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 8, 2025 · 23 min
Shipshape and Bristol Fashion
How the port of Bristol fundamentally changed the shape of the city and the land around it
May 1, 2025 · 24 min
Wild and Windy Fylde
Martha Kearney learns about the part wind has played in shaping the Lancashire landscape.
Apr 24, 2025 · 23 min
The People's Forest
How Epping Forest was fought for, and saved by, the people of East London.
Apr 17, 2025 · 24 min
Time travel on Orkney
Rose Ferraby journeys through the history of the Orkney coastline.
Apr 10, 2025 · 24 min
Shifting Sands of Sefton
An exploration of the Sefton coastline between Liverpool and Southport.
Apr 3, 2025 · 23 min
Cornish Mining
Martha Kearney takes a trip through the past, present and future of mining in Cornwall.
Oct 3, 2024 · 24 min
These Debatable Lands
Helen Mark explores 50 square miles that were neither England nor Scotland.
Sep 26, 2024 · 24 min
The 100 Mile Wildlife Corridor
Martha Kearney discovers how one of the UK's largest nature projects is taking root.
Sep 22, 2024 · 24 min
Night under the Stars
Helen Mark joins a group of young carers as they spend a night under canvas on Dartmoor.
Sep 12, 2024 · 24 min
Aberaeron's Mackerel Festival
How mackerel (and other fish) have shaped the people and landscape of Aberaeron.
Sep 5, 2024 · 24 min
Wildlife Watching on Mull
This week, Open Country visits Mull to learn about responsible wildlife watching.
Sep 2, 2024 · 24 min
Writing Wildness
Helen Mark heads to the Shropshire hills to discover how to write about nature.
Aug 29, 2024 · 24 min
Battery Rocks
Helen Mark discovers a wilderness in the heart of Penzance.
Aug 22, 2024 · 24 min
Football Falcons Rookies and Rooks
Footballers and birdwatching.
Aug 8, 2024 · 24 min
The Sound of The Fens
The people and wildlife that shape the landscape of the British Isles
Jun 13, 2024 · 24 min
Anneka Rice and Maggi Hambling in Suffolk
The landscapes and seascapes that have inspired the artist Maggi Hambling.
Jun 6, 2024 · 24 min
Wiltshire's white horses
Helen Mark explores the chalk hill carvings of the Wiltshire landscape.
May 30, 2024 · 24 min
Shivering Sands
Martha Kearney explores the history of the Shivering Sands sea forts off the Kent coast.
May 23, 2024 · 24 min
Bats on Punts
Martha Kearney explores the world of nocturnal wildlife in Cambridge.
May 16, 2024 · 23 min
Gibraltar Point
Martha Kearney explores the shifting sands of Gibraltar Point, on the Lincolnshire coast.