Should Howard Gilbert hang for murder? The suave sleuth investigates. Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Escape to the Country Episode guide
- There will be 12 episodes. More information coming soon
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Villadom in the Cotswolds
10/12 How the idea of escaping to the countryside is as old as the Romans.
First broadcast: 06 Jun 2010
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The Brotherhood Of Ruralists 2
9/12 How John Seymour's 1976 Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency proved a hit with city dwellers.
First broadcast: 30 May 2010
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The Brotherhood of Ruralists
8/12 The designer explains how Mother Nature inspired a group of 1970s artists.
First broadcast: 23 May 2010
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Gertrude Jekyll and the Suburban Countryside
7/12 How gardens became more than just lawns and borders.
First broadcast: 16 May 2010
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Healing in the Open Air
6/12 How the rural landscape came to be seen as a place of healing for First World War veterans
First broadcast: 09 May 2010
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Octavia Hill
5/12 How Octavia set-up the National Trust, based on her belief in the importance of nature.
First broadcast: 02 May 2010
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Feargus O'Connor and the Chartist Land Plan
4/12 The legacy of O'Connor's 1842 plan for poor Britons to plough their own furrow.
First broadcast: 25 Apr 2010
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The Sporting Estate
3/12 Laurence Llewelyn Bowen explores the idea of the sporting estate.
First broadcast: 18 Apr 2010
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William Wordsworth and the Sublime Landscape
2/12 How Wordsworth's poetry has influenced thinking about nature ever since.
First broadcast: 11 Apr 2010
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Humphry Repton
1/12 Laurence Llewelyn Bowen explores changing ideas about the countryside.
First broadcast: 04 Apr 2010
