Discovering Britain - Season 1
Season 1
Episodes
Disappearing Britain: Soho to St Ives
Larry Lamb meets Benedict Cumberbatch in Soho to discuss the campaign to keep the uniqueness of the quarter's streets alive. And Maureen and Larry visit St Ives.
Disappearing Britain: New Forest, Bath and Vintage Trains
Maureen Lipman and Larry Lamb visit the New Forest. Mica Paris indulges a passion for fashion in Bath. And Arthur Smith rides a 1920s train at the Gloucester-Warwickshire railway.
Disappearing Britain: Hovercrafts to the River Thames
Michael Buerk visits a Hovercraft Museum in Gosport. Peter Davison shares his passion for the Thames. And Janet Ellis is behind the scenes at Greenham Common airbase.
Disappearing Britain: Glamis, Cookham and Glasgow
Maureen and Larry visit Macbeth's castle. Wendy Craig shares her passion for horticulture in her home town of Cookham. And Bill Paterson returns to Glasgow.
Discovering Britain: Scone Palace to the Severn Valley
Micahel Buerk rides a steam train through the Severn Valley. Bill Patterson explores restoration work carried out by Charles Rennie Mackintosh in Glasgow. Larry explores some walled gardens and Maureen goes fly-fishing.
Discovering Britain: Lancashire and Yorkshire
Maureen gets to try Lancashire hotpot. Larry learns the secrets behind dry stone walling. Don Warrington explores his passion of 18th century art and design. Michael Buerk visits chalk streams in Hampshire.
Discovering Britain: Portsmouth
Maureen Lipman and Larry Lamb step on board the HMS Victory. Michael Buerk explores a ship graveyard. And Peter Davison goes mudlarking on the banks of the River Thames.
Discovering Britain: Castle Howard
Maureen Lipman, Larry Lamb and Michael Buerk are joined by singer Mica Paris as the show visits Castle Howard, Worcester cathedral and beautiful Georgian Bath
Discovering Britain: Swan Upping and Jurassic Coast
Maureen Lipman, Larry Lamb and Michael Buerk are joined by actress Emilia Fox and former Blue Peter Presenter Janet Ellis as they visit the Swan Upping pageant and the wild Jurassic Coast
Discovering Britain: County Show, Brighton and Cotswolds
Maureen Lipman oils a pig at the Pembroke Country Show and Larry Lamb meets a heritage sheep. Michael Buerk visits Brighton and Arthur Smith rambles in the Cotswolds.
Discovering Britain: Merseyside
Maureen and Larry go on a magical mystery tour around Liverpool, while Coronation Street actress Shobna Gulati traces her family roots in Oldham
Discovering Britain: River Severn, Berkshire
Mauren Lipman, Larry Lamb and Michael Buerk are joined by Wendy Craig.
Scarborough and The River Severn
Maureen Lipman and Larry Lamb head to Scarborough and Michael Buerk goes canoeing on the River Severn.
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