Season 1
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.
Walking Sticks / Hurdle Maker
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.
Mayfly Trout / Todber Stone
Stow Fair / Flat Cart
Garden / Cut Mill
Harnessing a Horse / Decent Dog
Sheepfair / Dabchick
Fishing Rod / Morey's Lake
Tarrant Valley / Circus
Lurchers - Rabbiting
Cutting up a Pig
Downland - Cattle Breeds
Trolley Drive - Fiddleford Mill
Pony Drift - Goats
Brittany Spaniels
Bygones
Driving - Bygones
Steam Plough - Terrier Show
Pigeon - Sturminster Mill
Thatching Reed - Hound Show
Pack Pony - Turk's Pond