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20 Episodes 1983 - 1983
Episode 1
Jack takes a walk through a copse to witness the traditional methods of making a Wattle Hurdle and an Ash Bar Sheep Hurdle
Episode 2
Jack Hargreaves shows us how he catches Brown Trout with Mayflies on his river. He then takes us to the village of Todber to shows us a local quarry in a farmers field
Episode 3
Jack visits Stow Fair where the travellers trade their horses and can buy the items that they need for life on the road. He then takes us to the yard of a builder and painter of traveller's carts and wagons
Episode 4
Jack is in his cottage garden and concludes that no matter how long you have been gardening you can never understand it. He then goes fishing at one of his nearby watermills
Episode 5
Jack Hargreaves demonstrates that a horse harness is more than a just pile of straps. He then visits dog trainers, John and Mary Holmes
Episode 6
Jack Hargreaves witnesses 30,000 sheep go on sale at a Wessex sheep fair, while by the river he goes looking for the Little Grebe, known in the country as a Dabchick
Episode 7
Demonstrating with his own collection, Jack Hargreaves reflects on the evolution of the fishing rod and tries one out on a newly created lake.
Episode 8
Jack discusses the history of the river valleys of Wessex. While walking through them he encounters his old friends the Searle family rehearsing their circus acts.
Episode 9
Jack Hargreaves travels to the Lambourne Downs to witness the largest gathering of Lurcher dogs in the country and then shows us the humane way to catch rabbits
Episode 10
Jack Hargreaves enlists the help of his local butcher to demonstrate how the meat of the pig was prepared in his youth
Episode 11
Jack Hargreaves examines flora and fauna on a walk over the Berkshire Downs, before comparing the different breeds of cattle at his local show
Episode 12
Jack Hargreaves relives the journeys he made as a youngster on a pony and trap. He then goes fishing at another of his local watermills
Episode 13
Animal traditions are discussed as Jack Hargreaves witnesses the annual roundup of New Forest ponies and then visits a goat farm
Episode 14
Jack Hargreaves travels to the cornfields of Suffolk to see setters and pointers in action. Back in Dorset he watches a working spaniel brought over from France
Episode 15
On a very wet morning, Jack Hargreaves visits a sale of items collected by a shepherd and reflects on how the junk of his youth is now sought after by collectors
Episode 16
Jack Hargreaves encounters two very different styles of carriage driving, and joins the Dorset Picnic Club for a Sunday afternoon outing by cart
Episode 17
At a country fair, Jack Hargreaves recalls the early days of farm mechanisation before going on to see a show of working terriers
Episode 18
Jack Hargreaves goes on the hunt for wood pigeon with the help of decoys. His fishing trip is to the third of his local watermills, a working example at Sturminster
Episode 19
Jack Hargreaves takes us to Hampshire where farming methods have taken an unusual step backwards to supply a growing demand for thatching straw
Episode 20
Jack Hargreaves takes a walk with his pack pony Ghost, and goes to one of the loneliest parts of Wessex to find a remote pond that is rarely fished