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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Jul 14, 2016 · 23 min
The Dolphins of Cardigan Bay
Patrick Aryee encounters the dolphins and dolphin-watchers of Cardigan Bay.
Jul 7, 2016 · 24 min
Bishop Auckland, History in Production
Helen Mark explores the history of Bishop Auckland as theatrical production Kynren opens.
Jun 30, 2016 · 24 min
Midsummer Music in Orkney
Helen Mark visits Orkney to hear music and stories from 40 years of St Magnus Festival.
May 12, 2016 · 24 min
Dawn Chorus across Europe
Brett Westwood follows the dawn chorus from east to west across Europe.
May 5, 2016 · 24 min
Tennyson's Lincolnshire
Helen Mark explores the Lincolnshire Wolds through the poetry of Tennyson.
Apr 25, 2016 · 24 min
Southwell Races, Nottinghamshire
Helen Mark spends a day at the rural racetrack of Southwell in Nottinghamshire.
Apr 22, 2016 · 24 min
The National Forest: 25 Years
Helen Mark visits the National Forest as it marks 25 years.
Apr 21, 2016 · 24 min
Old Oswestry Hillfort
Helen Mark visits the Iron Age hillfort in Oswestry, Shropshire.
Apr 13, 2016 · 23 min
Gainsborough's Nodding Donkeys
Helen Mark visits the nodding donkeys of the Gainsborough Trough.
Mar 4, 2016 · 24 min
Welsh Valleys after Coal
Felicity Evans asks how the valleys of south Wales have fared since the mines closed.
Feb 11, 2016 · 24 min
Return to the Fens
Helen Mark and writer Simon Barnes explore the Great Fen and Charles Rothschild's legacy.
Jan 28, 2016 · 24 min
Scowles in the Forest of Dean
Helen Mark is in the Forest of Dean in search of geological formations known as scowles.
Jan 21, 2016 · 24 min
Somerset Peat: Past, Present and Future
Helen Mark uncovers why peat makes the Somerset Levels a special place to visit.
Jan 14, 2016 · 24 min
Yorkshire in the Dark
Yorkshire looks different in the dark. Helen Mark looks into the heavens and underground.
Jan 7, 2016 · 24 min
River Tay
Salmon, apples and whisky. Caz Graham follows the fertile flow of the River Tay.
Dec 17, 2015 · 24 min
The Northern Lights at Christmas
Helen Mark visits Swedish Lapland to discover the myths and magic of the Northern Lights.
Dec 10, 2015 · 24 min
Lincolnshire Coast Revival
Helen Mark visits the Lincolnshire Coast to find new life and regeneration in the winter.
Nov 26, 2015 · 24 min
Pendle Hill, Lancashire
Why do witches and radical Quakers haunt Pendle Hill, the much loved Lancashire landmark?
Nov 20, 2015 · 24 min
Prehistoric Gower
Writer Iain Sinclair seeks the UK's oldest burial site along south Gower's clifftops.
Nov 18, 2015 · 24 min
Tollesbury Wick in Essex
Helen Mark visits Tollesbury Wick on the Essex coast.