Up Country [14/06/1991]
From the collection of
Up Country [14/03/1990]
- Newcastle International Airport
- 1990-03-14
Up Country [14/06/1991] (Up Country)
Don't miss this opportunity to hear the pure birdsong of the Keilder forest at its very finest.
An edition of the Tyne Tees Television rural life programme Up Country, presented by Jessica Holm. In this edition, a report on two men who are recording birdsongs in the Kielder Forest, a report on a new housing estate at Whitburn in which the residents have gotten the local council to build both ponds for birdlife and a observatory that is officially opened by Jessica.
This is followed by a report on Alan Johnson, who catches, records and rings birds around Big Waters Nature Reserve near Wideopen on North Tyneside to learn more about them. Filmed at night Jessica joins Hugh Watson on the search for Great Crested Newts in a pond somewhere in North Northumberland. In the final report, Jessica joins Harry Eales as he collects information on the humble bumblebee in a field somewhere in Northumberland.
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The Rural North East
Flesh-eating plants, blonde hedgehogs and other natural marvels await in the rural North East.
Charles Boden is a farmer's son who read English at Oxford University before becoming an agricultural journalist. Keen to capture what he saw as a vanishing way of life in rural England, he moved to Tyne Tees Television in 1985 to produce programmes about farming, nature and rural traditions in the region. He is best known for his film 'The Last Horseman' which followed a year in the life of the last farm in Britain to still use horse power instead of machinery.
14 videos in this collection
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Up Country [14/03/1990]
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Up Country [21/03/1990]
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Up Country [30/05/1990]
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Up Country [26/04/1991]
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Up Country [14/06/1991]
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Up Country [17/07/1992]
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Up Country [24/07/1992]
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Up Country [30/05/1993]
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Up Country [18/07/1993]
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Up Country [25/07/1993]
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The Dales Diary [29/08/2000]
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The Dales Diary [14/08/2003]
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The Dales Diary [10/08/2008]
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