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Britain by Bike

Season 1

2010 · 6 episodes

  1. 1. North Devon

    2010-07-20 · 30m

    Clare Balding takes a pedal-powered trip across the UK. In Devon, she rides from Lynmouth, scene of Britain's worst flood disaster, to Ilfracombe via Little Switzerland.

  2. 2. The Welsh Borders

    2010-07-27 · 30m

    On Clare Balding's pedal-powered UK trip, her journey into Wales sees her discover how a cycle factory went to war and find out about a bizarre village ceremony.

  3. 3. The Isle of Wight

    2010-08-03 · 30m

    Clare Balding's cycle journey around the Isle of Wight explores its unique sense of otherness, a strange power which helped to cure Dickens's writer's block.

  4. 4. West Yorkshire

    2010-08-10 · 30m

    As she cycles through Bronte Country on the Yorkshire/Lancashire border, Clare Balding uncovers a unique photographic collection and a club for henpecked husbands.

  5. 5. The Cotswolds

    2010-08-17 · 30m

    As she cycles through the Cotswolds, Clare Balding reveals how two men - both called William Morris - helped change the face of heritage tourism in Britain.

  6. 6. The Scottish Highlands

    2010-08-24 · 30m

    Clare Balding charts how incomers - a diverse group which includes Dr Johnson and an occupying English army - have changed our view of the Scottish Highlands.

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