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  • 1978-05-02T23:00:00Z on BBC Two
  • 25m
  • 2h 30m (6 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • Documentary
In 1972 the BBC broadcast an episode of the television programme Horizon on The Making of the English Landscape produced by Peter Jones, and featuring W.G Hoskins as presenter. Later in the 1970s, Jones went on to produce a series of 12 TV programmes for BBC2, Landscapes of England, in which additional areas of the country were studied.

6 episodes

Season Premiere

1978-05-02T23:00:00Z

2x01 Behind the Scenery

Season Premiere

2x01 Behind the Scenery

  • 1978-05-02T23:00:00Z25m

Seeing past its touristy beauty, Professor Hoskins looks at how the landscape of Cornwall is shaped by granite, the sea and the independence of its people.

1978-05-09T23:00:00Z

2x02 The Fox and the Covert

2x02 The Fox and the Covert

  • 1978-05-09T23:00:00Z25m

How fox hunting shaped the countryside of Rutland and Leicestershire in central England.

1978-05-16T23:00:00Z

2x03 No Stone Unturned

2x03 No Stone Unturned

  • 1978-05-16T23:00:00Z25m

Examines how two distinct industries played a vital role in creating the landscape of the Peak District in Derbyshire.

1978-05-23T23:00:00Z

2x04 The Frontier

2x04 The Frontier

  • 1978-05-23T23:00:00Z25m

From Roman times, skirmishes between England and Scotland have left the border landscape of Northumberland indelibly marked.

1978-06-06T23:00:00Z

2x05 Breckland and Broads

2x05 Breckland and Broads

  • 1978-06-06T23:00:00Z25m

How a cold climate, the need for fuel, and man-made disasters of wind and water have played their part in the making of Norfolk Broads and England's only desert; Breckland.

2x06 Landscape of Ancient Peace

  • 1978-06-13T23:00:00Z25m

Professor Hoskins talks passionately about his home county of Devon, eulogising its isolated farms and churches; villages and towns and the ancient city of Exeter.

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