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Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 21^st Aug 2016, 07:15 on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: Mon 22^nd Aug 2016, 02:15 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Writer Jenny Uglow reflects on our garden weaknesses - how pride and hubris flourish in our gardens.

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FactualHomes & Gardens

Series

A Dark History of British Gardening

Episode 1: Escapism

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 7^th Aug 2016, 07:15 on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: Mon 8^th Aug 2016, 02:15 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

4 Extra Debut. Writer Jenny Uglow reflects on our garden weaknesses, the tendency for escapism from the Victorians to 1960s hippies.

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FactualHomes & Gardens

Series

A Dark History of British Gardening

Episode 2: Snobbery

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 14^th Aug 2016, 07:15 on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: Mon 15^th Aug 2016, 02:15 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Writer Jenny Uglow reflects on our garden weaknesses - snobbery has always flourished in the garden.

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FactualHomes & Gardens

Series

A Dark History of British Gardening

Episode 5: Xenophobia

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 4^th Sep 2016, 07:15 on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: Mon 5^th Sep 2016, 02:15 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Writer Jenny Uglow reflects on our garden weaknesses - how we have mapped 'Britishness' into garden design.

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FactualHomes & Gardens

Series

A Dark History of British Gardening

Episode 4: Dominance

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 28^th Aug 2016, 07:15 on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: Mon 29^th Aug 2016, 02:15 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Writer Jenny Uglow reflects on our garden weaknesses - how gardeners have always sought to dominate nature.

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FactualHomes & Gardens

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