Wales
Griff Rhys Jones's journey around the mountains of Britain brings him to Snowdonia in Wales. Tales of dragons, giants and King Arthur feature strongly in the local history.
Griff Rhys Jones returns to the land of his forefathers in the first of his series exploring the mountains of Britain.
According to Welsh legends, the mountains of Snowdonia were created by angry giants, inhabited by dragons and made battlegrounds by King Arthur. Now, the battle being fought isn't between legendary creatures but between mountains and man.
With a railway taking visitors to the summit of Snowdon, it would be easy to assume these hills have already been lost. But Griff discovers that the mountains continue to protect a fragile ecology despite the best efforts of us humans. This beautiful corner of Wales is the most southerly home of rare arctic plants and wild horses, whose ancestors have roamed Snowdonia for 2,000 years. Griff meets people who respect the mountains' fragility, including an extraordinary climber of the old slate quarries, entrepreneurs making paper from sheep droppings and a member of the 1953 Everest expedition, who began climbing long before millions of pairs of feet took the mountains for granted.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Griff Rhys Jones |
Executive Producer | Hamish Barbour |
Series Producer | Ian MacMillan |
Broadcasts
- Sun 26 Aug 2007 21:00
- Wed 14 Nov 2007 03:00
- Wed 4 Jun 2008 19:00成人快手 Two England, Wales (Analogue), Northern Ireland (Analogue) & Northern Ireland only
- Tue 17 Jun 2008 19:00成人快手 Two Scotland
- Sun 28 Sep 2008 17:10成人快手 HD
- Tue 17 May 2011 23:30成人快手 HD
- Fri 28 Oct 2011 18:00成人快手 HD
- Sat 29 Oct 2011 01:55成人快手 HD
- Thu 27 Mar 2014 07:20成人快手 Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
- Fri 6 Feb 2015 14:40成人快手 Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
- Tue 15 Mar 2016 15:55成人快手 Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
- Fri 24 Feb 2017 14:25成人快手 Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire