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Welly Telly: The Countryside on Television

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29/05/2011

BBC Four - Welly Telly: The Countryside on Television

A look at television's changing relationship, and recent obsession, with the countryside.

A look at television's changing relationship with the countryside, featuring Countryfile, Lambing Live, The Good Life, All Creatures Great and Small and Last of the Summer Wine.

Kate Humble, Bill Oddie, Bill Bryson, John Craven and Clarissa Dickson Wright discuss television's changing relationship - and recent obsession - with the countryside. What explains the huge appeal of shows like Countryfile and Lambing Live to an urban audience? Is television helping to bring town and country together, or is the gap getting larger? 

The programme remembers the pioneers of Welly Telly, like Phil Drabble, Jack Hargreaves and Hannah Hauxwell, and features archive from The Good Life, All Creatures Great and Small and Last of the Summer Wine.

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