Town With Nicholas Crane
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Enniskillen - More intimate than a city, towns are where we first learned to be urban. Harbour towns, market towns, island towns, industrial towns: collectively they bind our land together. The most westerly town in the UK, Enniskillen is surrounded by beautiful lakes, is busy with independent shops, and attracts forward-t...
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Huddersfield - More intimate than a city, towns are where we first learned to be urban. Harbour towns, market towns, island towns, industrial towns: collectively they bind our land together. A Yorkshire mill town with a history of rugby, rebellion, and high quality cloth, Huddersfield is a hidden gem. It features in none o... 55:00 Expired
Saffron Walden - More intimate than a city, towns are where we first learned to be urban. Harbour towns, market towns, island towns, industrial towns: collectively they bind our land together. An attractive market town within easy commuting distance of London, Saffron Walden has some of the best preserved medieval architec... 58:33 Expired
Oban - More intimate than a city, towns are where we first learned to be urban. Harbour towns, market towns, island towns, industrial towns: collectively they bind our land together. Gateway to the spectacular beauty of the Western Isles, the port of Oban is a major rail terminal and ferry port, but is it anything more? Ge...September 2014
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Totnes - A Saxon river town in South Devon, Totnes is one of the UK's oldest towns. It has seen tough times through its long history, but adversity has taught it to innovate. Nicholas Crane visits the home of one of the greatest social experiments of the 20th century, and uncovers the test bed for an ambitious new idea tha... 55:02 Expired
Perth - The gateway to the Scottish highlands, Perth is a town packed with history. It has been a royal burgh since 1124, has survived a regicide within its walls and rebuilt itself after devastating floods. It is also a town that wants to be a city, and Nicholas Crane is on a journey to find out why, what benefits that br...August 2014 55:03
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Scarborough - A Yorkshire coastal town, Scarborough has had more ups and downs than a roller-coaster. It once had the biggest fish fair in Western Europe, it was a leading health spa, and holidaymakers flocked to Britain's first seaside resort. Nicholas Crane finds out what has happened to the town since its heyday and whe... 54:00 Expired
Ludlow - In this four-part series, geographer Nicholas Crane celebrates the forgotten world of the town. An English market town on the Welsh border, Ludlow is small, landlocked and remote. Yet it has more listed buildings than anywhere else its size in Britain; not one, but two Michelin-starred restaurants; and a fairytale...