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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Dec 8, 2011 · 24 min
Lancashire: Shale Gas
Does the Lancashire landscape hold the key to cheaper gas bills?
Dec 1, 2011 · 24 min
03/12/2011
A major recruitment drive is launched for volunteers to help man our waterways.
Nov 24, 2011 · 24 min
24/11/2011
Research sheds light on acts of resistance in occupied Jersey during the Second World War.
Nov 17, 2011 · 24 min
17/11/2011
Richard Uridge meets the 58 residents of Herm who all live and work for just one employer.
Nov 10, 2011 · 24 min
10/11/2011
Open Country investigates the latest on a disease which is ravaging forests across the UK.
Nov 5, 2011 · 24 min
Horseback UK
Helen Mark is in Royal Deeside in Aberdeenshire to find out about Horseback UK.
Nov 3, 2011 · 24 min
The Dark Peaks
Jules Hudson visits the Peak District to discover its tragic aviation history.
Sep 10, 2011 · 24 min
Heather Moorland
Jules Hudson visits the North York Moors to see how heather moorland is being revived.
Sep 3, 2011 · 24 min
Neptune's Army of Rubbish Cleaners
Richard Uridge explores the Pembrokeshire coast around Skomer island from the bottom up.
Aug 27, 2011 · 24 min
The Devil's Beeftub
Helen Mark explores the Devil's Beeftub and Grey Mare's Tail in the Scottish Borders.
Aug 20, 2011 · 24 min
Island Revival
The isle of Ulva was abandoned 200 years ago. Helen Mark finds out why it's now thriving.
Aug 13, 2011 · 24 min
13/08/2011
Richard Uridge travels the River Wye looking for barbel fish and tranquil waters.
Aug 6, 2011 · 24 min
06/08/2011
Helen Mark visits Kent to discover the history of the Ordnance Survey after 220 years.
Jul 30, 2011 · 24 min
30/07/2011
Helen Mark visits a Traveller site in Essex and asks who should live in the countryside.
Jul 23, 2011 · 24 min
Northumberlandia
Is the largest replica of the human body in the landscape a good idea for Northumberland?
Jul 16, 2011 · 24 min
The South Downs - An Inspirational Landscape
Helen Mark is in Sussex to find out about the inspirational South Downs.
Jul 9, 2011 · 24 min
Trailblaze on the South Downs
Why has a new scheme to encourage people onto our national trails upset some people?
Jul 2, 2011 · 24 min
Hay Meadows
Which of our precious natural habitats is under threat? Helen Mark finds out.
May 14, 2011 · 24 min
Foot and Mouth - Ten Years On
Ten years after the countryside was devastated by foot and mouth, Helen Mark is in Cumbria
May 7, 2011 · 24 min
Welsh Highland Railway
Helen Mark takes a ride on the Welsh Highland Railway through the landscape of Snowdonia.