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Open Country Episodes

  1. Carrifran Wildwood

    Martha Kearney visits a eco-restoration project in lowland Scotland

  2. Deer Culling

    Mary-Ann Ochota finds out about deer culling.

  3. In Celebration of the Daffodil

    Martha Kearney is in Cambridgeshire to celebrate the humble daffodil.

  4. Restoring Wallasea's Wild Coast

    The island in Essex has been made into a magical landscape of marshland, lagoons and sea.

  5. Stroudwater's missing mile

    Martha Kearney finds out about ambitious restoration plans for the Stroudwater canal.

  6. The Rock Houses of Staffordshire

    Martha Kearney visits the cave dwellings at Kinver Edge that were lived in until the 1960s

  7. Hedgerow havens

    Martha Kearney finds out about hedgerows, learning about their history and their ecology.

  8. Savernake Forest

    Martha Kearney visits Savernake Forest in Wiltshire

  9. The Mourne Mountain Fires

    How this landscape, often shrouded in cloud and rain, is affected by recurrent fires.

  10. Black Poplars: How to Save a Tree

    Martha Kearney finds out about the black poplar, Britain's most endangered tree.

  11. The Stones of Snuff Mills

    Industrial centre turned nature reserve with stories of ghosts, fossils and an asylum.

  12. Fair Isle

    Martha Kearney is on one of Britain's most isolated islands, famous for knitting and birds

  13. The Menai Strait

    Martha Kearney visits the stretch of water which separates Anglesey from mainland Wales.

  14. Pingos and Pool Frogs

    Martha Kearney visits the Ice Age ponds called pingos which are being brought back to life

  15. Exploring the Lakes by wheelchair

    Caz Graham tries out a scheme which helps disabled people access the Lake District

  16. Aeolian harps on Wicken Fen

    Martha Kearney learns to make an aeolian harp on Wicken Fen

  17. Flutterings on the Fleet

    Martha Kearney meets little terns and swans by Dorset's unique and beautiful Fleet Lagoon.

  18. Shipshape and Bristol Fashion

    How the port of Bristol fundamentally changed the shape of the city and the land around it

  19. Wild and Windy Fylde

    Martha Kearney learns about the part wind has played in shaping the Lancashire landscape.

  20. The People's Forest

    How Epping Forest was fought for, and saved by, the people of East London.

  21. Time travel on Orkney

    Rose Ferraby journeys through the history of the Orkney coastline.

  22. Shifting Sands of Sefton

    An exploration of the Sefton coastline between Liverpool and Southport.

  23. Cornish Mining

    Martha Kearney takes a trip through the past, present and future of mining in Cornwall.

  24. These Debatable Lands

    Helen Mark explores 50 square miles that were neither England nor Scotland.

  25. The 100 Mile Wildlife Corridor

    Martha Kearney discovers how one of the UK's largest nature projects is taking root.

  26. Night under the Stars

    Helen Mark joins a group of young carers as they spend a night under canvas on Dartmoor.

  27. Aberaeron's Mackerel Festival

    How mackerel (and other fish) have shaped the people and landscape of Aberaeron.

  28. Wildlife Watching on Mull

    This week, Open Country visits Mull to learn about responsible wildlife watching.

  29. Battery Rocks

    Helen Mark discovers a wilderness in the heart of Penzance.

  30. Football Falcons Rookies and Rooks

    Footballers and birdwatching.

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