An edition of the Tyne Tees Television rural life programme Up Country presented by Jessica Holm. In this edition a report on Eric Bird who takes a tour group of eager bird-watchers around Cresswell in Northumberland and South Shields. He is also an amateur filmmaker and produces and shows films to do with his love of birds. The second report looks at botanical illustrator Derek Hall who produces watercolour pictures from the plants growing inside Newcastle Universities botanical greenhouses...

An edition of the Tyne Tees Television rural life programme Up Country presented by Jessica Holm. In this edition a report on Eric Bird who takes a tour group of eager bird-watchers around Cresswell in Northumberland and South Shields. He is also an amateur filmmaker and produces and shows films to do with his love of birds. The second report looks at botanical illustrator Derek Hall who produces watercolour pictures from the plants growing inside Newcastle Universities botanical greenhouses for a book he is working on with David Bellamy. The third report is on the traditional rope makers of Outhwaite & Sons of Hawes in Upper Wensleydale. The final report looks at how the Sunderland and South Shields Water Company is using technology to measure the reactions in Rainbow Trout to determine the pollution levels in the River Wear. Credit: Presented by Jessica Holm Credit: Hoi Polloi Film and Video Credit: Camera Chris Sutcliffe, Andy Greenwood Credit: Sound Paul Gunn, Ron Gunn Credit: Electrician Bill Hughes Credit: Production Secretary Coreen Harvey Credit: Assistant VT Editor Alistair Batey Credit: Title Music Peter Johnson Credit: Editing facility Stonehills Studio Credit: Research Donna Heeps Credit: Associate Producer William Moult Credit: Executive Producer Chris Potter Credit: Videotape Editors Amanda Baxter Credit: Series Producer Charles Bowden End credit: Waterfront productions for Tyne Tees Television © MCMXCI