Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Humphry Repton | 20100404 | 20121126 (BBC7) 20150406 (BBC7) 20150407 (BBC7) 20170306 (BBC7) 20170307 (BBC7) 20101025 (R4) | Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen explores changing ideas about the countryside. |
| 02 | William Wordsworth And The Sublime Landscape | 20100411 | 20121127 (BBC7) 20150407 (BBC7) 20150408 (BBC7) 20170307 (BBC7) 20170308 (BBC7) 20101026 (R4) | How Wordsworth's poetry has influenced thinking about nature ever since. |
| 03 | The Sporting Estate | 20100418 | 20121128 (BBC7) 20150408 (BBC7) 20150409 (BBC7) 20170308 (BBC7) 20170309 (BBC7) 20101027 (R4) | Laurence Llewelyn Bowen explores the idea of the sporting estate. |
| 04 | Feargus O'connor And The Chartist Land Plan | 20100425 | 20121129 (BBC7) 20150409 (BBC7) 20150410 (BBC7) 20170309 (BBC7) 20170310 (BBC7) 20101028 (R4) | The legacy of O'Connor's 1842 plan for poor Britons to plough their own furrow. |
| 05 | Octavia Hill | 20100502 | 20121130 (BBC7) 20150410 (BBC7) 20150411 (BBC7) 20170310 (BBC7) 20170311 (BBC7) 20101029 (R4) | How Octavia set up the National Trust, based on her belief in the importance of nature. |
| 06 | Healing In The Open Air | 20100509 | 20121203 (BBC7) 20150413 (BBC7) 20150414 (BBC7) 20170313 (BBC7) 20170314 (BBC7) 20101101 (R4) | How the rural landscape came to be seen as a place of healing for First World War veterans |
| 07 | Gertrude Jekyll And The Suburban Countryside | 20100516 | 20121205 (BBC7) 20150414 (BBC7) 20150415 (BBC7) 20170314 (BBC7) 20170315 (BBC7) 20101102 (R4) | How gardens became more than just lawns and borders. |
| 08 | The Brotherhood Of Ruralists - Part 1 | 20100523 | 20121207 (BBC7) 20150415 (BBC7) 20150416 (BBC7) 20170315 (BBC7) 20170316 (BBC7) 20101103 (R4) | How Mother Nature inspired a group of 1970s artists to paint rural life in the countryside |
| 09 | The Brotherhood Of Ruralists - Part 2 | 20100530 | 20121210 (BBC7) 20150416 (BBC7) 20150417 (BBC7) 20170316 (BBC7) 20170317 (BBC7) 20101104 (R4) | How John Seymour's 1976 Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency proved a hit with city dwellers. |
| 10 | Villadom In The Cotswolds | 20100606 | 20121212 (BBC7) 20150417 (BBC7) 20150418 (BBC7) 20170317 (BBC7) 20170318 (BBC7) 20101105 (R4) | How the idea of escaping to the countryside is as old as the Romans. |