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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Aug 13, 2020 · 24 min
The Great Spotted Woodpecker Quest
Finding a Great Spotted Woodpecker’s nest is far from easy for cameraman James Aldred.
Aug 6, 2020 · 24 min
Green Pavements
Why the plants in our pavement cracks are attracting attention as important urban flora.
Jul 30, 2020 · 24 min
Restoration in the Lake District
Ian Marchant talks to people restoring landscapes in the Lake District.
Jul 23, 2020 · 24 min
Dawn Walk
A coastal dawn walk with wildlife filmmaker John Aitchison in West Scotland.
Jul 16, 2020 · 24 min
Ben Shieldaig
Helen Mark learns about a Scottish mountain and the village that nestles in it's shadow.
Jul 9, 2020 · 24 min
Landscapes in lockdown
How archaeologists have made new discoveries about the landscape, even during lockdown.
Jul 2, 2020 · 24 min
Julie Walters on Warley Woods
Julie Walters shares memories of her favourite childhood park, Warley Woods in Smethwick.
May 7, 2020 · 24 min
Closed Country: Changing seasons
Helen Mark looks at the changing seasons on her family farm near Limavady in N Ireland.
Apr 30, 2020 · 35 min
Closed Country: A Spring Audio-Diary with Brett Westwood
Spring - an audio diary with Brett Westwood
Apr 23, 2020 · 24 min
Birmingham Tree City of the World
Helen Mark finds out why Birmingham is so obsessed with trees.
Apr 16, 2020 · 24 min
The Music of the Surrey Hills
Ian Marchant explores music inspired by the landscape of the Surrey Hills.
Apr 9, 2020 · 24 min
Small Fish - Big Project
How a little known fish, rare and remarkable, is behind a huge project on the River Severn
Apr 2, 2020 · 24 min
Closed Country: Helen Glover in her Buckinghamshire back garden.
Helen Glover discovers what's in her own back garden with the help of Steve Backshall.
Feb 6, 2020 · 24 min
Halsway Manor
Helen Mark visits the national centre for folk arts which sits in the Quantock Hills.
Jan 30, 2020 · 24 min
Tintagel
With storms and high winds will Helen Mark be able to cross Tintagel's new bridge?
Jan 23, 2020 · 24 min
Ryebank Fields
Helen Mark visits Ryebank Fields in Chorlton and asks if it can be saved from development.
Jan 16, 2020 · 24 min
The Chilterns - a new National Landscape?
Ian Marchant visits the Chilterns, to test ideas from a new review into National Parks.
Jan 9, 2020 · 24 min
Planting Trees to Save the Planet in Cumbria
Helen Mark meets teenage campaigner Amy Bray planting trees to save the planet in Cumbria.
Jan 6, 2020 · 24 min
Skateboarding in the Woods
Ruth Sanderson discovers a skateboarding camp, deep in the Forest of Dean.
Dec 26, 2019 · 24 min
In the Bleak Midwinter: Holst's Cotswolds
Helen Mark considers how composer Gustav Holst's youth in the Cotswolds shaped his work