The Cotswolds with Pam Ayres

The poet sets off on a journey around the part of Britain she calls home - the Cotswolds. Along the way she visits some interesting locations and meets some of the local people.

Genre: Documentary

Cast:Pam Ayres , Adjoa Andoh , Alex James , Adam Henson , Toyah Willcox , King Charles III , Paul Martin , Anne Diamond , Raymond Blanc , Emma Weymouth , Lucy Benjamin , Steve Redgrave , Hamza Yassin , Alan Tweedy Digweed , Kuldip Singh Dhillon

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Episode #1.1

Fri, Sep 17, 2021

Pam starts off in the picturesque village of Bourton-on-the-Water. It's a place where the River Windrush flows through the centre of the village. She visits an antiques shop, a famous perfumery and meets Blur bassist Alex James.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Episode #1.2

Fri, Sep 24, 2021

In the second part of Pam's adventure through the Cotswolds, her journey starts in Wiltshire in the town of Bradford-on-Avon, as she takes to the water on a narrowboat.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Episode #1.3

Fri, Oct 1, 2021

Pam heads to the village of Toddington, where she hops aboard one of the locomotives of the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Episode #1.4

Fri, Oct 8, 2021

Pam starts with a walk in the Oxfordshire town of Burford. She's here to go behind the scenes at the Cotswold Wildlife Park, a place she's been visiting for decades.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Episode #2.1

Fri, Sep 2, 2022

As mid-summer approaches Pam's heading to one of Britain's most special places: Stonehenge. She has privileged private access to this ancient stone circle. Back in the Cotswolds, she visits Cheltenham's Pittville Pump Room.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Episode #2.2

Fri, Sep 16, 2022

Pam visits Highclere Castle, one of Britain's most recognisable stately homes and now better known to many as Downton Abbey. Pam calls in to Papa's fish and chip shop in the seaside resort town of Weston-super-Mare.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Episode #2.3

Fri, Sep 23, 2022

This time, Pam's journey starts just to the south of the Cotswolds at Longleat House. Pam helps to feed some of the newest and cutest residents of Longleat's Safari Park - endangered Koalas.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Episode #2.4

Fri, Sep 30, 2022

The poet heads to Stow-on-the Wold to meet antiques expert Paul Martin and also explores one of Britain's best-known arts and crafts gardens in the Cotswolds - Hidcote Manor Garden.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Episode #2.5

Fri, Oct 7, 2022

Pam heads to Highgrove Gardens, adjacent to the private residence of HRH The Prince of Wales, where she meets the heir to the throne himself. His Royal Highness gives her a tour of the gardens and explains how he planned them.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Episode #2.6

Fri, Oct 14, 2022

Pam visits Le Manoir Aux Quats Saisons, the hotel and Michelin starred restaurant in Oxfordshire owned by Raymond Blanc. She also visits the village of Asthall to learn about the Mitford sisters, Stratford-upon-Avon and Studeley Castle.