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Discovering Britain

Travel, History · 2015

Last aired: S1 E13, Scarborough and The River Severn · 2016-03-30

Maureen Lipman and Larry Lamb travel through Britain to trace the country's heritage, history and tradition.

Cast

Maureen Lipman Maureen Lipman

Larry Lamb Larry Lamb

Season 1

E1 Disappearing Britain: Soho to St Ives 2015-10-08 · 60 min 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.

E2 Disappearing Britain: New Forest, Bath and Vintage Trains 2015-10-15 · 60 min 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.

E3 Disappearing Britain: Hovercrafts to the River Thames 2015-10-22 · 60 min 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.

E4 Disappearing Britain: Glamis, Cookham and Glasgow 2015-10-29 · 60 min 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.

E5 Discovering Britain: Scone Palace to the Severn Valley 2016-02-03 · 60 min 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.

E6 Discovering Britain: Lancashire and Yorkshire 2016-02-10 · 60 min 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.

E7 Discovering Britain: Portsmouth 2016-02-17 · 60 min 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.

E8 Discovering Britain: Castle Howard 2016-02-24 · 60 min 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

E9 Discovering Britain: Swan Upping and Jurassic Coast 2016-03-02 · 60 min 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

E10 Discovering Britain: County Show, Brighton and Cotswolds 2016-03-09 · 60 min 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.

E11 Discovering Britain: Merseyside 2016-03-16 · 60 min Maureen and Larry go on a magical mystery tour around Liverpool, while Coronation Street actress Shobna Gulati traces her family roots in Oldham

E12 Discovering Britain: River Severn, Berkshire 2016-03-23 · 60 min Mauren Lipman, Larry Lamb and Michael Buerk are joined by Wendy Craig.

E13 Scarborough and The River Severn 2016-03-30 · 60 min Maureen Lipman and Larry Lamb head to Scarborough and Michael Buerk goes canoeing on the River Severn.

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