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Lives in a Landscape - Series 5

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Documentary series telling original stories about real lives in Britain today

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Lives in a Landscape - Series 5 - Balancing Act

As circus artiste Howie prepares for make-or-break knee surgery, his partner Joni, a top Mayfair physiotherapist, works to keep her own life on track.

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Lives in a Landscape - Series 5 - BMX Brothers

Two teenage brothers are swapping life on a bleak south London estate for a chance to join the elite British cycling academy, but how do they cope as pressure mounts?

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Lives in a Landscape - Series 5 - Fragile Isle

Alan Dein travels to the Hebridean island of Canna to hear about the survival of a tiny community trying to put down roots.

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Lives in a Landscape - Series 5 - Play for Tomorrow

Three sixth formers have the summer to get their band back on track after the bassist walks out on them. Alan Dein presents a story of young friendship under pressure in Grimsby.

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Lives in a Landscape - Series 5 - The Maryfield Writers

Alan Dein talks to former RUC officers in Northen Ireland who have taken up writing and hears about their motivations as they each deal with the past in different ways.

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Lives in a Landscape - Series 5 - Tilting at Windmills

Windfarms, earth-destroying asteroids and raining fish - Alan Dein discovers that passions run high in the quiet borderland village of Knighton, which is riven by apocalyptic fears.

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