The Landscapes of Don McCullin

Sir Don McCullin, photographer and 'sky stalker', talks to Mariella Frostrup about the landscape surrounding his Somerset house.

McCullin's best known as a star photojournalist of the 1960s and 1970s, but he's also been photographing the Somerset fields for more than three decades.

In this special programme, he tells Mariella Frostrup why.

'I was ready for the English landscape - it became my psychiatrist's chair. Having spent the last sixty years covering wars and tragedies, watching people being murdered and starving to death, I needed to save myself.'

A revealing and intimate programme recorded entirely on location, featuring the sites he adores and rare access to his darkroom to discuss that burnt and brooding technique.

Producer: Miles Warde

A BBC Bristol production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2017.