Great British Journeys
Retracing the steps taken by some of Britian's greatest explorers
Great British Journeys - Celia Fiennes' Great Journey
Nicholas Crane attempts to follow in the footsteps of 17th-century explorer Celia Fiennes to the very top of the great precipice at Blackstone Edge.
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Great British Journeys - Daniel Defoe's Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain
Following in the footsteps of Daniel Defoe, Nicholas Crane journeys over the marshes of Essex and on to Norwich.
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Great British Journeys - Gerald of Wales' Journey through Wales
Nicholas Crane attempts to retrace a journey first made 800 years ago by scholar, churchman and would-be crusader Gerald of Wales.
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Great British Journeys - HV Morton's Search for Scotland
Retracing the steps of travel writer HV Morton, whose books about Scotland celebrate the country's writers and history but leave out key details.
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Great British Journeys - John Leland's Itinerary
The documentary series retracing journeys from British history attempts a 300-mile trip through the West Country, inspired by topographer John Leland.
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Great British Journeys - Thomas Pennant: A Tour in Scotland and Voyage to the Hebrides (1772)
Nicholas Crane pieces together the route which Thomas Pennant took for his masterwork, A Tour in Scotland.
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Great British Journeys - William Cobbett's Rural Rides
Nicholas Crane traces the steps of radical politician, agriculturist and journalist William Cobbett, born in 1763 in Farnham, Surrey.
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Great British Journeys - William Gilpin's Observations on the River Wye (1783)
Nicholas Crane retraces the steps of pioneering British explorers. William Gilpin was the high priest of 'the Picturesque'.
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