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A Picture of Britain

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Series in which David Dimbleby journeys around Britain and considers how the landscape has inspired artists through the centuries

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A Picture of Britain - Highlands and Glens

David Dimbleby sees how Britain's countryside has inspired its art. He visits the Scottish Highlands and crosses the Irish Sea to see the paintings of Paul Henry.

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A Picture of Britain - Learning Zone Highlights

Highlights from the series in which David Dimbleby journeys around Britain and considers how the landscape has inspired artists through the centuries.

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A Picture of Britain - Mystical West

David Dimbleby examines how Britain's countryside has inspired its art. David experiences the mountain paintings of Richard Wilson in Snowdonia.

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A Picture of Britain - The Flatlands

David Dimbleby sees how Britain's countryside has inspired its art. He visits East Anglia - Constable country, a land of mists, meadows, windmills and fenland.

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A Picture of Britain - The Heart of England

David Dimbleby sees how Britain's countryside has inspired its art. He explores how landscape painters dramatised the early days of the Industrial Revolution.

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A Picture of Britain - The Romantic North

David Dimbleby sees how Britain's countryside has inspired its art. In the Lake District, he visits Gordale Scar, deemed unpaintable until James Ward came along.

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