Open Country
Hosted by Martha Kearney · BBC Radio 4
4.8from 98 ratings
- 468
- Episodes
- 16
- Transcribed
- 98
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2010
- First episode
About Open Country
Countryside magazine featuring the people and wildlife that shape the landscape of the British Isles
- Publisher
- BBC Radio 4
- Category
- science · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 4 Sept 2010
- Latest episode
- 17 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
16 of 468 episodes have a transcript.
17 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Kate Stables and Winchester
10 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Saving the Rare Plants of Eryri
3 Sept 2026
Bramble Bank Cricket Match
Inside a recent episode
Kate Stables and Winchester
Published 17 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It's lovely the sound of the blades getting sharpened before the siding starts. It's funny to think that this would have been a sort of a common noise back in the days of everyone siding. So the plan is Henny and I are going to go and mow a restoration area so the meadow was cut and collected and to maintain the wildflower interest but the management went by the wayside for over 15 years and the site became overgrown with brambles and dewberry and then that was cleared and we're now in the process of restoring those areas so everywhere that you can see that's been mown those were formerly scrubbed over and you can see the bits that were left which is less than a third of the site those were still the quality bits of chalk meadow so that stripping off of the material cutting of the bramble is helping restore those areas. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Open Country
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- Kate Stables
- Robbie Blackhall-Miles
- Twm Elias
- Norman Cowans
- Sir Robin Knox-Johnston
Reach and audience
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 85 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 13 ratings
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Martha Kearney host the show. Published by BBC Radio 4.
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