Up Country [17/07/1992]
From the collection of
Up Country [14/03/1990]
- Newcastle International Airport
- 1990-03-14
Up Country [17/07/1992] (Up Country)
Helmsley castle has survived 900 years through all weathers, but can English Heritage keep is standing now that wildlife is living in its walls?
Helmsley Castle was originally built from wood, and wasn't converted to stone until late in the 12th century. Kitchens, chapels, and halls were added, as the castle passed through various owners, but remained well used. However, during the English civil war the castle became a strategic bugbear and Parliament ordered that the castle be 'slighted' heavily damaged to prevent it having any value to the opposing royalist forces. The castle has been decaying ever since.
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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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