Season 1 Plot
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.
Old Country Season 1 aired on January 1st, 1982.
Season 1 Episodes
1. Walking Sticks / Hurdle Maker
January 1st, 198225 min
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
January 8th, 198225 min
3. Stow Fair / Flat Cart
January 15th, 198225 min
4. Garden / Cut Mill
January 22nd, 198225 min
5. Harnessing a Horse / Decent Dog
January 29th, 198225 min
6. Sheepfair / Dabchick
February 5th, 198225 min
7. Fishing Rod / Morey's Lake
February 12th, 198225 min
8. Tarrant Valley / Circus
February 19th, 198225 min
9. Lurchers - Rabbiting
February 26th, 198225 min
10. Cutting up a Pig
March 5th, 198225 min
11. Downland - Cattle Breeds
March 12th, 198225 min
12. Trolley Drive - Fiddleford Mill
March 19th, 198225 min
13. Pony Drift - Goats
March 26th, 198225 min
14. Brittany Spaniels
April 2nd, 198225 min
15. Bygones
April 9th, 198225 min
16. Driving - Bygones
April 16th, 198225 min
17. Steam Plough - Terrier Show
April 23rd, 198225 min
18. Pigeon - Sturminster Mill
April 30th, 198225 min
19. Thatching Reed - Hound Show
May 7th, 198225 min
20. Pack Pony - Turk's Pond
May 14th, 198225 min
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