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