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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Nov 21, 2013 · 24 min
The Birds of Lindisfarne
Helen Mark arrives on Lindisfarne, just as migrating birds flock to this Holy Island.
Nov 14, 2013 · 24 min
Moseley Bog
Felicity Evans visits the Birmingham bog that inspired Tolkien's Middle Earth.
Nov 7, 2013 · 24 min
Geocaching in Salcey Forest
Helen Mark joins geocachers from around the world discovering the Salcey Forest.
Oct 31, 2013 · 24 min
Restoring Mountsorrel's Long Forgotten Railway
One man's 'crazy' idea to restore a forgotten railway track in Leicestershire.
Sep 12, 2013 · 24 min
Celebrating the Plum
Helen Mark meets Alistair McGowan at a plum festival in the Vale of Evesham.
Sep 5, 2013 · 24 min
Laurie Lee Land
Helen Mark explores the new life springing up in Laurie Lee's beloved Slad Valley.
Aug 29, 2013 · 24 min
Beer Quarry Caves
Helen Mark visits Devon's Beer Quarry Caves which supplied Exeter cathedral with limestone
Aug 22, 2013 · 24 min
Skiffs on Loch Broom
Helen Mark is in Scotland to celebrate a recent boom in skiff-racing.
Aug 20, 2013 · 24 min
The Ants of Longshaw Estate
Helen Mark visits Longshaw Estate in Derbyshire to meet some very special ants.
Aug 8, 2013 · 24 min
Crossing the Forth
Open Country marks the naming of the new Forth crossing near Edinburgh.
Aug 1, 2013 · 24 min
Salisbury Plain
Felicity Evans visits the 'lost' village of Imber on Salisbury Plain.
Jul 25, 2013 · 24 min
A World in a Woodland
Helen Mark goes to a forest school in woodlands in Gloucestershire.
Jul 18, 2013 · 24 min
Herriot Country
Felicity Evans visits 'Herriot Country' in Yorkshire, made famous by vet James 'Alf' Wight
Jul 11, 2013 · 24 min
Teifi Valley
Felicity Evans visits the Teifi Valley in West Wales.
Jul 4, 2013 · 24 min
A Tale of Three Piers
Helen Mark promenades with Timothy West along the pier at Clevedon and Weston-super-Mare.
May 17, 2013 · 24 min
Highland Ponies
Helen Mark visits the working ponies of the Reay Forest estate in Sutherland.
May 17, 2013 · 24 min
Cannock Chase
Jules Hudson visits Cannock Chase, in Staffordshire, to find out about its military past.
May 16, 2013 · 24 min
The Minack Coast
Felicity Evans explores human influence on the coast between the Lizard and Land's End.
Apr 25, 2013 · 24 min
Fens of Cambridgeshire
Felicity Evans visits Fenland Cambridgeshire in search of a Victorian vicar and naturalist
Apr 18, 2013 · 27 min
Lyme Regis
Helen Mark visits Lyme Regis' Undercliffs, a jungle created by 200 years of landslips.