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Britain by Bike

Season 1 2010

  • 2010-07-19T23:00:00Z on BBC Four
  • 30m
  • 3h (6 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary
Clare Balding embarks on a pedal-powered odyssey across Britain to rediscover the magical world of 1950s cycling

6 episodes

Series Premiere

2010-07-19T23:00:00Z

1x01 North Devon

Series Premiere

1x01 North Devon

  • 2010-07-19T23:00:00Z30m

Clare Balding takes a pedal-powered trip across the UK. In Devon, she rides from Lynmouth, scene of Britain's worst flood disaster, to Ilfracombe via Little Switzerland.

2010-07-26T23:00:00Z

1x02 The Welsh Borders

1x02 The Welsh Borders

  • 2010-07-26T23:00:00Z30m

On Clare Balding's pedal-powered UK trip, her journey into Wales sees her discover how a cycle factory went to war and find out about a bizarre village ceremony.

2010-08-02T23:00:00Z

1x03 The Isle of Wight

1x03 The Isle of Wight

  • 2010-08-02T23:00:00Z30m

Clare Balding's cycle journey around the Isle of Wight explores its unique sense of otherness, a strange power which helped to cure Dickens's writer's block.

2010-08-09T23:00:00Z

1x04 West Yorkshire

1x04 West Yorkshire

  • 2010-08-09T23:00:00Z30m

As she cycles through Bronte Country on the Yorkshire/Lancashire border, Clare Balding uncovers a unique photographic collection and a club for henpecked husbands.

2010-08-16T23:00:00Z

1x05 The Cotswolds

1x05 The Cotswolds

  • 2010-08-16T23:00:00Z30m

As she cycles through the Cotswolds, Clare Balding reveals how two men - both called William Morris - helped change the face of heritage tourism in Britain.

2010-08-23T23:00:00Z

1x06 The Scottish Highlands

1x06 The Scottish Highlands

  • 2010-08-23T23:00:00Z30m

Clare Balding charts how incomers - a diverse group which includes Dr Johnson and an occupying English army - have changed our view of the Scottish Highlands.

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