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John Craven's Best of Britain
As John Craven celebrates 50 years as a BBC presenter, on this – his 1,250th episode for Countryfile - he opens up a treasure trove of memories of some of his favourite parts of Britain. Each location evokes aspects of his life, his career and his passions: discovering a hidden treasure he never knew existed on his childhood doorstep in Yorkshire; indulging his love of verse with a trip to Cambridgeshire to find out more about John Clare, the peasant poet; and revealing his love of history on an ancient Scottish battlefield. And he has never forgotten the time he was roped up to the heady heights of the dark hedges in Northern Ireland.
Stars:
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![Lambing Special](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/seerUQeYZ8k3BffxPHafj1pQsKu.jpg)
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![Greensand Ridge](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/seerUQeYZ8k3BffxPHafj1pQsKu.jpg)
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![Hambleden Valley](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/seerUQeYZ8k3BffxPHafj1pQsKu.jpg)
![Nidderdale](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/seerUQeYZ8k3BffxPHafj1pQsKu.jpg)
![John Craven's Best of Britain](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/seerUQeYZ8k3BffxPHafj1pQsKu.jpg)
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![Llŷn Peninsula](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/seerUQeYZ8k3BffxPHafj1pQsKu.jpg)
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![County Down](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/seerUQeYZ8k3BffxPHafj1pQsKu.jpg)
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![Cumbria](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/seerUQeYZ8k3BffxPHafj1pQsKu.jpg)
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![Isle of Purbeck](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/seerUQeYZ8k3BffxPHafj1pQsKu.jpg)
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![Coniston](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/seerUQeYZ8k3BffxPHafj1pQsKu.jpg)
![Offa's Dyke Path](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/seerUQeYZ8k3BffxPHafj1pQsKu.jpg)
![Manifold Valley Agricultural Show](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/seerUQeYZ8k3BffxPHafj1pQsKu.jpg)
![Islands](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/seerUQeYZ8k3BffxPHafj1pQsKu.jpg)
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![One Man and His Dog 2021](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/seerUQeYZ8k3BffxPHafj1pQsKu.jpg)
![Cumbria](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/seerUQeYZ8k3BffxPHafj1pQsKu.jpg)
![Harvest Special](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/seerUQeYZ8k3BffxPHafj1pQsKu.jpg)
![Wild Britain](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/seerUQeYZ8k3BffxPHafj1pQsKu.jpg)
![Countryfile Ramble for BBC Children in Need 2021](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/seerUQeYZ8k3BffxPHafj1pQsKu.jpg)
![Newlyn](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/seerUQeYZ8k3BffxPHafj1pQsKu.jpg)
![Plant Britain](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/seerUQeYZ8k3BffxPHafj1pQsKu.jpg)
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![Compton Verney](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/seerUQeYZ8k3BffxPHafj1pQsKu.jpg)
![Kielder Forest](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/seerUQeYZ8k3BffxPHafj1pQsKu.jpg)
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