Introduced by Wynford Vaughan-Thomas This month
Martin Muncaster looks at the changing ecology of the South Downs and Lynn ten Kate joins a group of volunteers responsible for clearing and maintaining the Basingstoke Canal. In the Shetland Isles Les Lowes has been watching the local people casting peats while David Tavincr goes to the East Yorkshire Country Sports Fair. Keith Allan talks to a retiring country vicar about his changing role In village life and Eric Simms visits the South Stack Bird Reserve in Anglesey.
Producer CAROLINE ELLIOT (Repeated: Fri 11.3 am)