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Literary Walks

Episode 4: Darwin - Quantock Hills

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

The Ancestors Trail will be a walk in celebration of Darwin's theories on evolution. Clare Balding joins those walking this evolutionary trail in the Quantock Hills in Somerset. Show more

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Literary Walks

Episode 6: Alderley Edge - Alan Garner

Duration: 23 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Alan Garner spent his childhood in Alderley Edge and many of his works have been inspired by the area. Clare Balding takes a walk with the author in the landscape he grew up in. Show more

Ramblings

Literary Walks

Episode 1: Heptonstall - Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Clare Balding is back with a new series of walks with a literary theme, beginning in Heptonstall, the childhood home of poet Ted Hughes and where his wife Sylvia Plath is buried. Show more

Ramblings

Literary Walks

Episode 3: Malcolm Saville - Shropshire

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Clare Balding joins walkers and members of the Malcolm Saville society in the Shropshire Hills where the author of children's fiction based his Lone Pine series.

Ramblings

Literary Walks

Episode 5: Daphne Du Maurier - Fowey

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Fowey in Cornwall is home to the annual Daphne Du Maurier festival and the area features in some of her best known work. Clare Balding takes a literary walk around the town. Show more