Dorset: Country and Coast

Experience the wonder of finding a 200-million-year-old fossil on the beach at Lyme Regis, and marvel at the luscious gardens of Mapperton House.

We visit the Isle of Purbeck; Sherborne's oldest working bakery; and 18-mile-long Chesil Beach with its oyster farm. And at Sherborne Abbey, bell ringers practice for the Coronation.

This episode features Weymouth with its beautiful golden beaches and historic harbour, where we visit the town's oldest ice cream parlour, Bennetts Water Gardens and Abbotsbury Swannery.

Visiting Dorchester, steeped in history and renowned as the home of Thomas Hardy, then refreshments at the Tea House, and on to Sherborne Castle for the Country Fair and Rare Breeds Show.

This episode takes in the Gold Hill Cheese Race, Dorset's rich and varied wildlife, including the native Spiny seahorse, a stylish afternoon tea on the water, and luxury treehouses.

With miniature steam engines in Poole Quay, a visit to one of Bournemouth's last family-run hotels, and the ancient chalk giant cut into the hillside at Cerne Abbas.