An edition of the Tyne Tees Television rural life programme Up Country presented by Jessica Holm. In this edition a report from Plankey Mill on the river Allen in Northumberland where Bill Tait, a local conservator, discusses his love of the Dipper which nests there. The second report from Hamsterley Forest in County Durham and a collaborative project between local bat conservators and the Forestry Commission to build more nest for the long-eared and whiskered bats. The third report from the...

An edition of the Tyne Tees Television rural life programme Up Country presented by Jessica Holm. In this edition a report from Plankey Mill on the river Allen in Northumberland where Bill Tait, a local conservator, discusses his love of the Dipper which nests there. The second report from Hamsterley Forest in County Durham and a collaborative project between local bat conservators and the Forestry Commission to build more nest for the long-eared and whiskered bats. The third report from the Washington Wildfowl wetland centre and working being done to protect and breed the Nene or Hawaiian Goose. The final report follows singer and comedian Mike Harding as he explores Pendragon Castle near Kirby Stephen in Cumbria, why this is a special place to him and the love of the countryside. Credit: Presented by Jessica Holm Credit: Hoi Polloi Film and Video Credit: Camera Chris Sutcliffe Credit: Sound Paul Gunn Credit: Lighting Bill Hughes Credit: Production Assistants Pauline Grant. Carole McKenzie Credit: Production Secretary Coreen Harvey Credit: Title Music Peter Johnson Credit VT Editors Amanda Baxter, Howard Beebe Credit: Assistant VT Editor Claire Storey Credit: Sound Postproduction George Joisce Credit: Research William Mount, Donna Heeps Credit: Executive Producer Chris Potter Credit: Director Simon Lawson Credit: Producer Charles Bowden End credit: Waterfront Productions for Tyne Tees Television © MCMXC