Penelope Keith's Hidden Villages

2014

Rating

Eligible

Season 3 episodes (4)

1 Cotswolds

9/21/16

Penelope visits Bibury, where she meets writer Jilly Cooper. She also takes in the home of William Morris, before attending the perfect village fete in Ebrington.

2 Argyll and Bute

9/28/16

Penelope experiences the most extreme village locations in the show so far, as she indulges her love of ferries, mountains and lochs visiting the remote communities of Argyll and Bute.

3 North Yorkshire

10/5/16

Penelope travels through dales, moors and rugged coastline. She visits Viking sword dances in Goathland and takes to the skies over Brompton-by-Sawdon.

4 Pembrokeshire

10/12/16

Penelope crosses the stunning peninsula of Pembrokeshire, visiting remote cliff-side and Welsh-speaking communities, tea rooms, and a venue for the World Series of cliff diving.

About this show

Cream teas; bunting; the local shop; thatched cottages swathed in roses and quaint church spires... It's not hard to conjure the perfect village from the imagination. But these places are for real. Having lived in the rural village of Milford in Surrey for nearly 40 years, award-winning actress Penelope Keith has a keen sense of what makes villages special. Journey with Penelope as she travels through Britain's charming villages to uncover what makes these places so unique and special.