Walking with... (2019 TV series)

In each of the programmes the presenter walks through interesting scenery filming themself and their surroundings with a 360-degree camera on a selfie stick, and talking about the route and other matters. They record interviews with people they meet, and read one or two poems appropriate to their walk, but there is no other spoken voice-over commentary, as on-screen captions are used instead. The main captions appear on screen to show place names, the Ordnance Survey Grid referenceAmanda Owen walked from Bainbridge to Semer Water on BBC Four 29 November 2021, with Bainbridge listed onscreen with a grid reference of SD 93378 90367{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001226k|title=BBC Four - Winter Walks, Series 2, Amanda Owen|website=BBC}}{{Cite web|url=https://osmaps.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/route/714107/UK-Grid-Reference-Finder-Route|title=OS Maps: online mapping and walking, running and cycling routes|website=osmaps.ordnancesurvey.co.uk}}{{Cite web|url=https://gridreferencefinder.com/|title=Grid Reference Finder|website=gridreferencefinder.com}} points and distance travelled of the walker, with other information, describing points of interest, the time until sunset and facts from history,From Alastair Campbell's walk in the Yorkshire Dales on BBC Four 30 November 2021/1 December 2021: Langcliffe (OS Grid Ref: SD 82248 65015) has a fact about Scottish raiders destroying the village{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0012290|title=BBC Four - Winter Walks, Series 2, Alastair Campbell|website=BBC}} appearing at intervals along the walk, usually in smaller text at the bottom of the screen. There are clips of drone footage showing the walker in the landscape: their red rucksack makes them easily seen.

Cy Chadwick produced the series Yorkshire Walks for BBC Four and the northern regions in 2019, in which Bradford artist Shanaz Gulzar walked scenic paths in Yorkshire. The four episodes showed her walking from Leyburn to Bolton Castle,{{cite web |title=BBC Four - Yorkshire Walks, Series 1, Leyburn to Bolton Castle |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000brwb |website=BBC |access-date=11 December 2021}} Heptonstall to Stoodley Pike,{{cite web |title=BBC Four - Yorkshire Walks, Series 1, Heptonstall to Stoodley Pike |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000bs11 |website=BBC |access-date=11 December 2021}} Runswick Bay to Whitby,{{cite web |title=BBC Four - Yorkshire Walks, Series 1, Runswick Bay to Whitby |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000brtk |website=BBC |access-date=11 December 2021}} and Bolton Abbey to Simon's Seat.{{cite web |title=BBC Four - Yorkshire Walks, Series 1, Bolton Abbey to Simon's Seat |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000brvk |website=BBC |access-date=11 December 2021}}

{{cite web |title=Artist Shanaz Gulzar introduces her favourite Yorkshire walks in a new series for BBC Four |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2019/yorkshire-walks |website=www.bbc.co.uk |publisher=BBC |access-date=25 March 2021 |date=15 November 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Gordon |first1=Maxine |title=New BBC show on Yorkshire walks |url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/18039384.new-bbc-show-yorkshire-walks/ |access-date=25 March 2021 |work=York Press |date=16 November 2019 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Gulzar |first1=Shanaz |title=Stepping out as lockdown lifts |url=https://www.yorkshire.com/inspiration/features/stepping-out-as-lockdown-lifts |access-date=11 December 2021 |work=Welcome to Yorkshire |date=2020}} The four episodes were all first broadcast at the same time in the BBC's northern regions starting on 25 November 2019 (as part of BBC One's regional opt-out slot at 7pm), before being repeated nationally on BBC Four the first week in December 2019. Since then the series has been repeated nationally on both BBC Two and BBC Four, with the northern regions last repeating their episodes as part of BBC One's schedule opt-outs on 20 July 2021 at 8:30pm.

Filming shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, Chadwick made the series Winter Walks for BBC England and its five episodes were broadcast in January 2021 on BBC Four. This used the same filming technique but a different walker for each episode. Selina Scott walked in Wharfedale;{{cite web |title=BBC Four - Winter Walks, Series 1, Selina Scott |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000qfrw |website=BBC |access-date=11 December 2021}} poet Simon Armitage walked on the Yorkshire Coast near Robin Hood's Bay;{{cite web |title=BBC Four - Winter Walks, Series 1, Simon Armitage |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000qd6r |website=BBC |access-date=11 December 2021}} Lemn Sissay walked in Dentdale towards England's highest railway station;{{cite web |title=BBC Four - Winter Walks, Series 1, Lemn Sissay |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000qftx |website=BBC |access-date=11 December 2021}} Baroness Sayeeda Warsi walked near Kettlewell;{{cite web |title=BBC Four - Winter Walks, Series 1, Baroness Sayeeda Warsi |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000qzmy |website=BBC |access-date=11 December 2021}} the Reverend Richard Coles walked from Sutton Bank to Rievaulx Abbey.{{cite web |title=BBC Four - Winter Walks, Series 1, Richard Coles |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000qfw1 |website=BBC |access-date=11 December 2021}}{{cite web |title=BBC England series Winter Walks comes to BBC Four |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2020/winter-walks-comes-to-bbc-four |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=25 March 2021 |date=8 December 2020}}{{cite web |title=Winter Walks: Episodes |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000qd6w/episodes/guide |website=www.bbc.co.uk |publisher=BBC Four |access-date=25 March 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Cooke |first1=Rachel |title=Like Dickens, we're learning the value of plodding through our frigid streets |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/02/like-dickens-were-learning-the-value-of-plodding-through-our-frigid-streets |access-date=26 March 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=2 January 2021 |language=en}} The choice of many of the walkers ties in with the format of the series, as each contributor has poetry to read (used over drone footage) and as many of the walkers' routes pass sites of religious importance.

A second series was broadcast in November and December 2021, with four episodes.{{cite news |last1=Meek |first1=Natasha |title=BBC Winter Walks walking routes and full line-up revealed |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/19748750.bbc-winter-walks-walking-routes-full-line-up-revealed/ |access-date=11 December 2021 |work=The Northern Echo |date=29 November 2021 |language=en}} Amanda Owen walked in Wensleydale and Raydale;{{cite web |title=BBC Four - Winter Walks, Series 2, Amanda Owen |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001226k |website=BBC |access-date=11 December 2021}} Alastair Campbell walked near Settle, starting at Scaleber Force;{{cite web |title=BBC Four - Winter Walks, Series 2, Alastair Campbell |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0012290 |website=BBC |access-date=11 December 2021}} Reverend Kate Bottley walked from Jervaulx Abbey to Middleham Castle along Wensleydale{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00122hp|title=BBC Four - Winter Walks, Series 2, Kate Bottley|website=BBC}} and Coverdale; and Nihal Arthanayake walked from Arnside, over Arnside Knott, to Jenny Brown's Point near Silverdale.{{cite web |title=Winter Walks |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000qd6w/episodes/player |website=BBC Four |access-date=6 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206235904/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000qd6w/episodes/player |archive-date=6 December 2021}}

Winter Walks is also broadcast on BBC One as part of the BBC's commitment to regional programming with all four programmes from series two being broadcast at the same time beginning on 8 December 2021{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000qd6w/broadcasts/upcoming|title=BBC Four - Winter Walks - Next on|website=BBC}}Radio Times for the North, page 90 (BBC One listings), 4–10 December 2021 issue in Northern regions with, for example, Nihal Arthanayake's{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00122hx|title=BBC Four - Winter Walks, Series 2, Nihal Arthanayake|website=BBC}} walk being shown on BBC One North West and Alastair Campbell's snow-covered walk going out in the main Yorkshire region.

Prior to the second series of Winter Walks, a summer series called Walking with...{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001111l/episodes/player|title=BBC One - Walking With... - Available now|website=BBC}} was developed for the regions, with all the episodes going out regionally starting on 27 October 2021, before being repeated weekly on BBC Two in late 2021. The walkers with the camera stick in series 1 were:

• Walking with Jim Moir (BBC One South East) Moir, the comedian also known as Vic Reeves, explores the shingle peninsula of Dungeness.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00111n6|title=BBC One - Walking With..., Series 1, Walking with Jim Moir|website=BBC}}
• Walking with Kate Garraway (BBC One West) A walk through the Cotswolds{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00111q6|title=BBC One - Walking With..., Series 1, Walking with Kate Garraway|website=BBC}}
• Walking with Monica Galetti (BBC One Yorks & Lincs) Rosedale and Farndale in the North York Moors.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00111gr|title=BBC One - Walking With..., Series 1, Walking with Monica Galetti|website=BBC}}
• Walking with Nick Grimshaw (BBC One North East & Cumbria) Grimshaw walks through Warkworth and Amble in Northumberland.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00111h4|title=BBC One - Walking With..., Series 1, Walking with Nick Grimshaw|website=BBC}}
• Walking with Shappi Khorsandi (BBC One East Midlands) Walking through Tideswell and Miller's Dale before walking along the Monsal Trail.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001111j|title=BBC One - Walking With..., Series 1, Walking with Shappi Khorsandi|website=BBC}}
• Walking with Steph McGovern (BBC One Yorkshire) From Foxup to Arncliffe in the valley of Littondale.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00111m9|title=BBC One - Walking With..., Series 1, Walking with Steph McGovern|website=BBC}}

Chris Packham: The Walk That Made Me was a special hour-long version of the format with naturalist Chris Packham walking along the River Itchen in Hampshire towards Winchester Cathedral. The programme was first broadcast as a regional variation for people living in Oxfordshire and the south on BBC One, 9 July 2021, before being shown nationwide on BBC Two on 28 July 2021 (with further repeats on BBC Two in early August).{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000xqgp|title=BBC One - Chris Packham: The Walk That Made Me|website=BBC}}

Paul Merson: A Walk Through My Life{{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=Anita |title=A heartwarming walk with Paul Merson as he trades in booze for birdsong |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/heartwarming-walk-paul-merson-trades-booze-birdsong/ |access-date=25 July 2022 |work=The Telegraph |date=5 May 2022}} is the second extended version of the Winter Walks{{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=Anita |title=Winter Walks, review: Amanda Owen's solo hike was restorative TV – if only it had a bit more peace and quiet |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2021/11/29/winter-walks-review-amanda-owens-solo-hike-restorative-tv/ |access-date=25 July 2022 |work=The Telegraph |date=29 November 2021}} format that the BBC has produced, with the former Arsenal and England footballer Paul Merson walking through the North York Moors.{{cite news |title=Paul Merson: A Walk Through My Life |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-xsejm1/paul-merson-a-walk-through-my-life/ |access-date=25 July 2022 |work=Radio Times |date=2022 |language=en}} The hour long programme debuted on BBC Two on 5 May 2022{{cite news |title=Paul Merson - A Walk Through My Life |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00170xj |access-date=25 July 2022 |work=BBC Two |date=2022}} and got a regional broadcast slot on BBC One North East & Cumbria on 24 July 2022.

In February 2023, a new series of BBC Four's ...Walks format was broadcast, this time with the season shifted to Spring.{{Cite news |last=Jeffries |first=Stuart |date=2023-02-06 |title=Spring Walks review – not even a trampolining goat can save this feelbad TV |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/feb/06/spring-walks-review-not-even-a-trampolining-goat-can-save-this-feelbad-tv |access-date=2023-02-15 |issn=0261-3077}} Even though it was listed as a four-part series by BBC iPlayer,{{Cite web |title=BBC Four - Spring Walks - Episode guide |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001hyrl/episodes/guide |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}} only two new episodes of Springs Walks were scheduled for the week beginning 6 February 2023,{{Cite web |title=BBC Four - Schedules |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl6b |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=BBC Four - Schedules, Monday 6 February 2023 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl6b/2023/02/06 |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}} with Dragons’ Den regular Sara Davies walking around Healey and the Swinton Estate in North Yorkshire,{{Cite web |title=BBC Four - Spring Walks, Series 1, Sara Davies |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001hyrj |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}} and actress and comedian Nina Wadia walking through Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales.{{Cite web |title=BBC Four - Spring Walks, Series 1, Nina Wadia |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001hys1 |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}} Instead of a third episode being scheduled for 8 February 2023,{{Cite web |title=BBC Four - Schedules, Wednesday 8 February 2023 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl6b/2023/02/08 |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}} BBC Four repeated Walking With...Steph McGovern instead,{{Cite web |title=BBC One - Walking With..., Series 1, Steph McGovern |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00111m9 |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}} with Bob Ross' The Joy of Painting{{Cite web |title=BBC Four - The Joy of Painting, Series 1, Winter Barn |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000j45j |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=BBC Four - Schedules, Thursday 9 February 2023 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl6b/2023/02/09 |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}} taking over the 7.30pm slot on the channel from 9 February 2023.

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• {{IMDb title|11337810|title=Yorkshire Walks}}
• {{IMDb title|13976848|title=Winter Walks}}
• {{IMDb title|16252162|title=Walking with...}}

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