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Celia Fiennes' Great Journey

Nicholas Crane attempts to follow in the footsteps of 17th-century explorer Celia Fiennes to the very top of the great precipice at Blackstone Edge.

Nicholas Crane attempts to follow in the footsteps of 17th-century explorer Celia Fiennes to the very top of the great precipice at Blackstone Edge. An acute observer, Fiennes was fascinated by anything new. Country houses, hospitals and spas: the emergence of all these spelled out the march of progress that she thought made England great.

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Sun 2 May 201016:15
BBC HD

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PresenterNicholas Crane

Broadcasts

  • Tue 28 Aug 200720:00
    BBC Two except East & Yorkshire
  • Sat 1 Sep 200716:55
    BBC Two England, Northern Ireland (Analogue), Northern Ireland & Scotland only
  • Wed 7 Nov 200704:00
    BBC One
  • Sun 2 May 201016:15
    BBC HD