 · 24 min
The Pub at the End of Easdale
Helen Mark learns what it takes to run a pub on the tiny Scottish island of Easdale.
Jan 17, 2019 · 24 min
The Changing Thetford Forest
Ian Marchant meets some of the unexpected animals in Thetford Forest in Norfolk.
Jan 3, 2019 · 24 min
The Strawberry Line Community
Far from being abandoned, the Strawberry Line in Somerset has a new role in the community
Dec 27, 2018 · 24 min
Reservoirs and lost villages
Helen Mark visits Derbyshire to hear about reservoirs and long-gone villages.
Dec 20, 2018 · 24 min
Moorland on the mend
Caz Graham re-visits moors destroyed by fire this summer, to ask how they are recovering.
Dec 13, 2018 · 24 min
Leicester’s hidden gem - Bradgate Park - bought for the locals, but where’s all the archive?
Bradgate park bought for the people of Leicester from the heirs of Lady Jane Grey.
Dec 7, 2018 · 24 min
Benjamin Britten's Aldeburgh
An exploration of how the sea and Suffolk coast inspired Benjamin Britten's music
Dec 6, 2018 · 24 min
Life on the canals at Foxton Locks
Life on the canals, from the lock keeper to those who live on the water at Foxton Locks.
Nov 22, 2018 · 24 min
Ash to Ash
Ash trees are dying from ash dieback. Helen Mark hears how Kent is preserving their memory
Nov 15, 2018 · 24 min
The Suffolk Maharajah
How did an Indian Maharajah end living and being buried in a quaint rural Suffolk village?
Nov 9, 2018 · 24 min
Herodsfoot, Thankful Village
Helen Mark visits the 'thankful village' of Herodsfoot in Cornwall.
Nov 1, 2018 · 24 min
The Windermere Boys
How 300 orphans of the holocaust began a new life in the Lake District.
Oct 25, 2018 · 24 min
Liverpool Giants
Liverpool's landscape is dwarfed by three beloved giants. Helen Mark gets up close.
Sep 6, 2018 · 24 min
The Malvern Hills
Helen Mark explores the landscape of the Malvern Hills in the Midlands.
Aug 30, 2018 · 24 min
Childhood Holidays in Pembrokeshire
Charlotte Smith revisits Pembrokeshire, where she spent many of her childhood holidays.
Aug 13, 2018 · 24 min
Purton Hulks
Helen Mark discovers the fascinating world of the UK's largest ship's graveyard.