Synopsis

In a journeyfrom the source of the Thames in the Cotswolds to the Goring Gap in Oxfordshire, Patrick Wright explores the conflict between the traditional idyll of pastoral England and the harsher modem realities of machinery, railways and nuclear power.

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01: Estuary: In Search of an Afterlife | The River

BBC Two | 1999 | 48'51''

Patrick Wright takes a four-part voyage down the 210-mile course of the River Thames, looking at it through the eyes of pe...

03: From Henley to Eel Pie Island | The River

BBC Two | 1999 | 48'38''

The third leg of Patrick Wright 's journey down the Thames takes him through a stretch of the river transformed by the advent i...

04: Delivering the Kingdom | The River

BBC Two | 1999 | 48'08''

On the last leg of his voyage down the Thames, Patrick Wright reflects upon its associations with political matters since Civil War da...