Countryfile – A Picture of Britain: A Stunning Collection of Viewers’ Photography

ISBN-13: 9780008254988 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 256 str.

Matt Baker

Opis

A unique, all-encompassing view of rural Britain, based on the celebrated, long-running BBC TV series. This beautifully illustrated book provides a month-by-month guide to everything that is happening in the natural world around us. Not only do we discover the most interesting birds, wild flowers or trees at any given time, we also find out what is happening in the fields, or on the shore, or in the rivers and lakes throughout the year. This gives us a complete understanding of the mechanics of the modern British countryside - from two-crop rotation of potatoes to the flooding risks in lowland Britain, from the explosion of invasive signal crayfish to the collapse of Britain's farmland bird populations. All of this is explained in the signature matter-of-fact way made famous by the series and illustrated with glorious colour photographs throughout which show exactly what you will come across during your countryside visit - whether you are at the southern tip of the Scilly Isles or in the far north of the Shetland Islands, and everywhere in-between.

Recenzje

'Beautiful' East Anglian Daily Times

O autorze

John Craven was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire and started his journalistic career as a junior reporter on the Harrogate Advertiser. He first hit TV screens in his psychedelic shirts and jumpers presenting a children's talk show called Search, in which enthusiastic youngsters aired their views. Then followed John Craven's Newsround, the world's first news bulletin for children, though millions of adults watched as well.
In 1989, Jon made the move away from children's TV and began to present Countryfile, tackling rural and farming stories from foot-and-mouth disease to the ban on fox hunting. Still reporting from the countryside after 50 years in television, John has been awarded an OBE for services to rural and children's broadcasting.

Matt Baker has been a presenter on Countryfile since 2009. He grew up, from the age of 10, on a farm in Country Durham. He has also been a presenter on Blue Peter and The One Show. He now lives in Buckinghamshire.