TOWN with Nicholas Crane is a BBC

BBC

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 documentary

Television documentary

Documentary television is a genre of television programming that broadcasts documentaries.* Documentary television series, a television series which is made up of documentary episodes....

 series first broadcast on BBC Two

BBC Two

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 television in 2011. It covers various subjects about the history and development of four towns across Britain. The series is presented by presenter and geographer Nicholas Crane

Nicholas Crane

Nicholas Crane is an English geographer, explorer, writer and broadcaster. Since 2004, he has written and presented four notable television series for BBC Two: Coast, Great British Journeys, Map Man and Town....

. The show is a spin off of the TV series Coast

Coast (TV series)

Coast is a BBC documentary series first broadcast on BBC Two television in 2005. A second series started on 26 October 2006, a third in early 2007 and a fourth in mid-2009...

The four part series covers one town per hour long episode and it documents the benefits of society living in towns rather than larger cities.

Episodes

Episode	Title	Original airdate	Summary
1	"Ludlow Ludlow Ludlow is a market town in Shropshire, England close to the Welsh border and in the Welsh Marches. It lies within a bend of the River Teme, on its eastern bank, forming an area of and centred on a small hill. Atop this hill is the site of Ludlow Castle and the market place... "	28 Jul 2011	Nicholas sees the Shropshire town of Ludlow and the many treasures there are the remote town.
2	"Scarborough"	4 Aug 2011	Nicholas visits the Yorkshire town of Scarborough. He investigates the highs and lows of the holiday town.
3	"Perth"	11 Aug 2011	Nicholas discovers the Scottish town of Perth. He explains how the town wants to become a city visits the celebrations of 800 years of being a royal burgh Royal burgh A royal burgh was a type of Scottish burgh which had been founded by, or subsequently granted, a royal charter. Although abolished in 1975, the term is still used in many of the former burghs.... .
4	"Totnes Totnes Totnes is a market town and civil parish at the head of the estuary of the River Dart in Devon, England within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty... "	18 August 2011	Nicholas presents the town of Totnes in Devon and how it is a transition town.