Coast and Country
Countryside magazine featuring people, walks and wildlife from rural Britain. Clare Balding’s ‘Ramblings’ and ‘Open Country’ with Matt Baker and Helen Mark join forces to bring you a weekly tour of the best of the British countryside. In ‘Ramblings’ Clare joins her guests on a country walk that’s been significant in their lives. ‘Open Country’ travels to a different corner of the British Isles every week, seeking out the wildlife, the landscapes and the controversies that excite the passions of local people. Each twenty-five minute programme is broadcast on Saturday at 6.07am and repeated on Thursday at 3pm. New episodes are added every Saturday morning.
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Recent episodes (10)
170512 Navigation in Snowdonia
Thu, 17 May 12
Duration:
25 minsHelen Mark is in Snowdonia to see if the walkers have enough navigation skills.
100512 Rural Farm Vet
Thu, 10 May 12
Duration:
25 minsJules Hudson explores how the job of the farm vet has changed in recent years and their role in the country landscape.
030512 Inspirational Northamptonshire
Thu, 3 May 12
Duration:
25 minsRichard Uridge is in the Rockingham Forest in Northamptonshire as a source of inspiration.
260412 Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal
Thu, 26 Apr 12
Duration:
25 minsHelen Mark explores the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal which is celebrating its 200th anniversary
190412 Herefordshire Churches
Thu, 19 Apr 12
Duration:
25 minsHelen Mark explores the churches of rural Herefordshire
050412 Drought
Thu, 5 Apr 12
Duration:
25 minsJules Hudson is in the South of England looking at the effects of the drought on rivers and wildlife
29 Mar 12 Flatholm
Thu, 29 Mar 12
Duration:
25 minsHelen Mark explores the most southerly island in Wales, Flatholm
220312 Dickens Kent
Thu, 22 Mar 12
Duration:
25 minsHelen Mark investigates the impact of the Kent landscape on Dickens life and work.
150312 Ramblings Sir Andrew Motion
Thu, 15 Mar 12
Duration:
25 minsClare Balding is joined by the former poet laureate, Sir Andrew Motion, in his childhood village of Stisted in Essex
080312 Ramblings Brecon Beacons
Thu, 8 Mar 12
Duration:
25 minsClare Balding walks part of the Beacons Way in the Brecon Beacons National Park
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