Old Country - Season 1

First aired: 1/9/1983 20 episodes

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.

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Episodes

1. Walking Sticks / Hurdle Maker

Aired: 1/9/1983

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.

2. Mayfly Trout / Todber Stone

Aired: 1/16/1983

3. Stow Fair / Flat Cart

Aired: 1/23/1983

4. Garden / Cut Mill

Aired: 1/30/1983

5. Harnessing a Horse / Decent Dog

Aired: 2/6/1983

6. Sheepfair / Dabchick

Aired: 2/13/1983

7. Fishing Rod / Morey's Lake

Aired: 2/27/1983

8. Tarrant Valley / Circus

Aired: 3/6/1983

9. Lurchers - Rabbiting

Aired: 3/13/1983

10. Cutting up a Pig

Aired: 3/20/1983

11. Downland - Cattle Breeds

Aired: 3/27/1983

12. Trolley Drive - Fiddleford Mill

Aired: 4/3/1983

13. Pony Drift - Goats

Aired: 5/15/1983

14. Brittany Spaniels

Aired: 5/29/1983

15. Bygones

Aired: 6/5/1983

16. Driving - Bygones

Aired: 7/31/1983

17. Steam Plough - Terrier Show

Aired: 8/7/1983

18. Pigeon - Sturminster Mill

Aired: 8/14/1983

19. Thatching Reed - Hound Show

Aired: 8/21/1983

20. Pack Pony - Turk's Pond

Aired: 8/28/1983