A further series of programmes looking at British traditions, folklore and aspects of the past.
' England is, at Its simplest and most primitive, a land of villages and among them you can find some of its most private, elusive and memorable beauties.'
Most of the English villages we now know had come into existence by the time of the Domesday Book.
In the first of two talks on the villages of Britain Dr Patrick Nuttgens looks at some of the factors which have shaped the history of the English village.
Series producer ALASTAIR WILSON