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  1. Growing Tents Not Crops on Gower

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    Helen Mark visits the Gower Peninsula to explore the impact of tourism on farming.

  2. Ripples of the Ballinderry River

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    Available since last Saturday.

    Helen Mark is in Northern Ireland to follow the Ballinderry River from source to lough.

  3. Gloucestershire Wildlife ER

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    Available since Sat, 5 Dec 2009.

    Helen Mark goes in search of the wild animals of Gloucestershire.

  4. The Hanbury Crater

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    Available since Sat, 21 Nov 2009.

    Helen Mark and Time Team's Mick Aston investigate the story of the Hanbury Crater.

  5. A Journey Through the New Forest

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    Available since Sat, 14 Nov 2009.

    Matt Baker discovers some alternative methods of transport in the New Forest.

  6. Owenstown

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    Available since Sat, 7 Nov 2009.

    Matt Baker explores plans to create a new Lanarkshire town based on Robert Owen's ideals.

  7. Brian May's 3-D Village

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    Available since Sat, 31 Oct 2009.

    Queen guitarist Brian May visits a village captured in time by a Victorian photographer.

  8. Haweswater

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    Available since Sat, 19 Sep 2009.

    Helen Mark meets Booker-nominated author Sarah Hall at Haweswater Reservoir in Cumbria.

  9. Tales From the Serpentine

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    Available since Sat, 5 Sep 2009.

    Matt Baker visits London' s Hyde Park to discover the history of the Serpentine Lake.

  10. Dunluce Castle

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    Available since Sat, 29 Aug 2009.

    Helen Mark unearths some new truths about Dunluce Castle in County Antrim.

  11. Cumbrian Power

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    Available since Sat, 22 Aug 2009.

    Helen Mark visits Kirksanton, a possible site for a new nuclear power station.

  12. Trouble on the Teifi

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    Available since Tue, 18 Aug 2009.

    Matt Baker reports on the dispute going on between anglers and canoeists on Welsh rivers.

  13. Ospreys of Rutland Water

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    Available since Sat, 8 Aug 2009.

    Helen Mark looks at the battle between water supply and wildlife at Rutland Water.

  14. WWII Secrets of The Peak District

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    Available since Sat, 1 Aug 2009.

    Matt Baker discovers the Second World War secrets of the Peak District.

  15. Firth of Lorne

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    Available since Sat, 25 Jul 2009.

    Helen Mark on the battle between fishermen and conservationists over the Firth of Lorne.

  16. Doggerland

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    Available since Sat, 18 Jul 2009.

    Helen Mark explores the history of Doggerland, a land lost beneath the waves.

  17. Sussex Visions

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    Available since Sat, 11 Jul 2009.

    Matt Baker takes a fresh look at one of our most visited landscapes.

  18. Orkney Energy

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    Available since Tue, 7 Jul 2009.

    Helen Mark meets the Scottish islanders determined to become self-sufficient in energy.

  19. North Devon Coastline

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    Available since Sat, 16 May 2009.

    Helen Mark explores the north Devon coastline.

  20. Settle to Carlisle Railway

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    Available since Sat, 9 May 2009.

    Matt Baker visits England's most scenic railway line, from Settle to Carlisle.

  21. Four Hundred Years of Parish Life

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    Available since Sat, 2 May 2009.

    Helen Mark joins historian Peter Edwards to visit the Worcestershire village of Rushock.

  22. Skye Scavengers

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    Available since Sat, 25 Apr 2009.

    Matt Baker finds out just how idyllic life was for Mesolithic man on the Isle of Skye.

  23. Border Mires of Keilder

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    Available since Sat, 18 Apr 2009.

    Matt Baker investigates the work of the Border Mires Project in the Keilder Forest.

  24. Herefordshire Eco-Community

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    Available since Tue, 14 Apr 2009.

    Helen Mark finds out about Canon Frome, an eco-community in Ledbury.

  25. 04/04/2009

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    Helen Mark explores the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.

  26. 28/03/2009

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    How the parklands and wetlands of the Lea Valley are being transformed for London 2012.

  27. 21/03/2009

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    Caz Graham joins the tenth anniversary celebrations of Keswick's Theatre by the Lake.

  28. 14/03/2009

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    Helen Mark meets the people and wildlife that make their home on Snowdon.

  29. 07/03/2009

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    Helen Mark visits Scotland to find that the freshwater pearl mussel faces new threats.

  30. 28/02/2009

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    Matt Baker investigates Cumbria's industrial coastline, which is being given a makeover.

  31. 21/02/2009

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    Helen Mark finds out how whisky production has shaped Speyside in Scotland.

  32. 14/02/2009

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    Matt Baker travels to Essex to see the vast area the RSPB is turning into a nature reserve

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