Talking Landscapes

All Episodes 2000

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  • 2000-09-02T23:00:00Z
  • 30m
  • 3h (6 episodes)
  • Aubrey Manning
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • TV6
  • Documentary
Aubrey Manning sets out on a journey to study the changing face of Britain's countryside

6 episodes

Series Premiere

2000-09-02T23:00:00Z

1x01 The Weald

Series Premiere

1x01 The Weald

  • 2000-09-02T23:00:00Z30m

Aubrey Manning focuses on the Weald, investigating why so much woodland has survived here when so much ancient forest has been felled elsewhere. A trip to the Mary Rose and Nelson's Victory reveals the full story of the Weald and its valuable timber.

2000-09-09T23:00:00Z

1x02 The Pembrokeshire Coast

1x02 The Pembrokeshire Coast

  • 2000-09-09T23:00:00Z30m

Professor Aubrey Manning explores the Pembrokeshire coastline and its connections with the sea. He discovers castles and standing stones, as well as evidence of successive invaders who arrived by sea when the coastline was far from remote.

2000-09-16T23:00:00Z

1x03 The Yorkshire Dales

1x03 The Yorkshire Dales

  • 2000-09-16T23:00:00Z30m

How have generations of Yorkshire families made a living from the bitter winds and stoney soils of the Dales? Aubrey Manning journeys high on the hillsides and deep underground to discover the key to this harsh landscape.

2000-09-23T23:00:00Z

1x04 The Fens

1x04 The Fens

  • 2000-09-23T23:00:00Z30m

Aubrey Manning investigates whether the Fens - flat, drained farmland - are a completely man-made landscape, and uncovers a 17th-century aristocratic plan gone horribly wrong. Plus, the secret of the Roman occupation - the Fens' hidden prehistoric hills.

2000-09-30T23:00:00Z

1x05 The Cairngorms

1x05 The Cairngorms

  • 2000-09-30T23:00:00Z30m

Looking for the ancient Caledonian forest, Aubrey Manning uncovers a landscape that's now disappeared and the Victorian secret at the heart of the highlands.

2000-10-07T23:00:00Z

1x06 The Vale of Evesham

1x06 The Vale of Evesham

  • 2000-10-07T23:00:00Z30m

Aubrey Manning investigates clues from the local art gallery, a spot of ploughing and a flight with a local pilot help uncover an Anglo-Saxon agricultural revolution.

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