Elaborated by pastoral traditions in music and literature, our landscape is today often seen as a tidy, ordered and consoling haven from urban disruption. But a starkly contrasting vision articulated earlier this century - of scenic vitality with rural industry securing a living population on the land - has been forgotten. Patrick Wright. author of several studies of Britain's ambivalent relationship with her past. examines this abortive alternative and asks what motivated those who railed against the tyranny of the picturesque. Producer Simon Coates