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Johnny Kingdom: A Year on Exmoor

Series 1

Birds and Beasts

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Wild boars are let loose on the moor, and Johnny and the media try and find them. They also try to find a way to get close to some migrating spoonbills. Show more

Johnny Kingdom: A Year on Exmoor

Series 1

New Life and Old Friends

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

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Spring has finally arrived on Exmoor and it's Johnny's busiest time of year for filming. He also worries about his three-legged pet deer Bambi, who is not well. Show more

Johnny Kingdom: A Year on Exmoor

Series 1

I'd Love to See a Badger

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

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It's spring and Johnny should be filming badgers, but there's no sign of any cubs, and the food he's put down for the badgers is being eaten by squirrels, pheasants and rats. Show more

Johnny Kingdom: A Year on Exmoor

Series 1

Close Encounters

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Johnny Kingdom looks at the wildlife of the moors and woodlands of Exmoor. It's early summer and Johnny is determined to film red deer calves and fox cubs. Show more

Map Man

Series 1

Episode 1: William Roy's Military Survey of Scotland

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Nicholas Crane travels across wild Highland landscapes using William Roy's pioneering military map of 18th-century Scotland. Show more

Map Man

Series 1

Episode 2: John Ogilby's Britannia

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Nicholas Crane travels across eight maps that changed the face of Britain. He uses a 1675 road map to traverse the trans-Pennine pass from York to Lancaster. Show more

Map Man

Series 1

Episode 3: Beck

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Nicholas Crane travels across eight maps that changed the face of Britain. Inspired by a circuit board diagram, Harry Beck designed the now iconic London Underground Map. Show more

Map Man

Series 1

Episode 5: Greenville Collins

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two WalesLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Nicholas Crane travels across eight maps that changed the face of Britain. He uses Greenville Collins's coasting pilot of 1693 to navigate the Cornish coastline. Show more

Map Man

Series 1

Episode 7: Christopher Saxton's Atlas of England and Wales

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Nicholas Crane travels across eight maps that changed Britain. Saxton's 1577 map of Norfolk helps him through some wild waterland. Show more

Map Man

Series 1

Episode 8: Martin Hotine's Ordnance Survey (1935-1950)

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Nicholas Crane travels across eight maps that changed Britain. A modern OS map helps him through some wild Highland territory. Show more

Map Man

Series 2

Episode 2: Timothy Pont's Map of Scotland

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Nicholas Crane travels across eight British historical maps. He uses Timothy Pont's 16th-century maps of Scotland to locate unidentified mountains. Show more

Map Man

Series 2

Episode 4: John Speed's Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Nicholas Crane travels across Britain using historical maps. Can he navigate Berwick with Speed's roadless town plan? Show more

Map Man

Series 2

Episode 5: John Cary's Inland Navigation

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Nicholas Crane travels across British historical maps. John Cary was commissioned to map the hottest new investment of the industrial age, the canals. Show more

Map Man

Series 2

Episode 6: William Mudge's Ordnance Survey

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Nicholas Crane travels across eight British historical maps. He reproduces the triangulation methods of Mudge's original Ordnance Survey map. Show more

Map Man

Series 2

Episode 8: Thomas Raven's Clandeboye Estate Maps

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Nicholas Crane tries to locate a lost village using Thomas Raven's 1625 maps of the Clandeboye Estate in the north of Ireland. Show more

Britain's Best Drives

Episode 3: North Cornish Coast

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Richard Wilson gets to grips with a retro VW camper van as he drives the coast road from St Ives to Land's End and learns about St Ives's 1950s art heyday. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Wilson
Participant:
Anthony Frost
Participant:
Bob Crossley
Participant:
Graham Whitford
Participant:
Michael Nicholas
Participant:
Jean Nicholas
Producer:
Jonney Steven
Series Producer:
Neil Edwards
Executive Producer:
Andy Batten-Foster
Executive Producer:
Stuart Murphy
Executive Producer:
Richard Klein

Britain's Best Drives

Episode 5: The Wye Valley and Forest of Dean

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Richard Wilson drives an Austin Cambridge around an area claiming to be the birthplace of British tourism, culminating at a renowned viewpoint. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Wilson
Producer:
Jonney Steven
Executive Producer:
Richard Klein
Series Producer:
Neil Edwards

Britain's Best Drives

Episode 6: The Trossachs

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

In his final drive, Richard returns to the country of his birth in a splendid 1950s Bentley and discovers what it is about great vistas that gives us such a thrill. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Wilson
Producer:
Jonney Steven
Participant:
Moira McLaren
Participant:
Ian Williams
Participant:
Hugh Neil
Participant:
Jimmy Tannock
Participant:
Anne McKinley
Participant:
David Barlow
Executive Producer:
Richard Klein
Series Producer:
Neil Edwards

Johnny Kingdom: A Year on Exmoor

Series 1

Episode 1: My Grand Design

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Johnny Kingdom looks at the wildlife of Exmoor. It's autumn, and he prepares to build a badger hide, from where he hopes to film badgers and other wildlife. Show more

Johnny Kingdom: A Year on Exmoor

Series 1

Masters of the Moor

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

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Johnny Kingdom looks at the wildlife of Exmoor. It's mid-autumn - the time of the red deer's mating season - and Johnny has some unfinished business with a stag. Show more