Flooding, steamboats and Vikings - Helen Mark charts colourful times on the River Quoile.
Published on Friday, 9th February 2024.
Ruth Sanderson meets reed cutters in Norfolk's oldest nature reserve.
Published on Friday, 2nd February 2024.
Philippa Forrester shares stories about the river in her garden.
Published on Thursday, 25th January 2024.
Three men and a famous dog have an adventure in the snow.
Published on Thursday, 18th January 2024.
Marie-Louise Muir explores the emerging new identity of Derry/Londonderry.
What makes the Isle of Wight one of the most creative places in the UK?
Published on Thursday, 4th January 2024.
Helen Mark meets a group of asylum seekers as they help with conservation work in Wales.
Published on Thursday, 28th December 2023.
Rose Ferraby finds out how the Gloucestershire landscape has inspired classical composers.
Published on Thursday, 21st December 2023.
Sally Rodgers of A Man Called Adam celebrates the Wintertide Festival in Hartlepool.
Published on Wednesday, 20th December 2023.
Archaeologist Rose Ferraby visits the Roman site of Vindolanda in Northumberland.
Published on Friday, 8th December 2023.
Wildlife biologist and film-maker Dan O’Neill discovers the wild side of London.
Published on Thursday, 30th November 2023.
Helen Mark finds out about the Highland Boundary Fault and how it's shaped the landscape.
Published on Thursday, 23rd November 2023.
Anna Jones paddleboards the sea caves of Pembrokeshire that 'breathe' like dragons.
Published on Thursday, 16th November 2023.
Mountain Rescue teams are under pressure. Helen Mark visits the Lake District to hear why.
Helen Mark finds out about the hutting movement in Scotland.
Published on Thursday, 2nd November 2023.
Carolyn explores this Suffolk seaside town, a place she's visited often over the years.
Published on Thursday, 14th September 2023.
Paul Evans explores the rich folklore and natural history of St Melangell church in Powys
Published on Thursday, 7th September 2023.
Helen Mark hears how ancient Irish stone circles have inspired 21st century star gazers.
Published on Thursday, 31st August 2023.
Mary-Ann Ochota joins a group of walkers, riders and horses in the Scottish Highlands.
Published on Thursday, 24th August 2023.
Helen Mark explores the unusual landscape of Dungeness in Kent.
Published on Thursday, 17th August 2023.
Who's been banging titanium bolts into Oban's cliffs?
Published on Thursday, 10th August 2023.
Helen Mark finds out about new plans to restore temperate rainforest in the Isle of Man.
Published on Thursday, 3rd August 2023.
Rose Ferraby explores the coastal landscape around Whitby in North Yorkshire.
Published on Thursday, 27th July 2023.
Mike Parker takes us on a tour of the Maelor, a part of Wales that juts forcibly east
Published on Thursday, 20th July 2023.
A journey along the road of the kings
Published on Thursday, 13th July 2023.
Dougie Vipond explores the artistic influence of the Tay estuary.
Published on Thursday, 6th July 2023.
Helen Mark visits Coleshill in Oxfordshire, where a secret army was trained during WWII.
Published on Thursday, 11th May 2023.
Helen Mark explores the landscape of the Rhondda valley in south Wales.
Published on Thursday, 4th May 2023.
Jez Lowe traces the path of the 18th-century musician Jamie Allan, The Duke’s Piper.
Published on Thursday, 27th April 2023.
Ian Marchant explores the border country of the Golden Valley in Herefordshire.
Published on Tuesday, 25th April 2023.
Lawrence D'Silva explores the abandoned villages and ruined churches of Norfolk.
Published on Thursday, 13th April 2023.
In a new series, Helen Mark speaks to some of the people who volunteer in conservation.
Published on Thursday, 6th April 2023.
Rose Ferraby finds out about Seahenge - a timber monument found on a beach in Norfolk.
Published on Thursday, 26th January 2023.
Ruth Sanderson explores the East Neuk of Fife, on the east coast of Scotland.
Published on Monday, 23rd January 2023.
Helen Mark is in East Lothian in Scotland to revel in the beauty of the winter landscape.
Published on Thursday, 12th January 2023.
Jez Lowe joins folk musician Johnny Campbell as he records songs in the Peak District.
Published on Thursday, 5th January 2023.
Could the Ulster canal be the missing link in Ireland's network of waterways?
Published on Thursday, 29th December 2022.
Helen Mark visits a landscape inspiring art and celebration in the far west of Cornwall.
Published on Thursday, 22nd December 2022.
Helen Mark finds apple 'orchards' growing in the unlikely setting of Belfast's alleyways.
Published on Thursday, 15th December 2022.
The Mendip hills in Somerset have an intriguing wartime history which Helen Mark explores.
Published on Thursday, 8th December 2022.
Rutland Water is a reservoir with a prehistoric past life, as Helen Mark discovers.
Published on Tuesday, 6th December 2022.
Helen Mark finds out how ancient woodland in County Down is being opened up to the public.
Published on Thursday, 1st December 2022.
As Matlock Bath Illuminations celebrate 125 years, Helen Mark explores the waters.
Published on Thursday, 17th November 2022.
How to spot Porcini and leave Destroying Angel mushrooms in the woods.
Published on Thursday, 10th November 2022.
Ever wondered where Middle-earth really is?
Published on Monday, 7th November 2022.
Helen Mark hears about plans to regenerate a community parkland close to the Skye Bridge.
Published on Thursday, 27th October 2022.
Elver eating, sheep racing, and men with axes - it's one of the last fairs of the season.
Published on Thursday, 20th October 2022.
Rose Ferraby visits Gedling Country Park near Nottingham.
Published on Thursday, 13th October 2022.
We're in the French Alps with five men from Essex dressed as Beefeaters... and it's hot.
Published on Thursday, 25th August 2022.
How growing up in and around Newlyn shaped and inspired an Olympic champion.
Published on Thursday, 18th August 2022.
Helen Mark explores the 'lost' village of Balblair in the Scottish Highlands.
Published on Thursday, 11th August 2022.
Emily Knight explores the radical history of back-to-the-land pacifist communities.
Published on Thursday, 4th August 2022.
Antonia Quirke travels 400 metres across the sea from Oban to the tiny island of Kerrera.
Published on Thursday, 28th July 2022.
Helen Mark is in Northern Ireland to hear little known histories about the Causeway Coast.
Published on Wednesday, 27th July 2022.
Niellah Arboine returns to her university town of Aberystwyth, which inspired her so much.
Published on Friday, 15th July 2022.
Iain Cameron and Andrew Cotter climb the Scottish Highlands in search of snow.
Published on Monday, 11th July 2022.
The River Dove inspires this tale of Izaak Walton: fisherman, philosopher and writer.
Published on Thursday, 30th June 2022.
Ian Marchant celebrates steam power in Cornwall.
Published on Thursday, 23rd June 2022.
Composer Erland Cooper takes us on a tour of his Orkney homeland.
Published on Thursday, 16th June 2022.
We visit a field in Bath, once used as the burial ground for a 19th-century workhouse.
Published on Thursday, 28th April 2022.
We visit the Wash, where the interests of fishing and conservation are finely balanced.
Published on Tuesday, 26th April 2022.
Emily Knight takes a walk along the Norfolk coast, on the trail of ancient mammoths.
Published on Thursday, 14th April 2022.
Helen Mark explores the Aberdeenshire countryside - from the back of a husky-pulled sled!
Published on Thursday, 7th April 2022.
Felicity Evans discovers how Europe's largest Redwood grove came to be in mid-Wales.
Published on Saturday, 29th January 2022.
Helen Mark explores the landscape of Purdown on the edge of Bristol.
Published on Thursday, 20th January 2022.
Ian Marchant explores Dartmoor, one of the UK's most important archaeological landscapes.
Published on Thursday, 13th January 2022.
Climbing in the Langdales with Anna Fleming.
As the year turns, four individuals reflect on their relationship with the landscape.
Published on Thursday, 30th December 2021.
Helen Mark explores the parkland and green spaces of Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire.
Published on Thursday, 23rd December 2021.
Inspired by Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland, our relationship with walls is explored.
Published on Thursday, 16th December 2021.
Tales of princes and wizards with musician, Ingrid Henderson, on the West Highland Line.
Published on Friday, 10th December 2021.
Helen Mark discovers how reclaiming land for nature can help us to heal post-pandemic.
Helen Mark meets Will Coleman to discover the wonders of the Cornish hedge.
Fiona Mackenzie uncovers the story of Kinloch Castle on the Hebridean Isle of Rum.
An after-dark, star-lit adventure. From dusk to dawn in the Brecon Beacons National Park.
Published on Thursday, 2nd December 2021.
Lush green rainforest - right here in the UK. Helen Mark gets lost in the undergrowth.
Published on Thursday, 11th November 2021.
In 1945 a young man began walking from Cornwall all the way to the top of Scotland.
Published on Thursday, 28th October 2021.
How much of our waterways are open to watersports? Less than you think says Nick Hayes
Published on Thursday, 21st October 2021.
Blackbirds, yellowhammers, wrens and crows - British birds and the places where they live.
Published on Thursday, 14th October 2021.
Helen Mark explores the narrow strip of sea between Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Published on Thursday, 26th August 2021.
Ian Marchant visits Blackburn, where the textile industry has shaped the landscape.
Published on Thursday, 19th August 2021.
Archaeologist Rose Ferraby explores the connections between people and stone in Dorset.
Published on Thursday, 12th August 2021.
Landscape and community inspire a sound walk in Northumberland.
Published on Thursday, 5th August 2021.
Ash Bhardwaj explores the varied landscapes of Windsor Great Park near London.
Published on Thursday, 29th July 2021.
Ian Marchant tracks the River Ancholme in Lincolnshire back to its source.
Published on Thursday, 22nd July 2021.
Three artists are inspired by the landscape and communities along the Durham coastline.
Published on Thursday, 15th July 2021.
Helen Mark goes fishing for treasure with magnets in Edinburgh.
Published on Thursday, 8th July 2021.
We follow a photographer capturing rare British breeds in the landscape.
Published on Thursday, 1st July 2021.
Helen Mark meets enthusiasts creating and looking after National Plant Collections.
Published on Thursday, 24th June 2021.
A journey at dawn by kayak across a sea loch in western Scotland as the seasons change.
Published on Thursday, 17th June 2021.
Travel writer Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent explores her new home in the Welsh Black Mountains.
Published on Thursday, 29th April 2021.
Folk singer Sam Lee explores the historic landmarks of England through song.
Published on Monday, 26th April 2021.
Fiona Mackenzie on the history, music and landscape of the Isle of Canna in the Hebrides.
Helen Mark finds out how the public and politicians in Northern Ireland share a parkland.
The voices of the women who mend the nets and gut the fish.
Published on Thursday, 22nd April 2021.
Helen Mark looks at some of the highlights from the last twelve months of Open Country.
Published on Thursday, 4th February 2021.
Helen Mark talks to the writer Julia Blackburn about her love of the Suffolk coastline.
Published on Thursday, 28th January 2021.
Helen Mark rethinks her relationship with windows and how they connect us to the world.
Published on Thursday, 21st January 2021.
Alan Street has spent his life discovering snowdrops - but now there is new demand.
Published on Thursday, 14th January 2021.
Brett Westwood and Rosemary Winnall are in Wyre Forest in search of wild service trees.
Published on Friday, 8th January 2021.
Helen Mark immerses us in her local landscape surrounding Binevenagh in Northern Ireland.
Published on Thursday, 31st December 2020.
Frank Turner returns to the area in which he spent his early life, the Meon Valley.
Published on Saturday, 26th December 2020.
How the local community is preserving the history of Scotland's Ardnamurchan Lighthouse.
Published on Thursday, 17th December 2020.
Singer-songwriter Kitty Macfarlane explores how the Somerset levels inspires her music.
Published on Thursday, 10th December 2020.
How the community in Redesdale, Northumberland, is restoring and celebrating its landscape
Published on Thursday, 3rd December 2020.
Eilean Shona, once a Highland crofting island, now a nature reserve and holiday retreat
Published on Thursday, 26th November 2020.
Caz Graham meets the people behind two historic land buyouts in the south of Scotland.
Published on Thursday, 19th November 2020.
A cross-channel swimmer, a bird watcher, and an environmental artist reflect on the sea.
Published on Thursday, 12th November 2020.
A tour of Gilbert White’s Selborne 300 years after this pioneering naturalist was born.
Published on Thursday, 5th November 2020.
Landscape and wildlife have inspired a Bird Sculpture trail called Bord Waalk in Amble.
Published on Thursday, 29th October 2020.
In Norfolk, ghost ponds are being recovered, restored and heard to sing once again.
Published on Thursday, 22nd October 2020.
Sybil Ruscoe visits Cleeve Common, the highest point of the Cotswold Hills.
Published on Thursday, 3rd September 2020.
Brett Westwood shares his audio-diary of the natural world in summer.
Published on Thursday, 27th August 2020.
Songwriter and music producer, Pete Waterman, revisits his childhood holidays
Published on Thursday, 20th August 2020.
Finding a Great Spotted Woodpecker’s nest is far from easy for cameraman James Aldred.
Published on Thursday, 13th August 2020.
Why the plants in our pavement cracks are attracting attention as important urban flora.
Published on Thursday, 6th August 2020.
Ian Marchant talks to people restoring landscapes in the Lake District.
Published on Thursday, 30th July 2020.
A coastal dawn walk with wildlife filmmaker John Aitchison in West Scotland.
Published on Thursday, 23rd July 2020.
Helen Mark learns about a Scottish mountain and the village that nestles in it's shadow.
Published on Thursday, 16th July 2020.
How archaeologists have made new discoveries about the landscape, even during lockdown.
Published on Thursday, 9th July 2020.
Julie Walters shares memories of her favourite childhood park, Warley Woods in Smethwick.
Published on Thursday, 2nd July 2020.
Helen Mark looks at the changing seasons on her family farm near Limavady in N Ireland.
Published on Thursday, 7th May 2020.
Spring - an audio diary with Brett Westwood
Published on Thursday, 30th April 2020.
Helen Mark finds out why Birmingham is so obsessed with trees.
Published on Thursday, 23rd April 2020.
Ian Marchant explores music inspired by the landscape of the Surrey Hills.
Published on Thursday, 16th April 2020.
How a little known fish, rare and remarkable, is behind a huge project on the River Severn
Published on Thursday, 9th April 2020.
Helen Glover discovers what's in her own back garden with the help of Steve Backshall.
Published on Thursday, 2nd April 2020.
Helen Mark visits the national centre for folk arts which sits in the Quantock Hills.
Published on Thursday, 6th February 2020.
With storms and high winds will Helen Mark be able to cross Tintagel's new bridge?
Published on Thursday, 30th January 2020.
Helen Mark visits Ryebank Fields in Chorlton and asks if it can be saved from development.
Published on Thursday, 23rd January 2020.
Ian Marchant visits the Chilterns, to test ideas from a new review into National Parks.
Published on Thursday, 16th January 2020.
Helen Mark meets teenage campaigner Amy Bray planting trees to save the planet in Cumbria.
Published on Thursday, 9th January 2020.
Ruth Sanderson discovers a skateboarding camp, deep in the Forest of Dean.
Published on Monday, 6th January 2020.
Helen Mark considers how composer Gustav Holst's youth in the Cotswolds shaped his work
Published on Thursday, 26th December 2019.
Jasmine Ketibuah-Foley examines how the transatlantic slave trade has shaped Bristol.
Published on Thursday, 19th December 2019.
Charles Hamilton's Painshill in Surrey was nearly lost. Helen Mark discovers more.
Published on Thursday, 12th December 2019.
Join us as we uncover the little-known world of the humble homing pigeon
Published on Thursday, 5th December 2019.
Ian Marchant fulfils a boyhood dream, of navigating the Witham Navigable Drains.
Published on Thursday, 28th November 2019.
Helen Mark explores the landscape of Arnos Vale Cemetery in Bristol.
Published on Monday, 25th November 2019.
Helen Mark meets the thriving community of Toppesfield.
Published on Thursday, 14th November 2019.
One Tree Hill: a landmark that connects us emotionally and confounds us archaeologically
Published on Thursday, 7th November 2019.
On Halloween, Jez Lowe explores Northumberland's rich folklore, song and ghost stories.
Published on Wednesday, 6th November 2019.
For Rick Stein why Padstow remains old fashioned and that little bit different.
Published on Thursday, 24th October 2019.
Jarvis Cocker’s love affair with Edale and Kinder Scout.
Published on Thursday, 5th September 2019.
How Charles Darwin used the plants in his garden to develop his theory of evolution.
Published on Thursday, 29th August 2019.
Helen Mark journeys to The Centre of the Earth, a hidden nature reserve in Birmingham.
Published on Thursday, 22nd August 2019.
Southwell's workhouse, minster and a 200-year-old apple tree.
Published on Friday, 16th August 2019.
Helen Mark visits the Isle of Eels and joins their annual eel day parade
Published on Thursday, 15th August 2019.
The Isle of Jura has inspired many artists, including George Orwell. Helen Mark hears why.
Published on Thursday, 1st August 2019.
Laura Barton visits Rockfield Studios, used by Queen to record Bohemian Rhapsody.
Published on Thursday, 25th July 2019.
Helen Mark visits the Escape Project in Swaffham as they prepare for Chelsea Flower Show.
Published on Thursday, 18th July 2019.
Helen Mark visits Ulva to hear about plans to repopulate and revitalise the island.
Published on Thursday, 11th July 2019.
Mary-Ann Ochota joins former members of the armed forces as they unearth Saxon artefacts.
Published on Thursday, 4th July 2019.
Ian Marchant discovers that Sussex was once the epicentre of the international arms trade.
Published on Wednesday, 12th June 2019.
The makers and trades people of Stonehenge, whose lives are shaped by their landscape.
Published on Thursday, 9th May 2019.
Helen Mark visits Nuneaton to follow in the footsteps of Victorian novelist George Eliot
Published on Thursday, 25th April 2019.
Morecambe Bay is changing. Helen Mark hears how buildings and artworks will set the tone.
Published on Thursday, 11th April 2019.
Thurso’s surfing community on why their reef break is one of Europe’s best waves.
Published on Thursday, 4th April 2019.
Helen Mark learns what it takes to run a pub on the tiny Scottish island of Easdale.
Published on Thursday, 31st January 2019.
Ian Marchant meets some of the unexpected animals in Thetford Forest in Norfolk.
Published on Thursday, 17th January 2019.
Far from being abandoned, the Strawberry Line in Somerset has a new role in the community
Published on Thursday, 3rd January 2019.
Helen Mark visits Derbyshire to hear about reservoirs and long-gone villages.
Published on Thursday, 27th December 2018.
Caz Graham re-visits moors destroyed by fire this summer, to ask how they are recovering.
Published on Thursday, 20th December 2018.
Bradgate park bought for the people of Leicester from the heirs of Lady Jane Grey.
Published on Thursday, 13th December 2018.
An exploration of how the sea and Suffolk coast inspired Benjamin Britten's music
Published on Friday, 7th December 2018.
Life on the canals, from the lock keeper to those who live on the water at Foxton Locks.
Published on Thursday, 6th December 2018.
Ash trees are dying from ash dieback. Helen Mark hears how Kent is preserving their memory
Published on Thursday, 22nd November 2018.
How did an Indian Maharajah end living and being buried in a quaint rural Suffolk village?
Published on Thursday, 15th November 2018.
Helen Mark visits the 'thankful village' of Herodsfoot in Cornwall.
Published on Friday, 9th November 2018.
How 300 orphans of the holocaust began a new life in the Lake District.
Published on Thursday, 1st November 2018.
Liverpool's landscape is dwarfed by three beloved giants. Helen Mark gets up close.
Published on Thursday, 25th October 2018.
Helen Mark explores the landscape of the Malvern Hills in the Midlands.
Published on Thursday, 6th September 2018.
Charlotte Smith revisits Pembrokeshire, where she spent many of her childhood holidays.
Published on Thursday, 30th August 2018.
Helen Mark discovers the fascinating world of the UK's largest ship's graveyard.
Published on Monday, 13th August 2018.
David Lindo visits Lundy in north Devon for the island's very first half marathon race.
Published on Thursday, 2nd August 2018.
Helen Mark sets sail from Pin Mill to discover the history of boat building in Suffolk.
Published on Thursday, 26th July 2018.
Helen Mark explores landscapes of the future at the Great Exhibition of the North.
Published on Thursday, 19th July 2018.
Helen Mark finds out about Humphry Repton the landscaper gardener and his red books.
Published on Thursday, 28th June 2018.
Helen Mark celebrates the 175th anniversary of the birth of garden guru Gertrude Jekyll.
Published on Thursday, 10th May 2018.
Helen Mark visits Swansea to hear how heavy industry shaped its landscape and its culture.
Published on Thursday, 3rd May 2018.
Helen Mark meets people inspired by flowers in Lincolnshire.
Published on Thursday, 26th April 2018.
Dominique Moore finds out how young people are engaging with the landscape near Doncaster.
Published on Thursday, 19th April 2018.
Helen Mark visits Coventry to discover its Edgelands, the places in between landscapes.
Published on Thursday, 12th April 2018.
Ian Marchant visits the Isle of Gigha to discover if his island dream is a reality.
Published on Thursday, 8th February 2018.
Konnie Huq visits her favourite London parks - Kew Gardens and Northala Fields.
Published on Thursday, 1st February 2018.
David Lindo searches for the elusive Scottish wildcat and hears about efforts to save them
Published on Thursday, 18th January 2018.
Helen Mark discovers the story of man's earliest ancestor on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset.
Published on Thursday, 11th January 2018.
Writer Linda Cracknell joins Helen Mark in North Devon to seek out her maritime roots.
Published on Thursday, 21st December 2017.
Helen Mark explores the wilderness at Knepp Castle and asks if it is really working.
Published on Thursday, 14th December 2017.
Helen Mark is in Formby, a place that is regarded as a haven for the native red squirrel.
Published on Thursday, 7th December 2017.
Adrian Goldberg meets fellow Brummies with a vision for Birmingham's future landscape.
Published on Thursday, 30th November 2017.
As Brexit gathers pace, Helen Mark explores the landscape of the Irish border.
Published on Thursday, 23rd November 2017.
Helen Mark meets people whose livelihoods depend on the unique landscape of the Lizard.
Published on Thursday, 16th November 2017.
Mary Ward-Lowery finds out why bell-ringing is different in Devon.
Published on Thursday, 9th November 2017.
Mountaineer Chris Bonington takes Helen Mark to his favourite view in the Lake District.
Published on Thursday, 2nd November 2017.
Helen Mark asks why the largest battle fought on Scottish soil has been largely forgotten.
Published on Thursday, 26th October 2017.
How will the 200 acres at Tughall Mill change now it is owned by the National Trust?
Published on Thursday, 7th September 2017.
Helen Mark finds out how Glyndebourne's gardens inspire singers, artists and opera-goers.
Published on Tuesday, 5th September 2017.
Helen Mark visits East Anglia's best kept secret, the Brecks - heath, forestry and farms.
Published on Thursday, 31st August 2017.
Huw Stephens goes to Green Man festival to hear why music sounds best in the countryside.
Published on Thursday, 24th August 2017.
Helen Mark takes flight at the International Balloon Fiesta in Bristol.
Published on Thursday, 17th August 2017.
Folk singer Eliza Carthy unearths the secrets of Robin Hood's Bay in Yorkshire.
Published on Thursday, 10th August 2017.
Paul Murphy puts on his leathers to find out why Lincolnshire is biker heaven.
Published on Thursday, 27th July 2017.
Helen Mark climbs Ben Lawers above Loch Tay for a better view of the southern Highlands.
Published on Thursday, 20th July 2017.
Ian Marchant explores the dark side of the Lune. The River Lune in Lancashire.
Published on Thursday, 13th July 2017.
Caz Graham visits BBC Monitoring - the Berkshire mansion that eavesdrops on the world.
Published on Thursday, 6th July 2017.
Alison Mitchell meets the people who cultivate the sporting landscape at Wimbledon.
Published on Thursday, 29th June 2017.
Can time spent in prehistoric landscapes around Stonehenge help Wiltshire residents?
Published on Thursday, 15th June 2017.
Helen Mark visits the largest lake in the British Isles, Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland.
Published on Thursday, 11th May 2017.
Blencathra in the Lakes has become the People's Mountain. Helen Mark discovers why.
Published on Thursday, 4th May 2017.
Sherwood Forest is looking towards a new future, David Lindo finds out more.
Published on Thursday, 27th April 2017.
Ian Marchant revisits the familiar landscape of Newhaven, to learn how to see it properly.
Published on Wednesday, 19th April 2017.
Helen Mark visits the Dartington Estate, Devon, where learning from nature changes lives.
Helen Mark meets the people who are re-examining the site of the Mildenhall Treasure.
Published on Thursday, 2nd February 2017.
Bristol's hidden gems are explored by Helen Mark.
Published on Thursday, 26th January 2017.
Can London be a National Park City? David Lindo finds out.
Published on Wednesday, 18th January 2017.
Helen Mark discovers why flooded clay pits make up the landscape of Barton-upon-Humber.
Published on Thursday, 12th January 2017.
To celebrate winter solstice Helen Mark visits prehistoric monument Newgrange in Ireland.
Published on Thursday, 22nd December 2016.
Helen Mark visits the Lake District to hear how 'Wordsworth's County' is being remade.
Published on Thursday, 15th December 2016.
Helen Mark visits Eaglesham Moor in Scotland, home of the UK's largest onshore wind farm.
Published on Thursday, 8th December 2016.
Helen Mark explores the completed 'Capability' Brown gardens at Belvoir Castle.
Published on Thursday, 1st December 2016.
Writer Sathnam Sanghera goes home to Wolverhampton to discover a changed landscape.
Published on Thursday, 24th November 2016.
David Lindo, AKA the Urban Birder, leaves the city to meet the wildlife of the Isle of Man
Published on Thursday, 17th November 2016.
Helen Mark meets the runners, organisers and volunteers behind Snowdonia Marathon.
Published on Thursday, 10th November 2016.
Helen Mark has a close encounter with some wild boar in the Forest of Dean.
Published on Thursday, 3rd November 2016.
Guest presenter Ian Marchant meets people who live 'off-grid' in mid-Wales.
Published on Thursday, 27th October 2016.
Helen Mark travels to Bellaghy to discover poet Seamus Heaney's 'Homeplace'.
Published on Thursday, 8th September 2016.
Helen Mark finds out how a proposed golf resort in Hoylake will affect the green belt.
Published on Thursday, 1st September 2016.
Helen Baxendale visits Belper in Derbyshire to explore the traces of its industrial past.
Published on Thursday, 25th August 2016.
Helen Mark meets the only full-time lifeboat crew in the UK at Spurn Point in East Yorks.
Published on Thursday, 18th August 2016.
Helen Mark meets the UK's largest puppet, Man Engine, in Cornwall's mining landscape.
Published on Thursday, 11th August 2016.
Orkney's incredible wildlife is under threat. Helen Mark discovers how technology can help
Published on Thursday, 4th August 2016.
Helen Mark finds out why Capability Brown is heralded as the Shakespeare of gardening.
Published on Thursday, 28th July 2016.
Helen Mark visits Heathrow to discover how the airport encourages biodiversity.
Published on Saturday, 23rd July 2016.
Patrick Aryee encounters the dolphins and dolphin-watchers of Cardigan Bay.
Published on Thursday, 14th July 2016.
Helen Mark explores the history of Bishop Auckland as theatrical production Kynren opens.
Published on Thursday, 7th July 2016.
Helen Mark visits Orkney to hear music and stories from 40 years of St Magnus Festival.
Published on Thursday, 30th June 2016.
Brett Westwood follows the dawn chorus from east to west across Europe.
Published on Thursday, 12th May 2016.
Helen Mark explores the Lincolnshire Wolds through the poetry of Tennyson.
Published on Thursday, 5th May 2016.
Helen Mark spends a day at the rural racetrack of Southwell in Nottinghamshire.
Published on Monday, 25th April 2016.
Helen Mark visits the National Forest as it marks 25 years.
Published on Friday, 22nd April 2016.
Helen Mark visits the Iron Age hillfort in Oswestry, Shropshire.
Published on Thursday, 21st April 2016.
Helen Mark visits the nodding donkeys of the Gainsborough Trough.
Published on Wednesday, 13th April 2016.
Felicity Evans asks how the valleys of south Wales have fared since the mines closed.
Published on Friday, 4th March 2016.
Helen Mark and writer Simon Barnes explore the Great Fen and Charles Rothschild's legacy.
Published on Thursday, 11th February 2016.
Helen Mark is in the Forest of Dean in search of geological formations known as scowles.
Published on Thursday, 28th January 2016.
Helen Mark uncovers why peat makes the Somerset Levels a special place to visit.
Published on Thursday, 21st January 2016.
Yorkshire looks different in the dark. Helen Mark looks into the heavens and underground.
Published on Thursday, 14th January 2016.
Salmon, apples and whisky. Caz Graham follows the fertile flow of the River Tay.
Published on Thursday, 7th January 2016.
Helen Mark visits Swedish Lapland to discover the myths and magic of the Northern Lights.
Published on Thursday, 17th December 2015.
Helen Mark visits the Lincolnshire Coast to find new life and regeneration in the winter.
Published on Thursday, 10th December 2015.
Why do witches and radical Quakers haunt Pendle Hill, the much loved Lancashire landmark?
Published on Thursday, 26th November 2015.
Writer Iain Sinclair seeks the UK's oldest burial site along south Gower's clifftops.
Published on Friday, 20th November 2015.
Helen Mark visits Tollesbury Wick on the Essex coast.
Published on Wednesday, 18th November 2015.
Helen Mark visits Llanthony in Wales to hear how the Big Chill festival began 20 years ago
Published on Thursday, 29th October 2015.
Helen Mark is in the Peak District to meet Mountain Rescue Team, who keep visitors safe.
Published on Thursday, 3rd September 2015.
Helen Mark goes to the Glenfinnan Gathering, a Highland games in the west of Scotland.
Published on Thursday, 27th August 2015.
Helen Mark visits Cornwall's clay country to see how mining has sculpted the landscape.
Published on Thursday, 20th August 2015.
Jersey doubles in size when the tide goes out. Helen Mark goes paddling.
Published on Thursday, 13th August 2015.
Helen Mark visits the landscapes of Thomas Hardy's life, death and literature in Dorset.
Published on Thursday, 6th August 2015.
Helen Mark visits Rathlin Island, situated just off the north coast of Antrim.
Published on Thursday, 30th July 2015.
Helen Mark takes to the seas to explore the North Antrim coastline.
Published on Thursday, 23rd July 2015.
Caz Graham goes in search of Cumbria's regular visiting ospreys.
Published on Wednesday, 22nd July 2015.
Helen Mark lights the midsummer bonfires on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall to celebrate Golowan.
Published on Thursday, 9th July 2015.
Helen Mark joins Sir Antony Gormley to explore his latest sculpture in rural Warwickshire.
Published on Thursday, 2nd July 2015.
Helen Mark visits Cumbria to experience the exciting and ancient sport of hound trailing.
Published on Thursday, 14th May 2015.
Caz Graham visits the Northumberland countryside to discover stunning art in the landscape
Published on Thursday, 7th May 2015.
Caz Graham visits the shores of Solway Firth.
Published on Thursday, 23rd April 2015.
Helen Mark visits the Hoo Peninsula in Kent to discover a landscape of change.
Published on Thursday, 9th April 2015.
Helen Mark discovers the Oxfordshire woodland that once belonged to author CS Lewis.
Published on Thursday, 2nd April 2015.
Helen Mark finds out about the landscape and people of Shetland.
Published on Thursday, 5th February 2015.
Helen Mark explores Sir Winston Churchill's family home of Chartwell in Kent.
Published on Monday, 2nd February 2015.
Helen Mark visits the Ring of Gullion in Northern Ireland.
Published on Thursday, 29th January 2015.
Helen Mark explores the clay mining history of Dorset's picturesque Isle of Purbeck.
Published on Thursday, 15th January 2015.
Helen Mark meets the people who have found the courage to embrace outdoor life.
Published on Thursday, 8th January 2015.
Helen Mark explores the landscape of the Suffolk coast.
Published on Thursday, 1st January 2015.
Helen Mark explores the Dart Estuary by boat, travelling from Dittisham to Dartmouth.
Published on Saturday, 27th December 2014.
Caz Graham visits Castle Howard, where Christmas tree sales are in full swing.
Published on Thursday, 18th December 2014.
Caz Graham visits two nature reserves in Cumbria to see what wildlife visits in winter.
Published on Monday, 15th December 2014.
Helen Mark is in the Belfast Hills to hear from the people who live and work there.
Published on Thursday, 4th December 2014.
Felicity Evans is on Brownsea Island, exploring one of Britain's most popular reserves.
Published on Thursday, 27th November 2014.
Felicity Evans visits Steart Marshes, the UK's largest new wetland reserve.
Published on Thursday, 20th November 2014.
Helen Mark explores the Lee Valley's hybrid landscape of the natural and industrial.
Published on Thursday, 13th November 2014.
Felicity Evans visits the autumnal orchards of Herefordshire.
Published on Thursday, 6th November 2014.
Helen Mark visits the marsh-swathed landscape of Elmley Nature Reserve in Kent.
Published on Thursday, 30th October 2014.
Felicity Evans visits the Forest of Dean, the landscape that author Dennis Potter loved.
Published on Thursday, 11th September 2014.
Helen Mark trails the new John Muir Way to hear how he was inspired by Dunbar's landscapes
Published on Thursday, 4th September 2014.
Helen Mark learns a Cold War secret amidst the Isle of Wight's chalk cliffs, The Needles.
Published on Thursday, 28th August 2014.
Cheshire's salt sustained the British Empire. Felicity Evans finds out how and why.
Published on Thursday, 21st August 2014.
Helen Mark finds out why Hampshire's chalk streams are so revered by fly fishermen.
Published on Thursday, 14th August 2014.
Felicity Evans asks how George Cadbury's vision for Bournville, Birmingham, lives on today
Published on Thursday, 7th August 2014.
Snowdonia's slate once roofed the world. Find out what has become of the quarries today.
Published on Thursday, 31st July 2014.
How did people live and work 2,000 years ago? Helen Mark finds out at Butser Ancient Farm.
Published on Thursday, 24th July 2014.
Felicity Evans visits Hafod estate near Aberystwyth, once Wales's most popular attraction.
Published on Thursday, 17th July 2014.
Helen Mark visits new art in the countryside aiming to give visitors a fresh perspective.
Published on Thursday, 10th July 2014.
Helen Mark explores the route of the opening leg of the Tour de France in Yorkshire.
Published on Thursday, 3rd July 2014.
Helen Mark visits Coquet Island, sanctuary for some of Britain's rarest nesting sea birds.
Published on Thursday, 15th May 2014.
Helen Mark visits Brooklands, the world's first purpose-built motor racing circuit.
Published on Thursday, 8th May 2014.
Felicity Evans explores the wild landscape of Bristol's Avon Gorge.
Published on Thursday, 1st May 2014.
Helen Mark walks between Tresco and Bryher on the Isles of Scilly on a low spring tide.
Published on Thursday, 24th April 2014.