This week's best TV & radio: 31 July - 6 August

Wed, 28/07/2010 - 19:22
Submitted by Dave Perrett

 

WHAT'S ON TV
 
 
Country Tracks - Sunday – 11pm
Joe Crowley goes on a journey across the Kingdom of Fife.
 
Last of the Summer Wine – Sunday – 7pm
Pearl throws Howard out of the house, but when he goes to Clegg’s for sympathy it falls on deaf ears.
 
Countryfile – Sunday – 7pm
Ellie Harrison and Adam Henson visit the area around Coniston Water in the Lake District.
 
 
 
 
Coast – Wednesday – 8pm
The new series starts with an exploration of Britain’s strong bonds with its Celtic cousins across the English Channel in Brittany.
 
The Normans – Wednesday – 9pm
Professor Robert Bartlett reveals how the Normans became formidable warriors and conquered England in 1066.
 
Victorian Pharmacy – Thursday – 9pm
While the pharmacy enters a period of new inventions and new laws, Ruth, Tom and Nick face a taste of the examinations pharmacists went through to become qualified.
 
The Great British Home Movie Roadshow – Friday – 9pm
Dan Cruickshank and Kirsty Wark present a hundred years of Briton’s lives filmed on home movie cameras – including what may be the first wedding video, shot in 1905 on the Isle of Bute.
 

  

 
 
English Heritage – Sunday – 8pm
Looking at the trials and tribulations of the restoration of Apethorpe Hall in Northamptonshire.
 
Balmoral – Sunday – 9pm
A delve into the story of Balmoral, the Royal Family’s most private residence.
 
Britain’s Park Story – Monday – 9pm
Historian Dan Cruickshank reveals the history of Britain’s public parks.
 
Britain by Bike – Tuesday – 8.30pm
Clare Balding continues her cycling adventure in the Isle of Wight.
 
Wild Swimming – Tuesday – 9pm
Alice Roberts examines the phenomenon of wild swimming and why the British are so attracted to water.
 
 
 
 
Countrywise – Monday – 8pm
Paul Heiney is in the New Forest, one of the largest areas of unspoilt countryside in Southern England.
 
The Lakes – Wednesday – 7.30pm
An observational documentary featuring the Lake District and its inhabitants.
 
WHAT'S ON RADIO
 
 
 
Open Country – Saturday – 6.07am
Moira Hickey travels to Fair Isle and investigates whether or not it is losing its knitting tradition.
 
On Your Farm – Sunday - 6.35am
Masterchef Alex Rushmer takes us for a walk around his small holding and the surrounding countryside for some wild food foraging.

 

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