Open Country Podcast
Countryside magazine featuring the people and wildlife that shape the landscape of the British Isles
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Shipshape and Bristol Fashion
Yesterday
How the port of Bristol fundamentally changed the shape of the city and the land around it
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Wild and Windy Fylde
Last Thursday
Martha Kearney learns about the part wind has played in shaping the Lancashire landscape.
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The People's Forest
Thu 24 Apr 2025
How Epping Forest was fought for, and saved by, the people of East London.
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Time travel on Orkney
Thu 17 Apr 2025
Rose Ferraby journeys through the history of the Orkney coastline.
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Shifting Sands of Sefton
Thu 10 Apr 2025
An exploration of the Sefton coastline between Liverpool and Southport.
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Cornish Mining
Thu 3 Apr 2025
Martha Kearney takes a trip through the past, present and future of mining in Cornwall.
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These Debatable Lands
Thu 3 Oct 2024
Helen Mark explores 50 square miles that were neither England nor Scotland.
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The 100 Mile Wildlife Corridor
Thu 26 Sep 2024
Martha Kearney discovers how one of the UK's largest nature projects is taking root.
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Night under the Stars
Thu 19 Sep 2024
Helen Mark joins a group of young carers as they spend a night under canvas on Dartmoor.
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Aberaeron's Mackerel Festival
Thu 12 Sep 2024
How mackerel (and other fish) have shaped the people and landscape of Aberaeron.
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Wildlife Watching on Mull
Thu 5 Sep 2024
This week, Open Country visits Mull to learn about responsible wildlife watching.
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Writing Wildness
Thu 15 Aug 2024
Helen Mark heads to the Shropshire hills to discover how to write about nature.
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The Sound of The Fens
Thu 8 Aug 2024
The people and wildlife that shape the landscape of the British Isles
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Anneka Rice and Maggi Hambling in Suffolk
Thu 13 Jun 2024
The landscapes and seascapes that have inspired the artist Maggi Hambling.
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Wiltshire's white horses
Thu 6 Jun 2024
Helen Mark explores the chalk hill carvings of the Wiltshire landscape.
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Shivering Sands
Thu 30 May 2024
Martha Kearney explores the history of the Shivering Sands sea forts off the Kent coast.
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Gibraltar Point
Thu 16 May 2024
Martha Kearney explores the shifting sands of Gibraltar Point, on the Lincolnshire coast.
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Mapping Britain's Holloways
Thu 9 May 2024
Helen Mark takes a trip along the ancient sunken roads of Dorset.
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Diving Gannets and Raging Seas
Thu 25 Apr 2024
Martha Kearney gets up close to Bass Rock, one of the world's largest gannet colonies.
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Postal Paths and Corpse Roads
Thu 18 Apr 2024
Helen Mark is in Cumbria, finding out about some of the county's historic fell routes.
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Britain鈥檚 deadliest footpath
Thu 11 Apr 2024
Helen Mark explores the Broomway in Essex, nicknamed 'Britain's deadliest footpath'.
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Field notes from Mars
Thu 4 Apr 2024
Rose Ferraby explores the links between the landscapes of Orkney and the planet Mars.
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Tales from the Quoile Riverbank
Thu 8 Feb 2024
Flooding, steamboats and Vikings - Helen Mark charts colourful times on the River Quoile.
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Reed cutting at Cley
Thu 1 Feb 2024
Ruth Sanderson meets reed cutters in Norfolk's oldest nature reserve.
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The changing river with Philippa Forrester
Thu 25 Jan 2024
Philippa Forrester shares stories about the river in her garden.
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Mabel's mountain trip with hares
Thu 18 Jan 2024
Three men and a famous dog have an adventure in the snow.
