Peter Tinniswood in Morecambe Bay and Leighton Moss

Playwright Peter Tinniswood explores the winter wildlife at the RSPB bird reserve on the Lancashire coast.

Down Your Way was one of the BBC's longest-running radio series - starting on the BBC Home Service in 1946 and ending its run on BBC Radio 4 in 1992. Using a variety of hosts, including Richard Dimbleby and Brian Johnston, the programme toured villages, towns and cities across the UK. At the height of its success in the 1950s, the series was attracting 10 million listeners a week.

Playwright Peter Tinniswood continued a prolific writing career until his death in 2003, from cancer, aged 66.

Producer: Jim Marshall.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1990.