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Countryfile - 19/10/2008

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John Craven visits the Calder Valley to discover how the Yorkshire countryside inspired the work of the late poet laureate Ted Hughes. Adam Henson's in Dorset to find out how steam power revolutionized farming in the 19th century with the arrival of the traction engine. Plus the cider-making monks of Ampleforth Abbey, and what is being done to safeguard the future of the dormice.