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Season 1

Season Overview

Following on from the hugely popular Out of Town, Old Country saw Jack Hargreaves continue his exploration of rural life in Thomas Hardy country - reflecting on its character, traditions, history and folklore, and the skills that had passed on from generation to generation.

Episodes

Walking Sticks / Hurdle Maker

1 - Walking Sticks / Hurdle Maker

Jack discusses the nuances of walking sticks, where one might acquire a proper one, or how one could craft one from an appropriate plant in a copse. He goes on to elucidate the importance of copses to the farm. There is a demonstration of the building of a wattle hurdle from wood found in such copses, and the importance therein is portrayed.

Mayfly Trout / Todber Stone

2 - Mayfly Trout / Todber Stone

Stow Fair / Flat Cart

3 - Stow Fair / Flat Cart

Garden / Cut Mill

4 - Garden / Cut Mill

Harnessing a Horse / Decent Dog

5 - Harnessing a Horse / Decent Dog

Sheepfair / Dabchick

6 - Sheepfair / Dabchick

Fishing Rod / Morey's Lake

7 - Fishing Rod / Morey's Lake

Tarrant Valley / Circus

8 - Tarrant Valley / Circus

Lurchers - Rabbiting

9 - Lurchers - Rabbiting

Cutting up a Pig

10 - Cutting up a Pig

Downland - Cattle Breeds

11 - Downland - Cattle Breeds

Trolley Drive - Fiddleford Mill

12 - Trolley Drive - Fiddleford Mill

Pony Drift - Goats

13 - Pony Drift - Goats

Brittany Spaniels

14 - Brittany Spaniels

Bygones

15 - Bygones

Driving - Bygones

16 - Driving - Bygones

Steam Plough - Terrier Show

17 - Steam Plough - Terrier Show

Pigeon - Sturminster Mill

18 - Pigeon - Sturminster Mill

Thatching Reed - Hound Show

19 - Thatching Reed - Hound Show

Pack Pony - Turk's Pond

20 - Pack Pony - Turk's Pond