This BBC TV series 'A Picture of Britain' presented by David Dimbleby is a masterpiece.Through the six-part series Dimbleby shows how the british landscape has influenced painters, poets, novelists and composers over the years. He takes us to see Wordsworth's daffodils at the lake district, the barren landscape of Haworth Moor reflecting Heathcliff's anguish in the Wuthering Heights, the cliffs of Dover that inspired Turner to paint his war-torn seascapes and the blissful flatlands of Suffolk painted by Constable.
The series combines two of my loves- landscape paintings of the impressionist era and travel. I have wanted to own the DVDs ever since I first watched the programme on TV. As the photo shows, I now have my own copy! I watched the part on the romantic north (the lake district and the Yorkshire dales) this morning. I couldn't have asked for a better start to this bank holiday weekend!
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