Penelope Keith's Hidden Villages

Cream teas, bunting, thatched cottages swathed in roses. For generations this rural idyll of the village has conjured the very best of Britain. Penelope Keith explores our relationship with the village, discovering traditions under threat and communities undergoing huge changes, as she looks at what the future holds for rural communities.

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  01 East Anglia

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  Penelope attends a traditional village regatta on the Norfolk Broads.

  2014-11-11
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  02 North Wales, Cheshire and Staffordshire

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  Penelope explores the rugged hills and valleys of north Wales.

  2014-11-18
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  03 Wessex

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  Penelope follows her guidebook through Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire.

  2014-11-25