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 from generation to generation. With his extensive experience, knowledge and love of the countryside, Hargreaves' easygoing presentation style enthralled both rural and urban viewers alike, making this - his final series for television - hugely popular and fondly remembered to this day. An unsentimental record of a bygone time, his work set the bar high for all "country matters" series that were to follow in its footsteps.
Archive 'Coast to Coast' interview with Jack Hargreaves from 1987
Disc 1:
This disc includes the following episodes:
1. Walking Sticks / Hurdle Maker
2. Mayfly Trout / Todber Stone
3. Stow Fair / Flat Cart
4. Garden / Cut Mill
5. Harnessing a Horse / Decent Dog
6. Sheepfair / Dabchick
7. Fishing Rod / Morey's Lake
8. Tarrant Valley / Circus
Disc 2:
This disc includes the following episodes:
1. Lurchers / Rabbiting
2. Cutting Up a Pig
3. Downland / Cattle Breeds
4. Trolley Drive / Fiddleford Mill
5. Pony Drift / Goats
6. Brittany Spaniels
7. Bygones
8. Driving / Bygones
Disc 3:
This disc includes the following episodes:
1. Steam Plough / Terrier Show
2. Pigeon / Sturminster Mill
3. Thatching Reed / Hound show
4. Pack Pony / Turk's pond
5. Flapping / Harvest
6. Blagdon Horse / Bass
7. Grayling / Cart Building / Blacksmith
8. Cart Painter / Butterflies
Disc 4:
This disc includes the following episodes:
1. Children's Fishing Competition
2. Cockles / Onions
3. Foundry / Mackerel / Folly Towers
4. Collar Maker / River Piddle
5. Buttons / Turnout
6. King's Highway
7. Steam Saw / Tench
8. American Brook Trout / Trotting
Disc 5:
This disc includes the following episodes:
1. Barrel Maker / Onion Strings
2. Birds and Mink / Pacing
3. Two Lakes / Larner Tree
4. Rabbits / About the Countryside
5. Deserted Village
6. Cape Cart
7. Plaice / Harness Racing
8. Appleby / Woolfe's Climb
Disc 6:
This disc includes the following episodes:
1. Skittles
2. Sheep Dipping / Battlesden Carts
3. Sheep Washing / Flower Drive
4. Bantams / Manes and Tails
5. Fjord Pony / Spinning
6. Driving Event / Driving and Fire Engine
7. Lessay Dogs / Gudegeon Fishing
8. French National Stud / Lessay Fair
Disc 7:
This disc includes the following episodes:
1. Artifical Insemination / Potter
2. Pole fishing / Huntaway dog
3. Duncliffe Hill / Boadicea's Horses
4. Country Houses
5. Chub Fishing / Horses and Cobs
6. Eel Net / Dipper
7. Long Net / Farm Sale
8. Wickham's Fancy / Vet's Examination
Disc 8:
This disc includes the following episodes:
1. Cider / Cow's Feet
2. River Care / Ponds and Wild Flowers
3. Mink Hunt / Geese
4. Pub Crawl
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