Penelope Keith's Hidden Villages — Season 2
Penelope Keith explores the nation's villages and rural life as she returns for a second series
About this season
Penelope Keith explores the nation's villages and rural life as she returns for a second series
Episodes (4)
1. Devon and Cornwall
Aired 2 September 2015 • 45 min
Penelope is in the land of rugged coastal communities and huge numbers of holiday makers.
2. Cumbria
Aired 8 September 2015 • 45 min
Penelope finds out about life amidst the renowned landscape of Cumbria. She finds out that there is much more to life in a Cumbrian village than tourists and tea shops. She begins in Coniston, a village that has tackled everything from copper mining to hill farming and high-class Victorian tourism to the speed records of Donald Campbell. The northern areas of Morecambe Bay show her yet another astonishing and influential landscape before she returns to the Lake District and the village of Grasmere.
3. Royal Deeside
Aired 15 September 2015 • 45 min
Penelope travels through Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, exploring its considerable links to the royal family. She also goes gamekeeping and takes to the skies in a glider.
4. Sussex and Kent
Aired 22 September 2015 • 45 min
On a trip across the South Downs and The Weald, Penelope visits the Cuckfield Donkey races, Rudyard Kipling's home and a cricket bat maker.