Talking Landscapes(2000)

Name: Talking Landscapes
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2000-09-03
Rating: 3.5

September 3, 20001 Season · 6 Episodes

Ended

Documentary

3.5from 1 users

Overview

Aubrey Manning sets out on a journey to study the changing face of Britain's countryside

Created by Aubrey Manning

Network BBC Four

Seasons

Season 1

6 Episodes

2000

E01

The Weald

9/3/2000

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.

E02

The Pembrokeshire Coast

9/10/2000

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.

E03

The Yorkshire Dales

9/17/2000

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.

E04

The Fens

9/24/2000

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.

E05

The Cairngorms

10/1/2000

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.

E06

The Vale of Evesham

10/8/2000

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.