Out Of Town - The Lost Episodes: Vol. 9 Fish Hooks

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For over 20 years Out Of Town was a television programme that provided a window on country life in rural Britain. Hundreds of programmes were broadcast by Southern Television but they were feared lost when the company lost its ITV franchise in 1981.

Apart from 28 episodes that were recreated by presenter Jack Hargreaves in 1986, using extracts from films used in the original TV programmes with new footage filmed by Jack, it was presumed that all other examples of the original Out Of Town series had been lost forever.

In 2012, after extensive research by Simon Baddeley, Simon Winters, and Southern Television archive expert David King, 34 complete original episodes of Out Of Town – not seen since their original broadcast in 1980 & 1981 - came to light and are now being made available on DVD by Delta.

Episode Twenty Nine

Fish Hooks: The factory of A.E. Partridge and Sons, of Redditch, is featured in this film about fish hooks.

Gardening - Earthworm Farm: Jack enjoys a rich harvest from the vegetables and plants in his garden and then demonstrates how to make an earthworm farm.

Episode Thirty

Southern fishing competition in Ireland: The Out Of Town cameras are in Cobh, in Ireland, for the final of the Southern Television Sea Angling Competition.

Rabbit catching: Jack goes rabbit hunting with a specially bred eight-month old warren dog.

Episode Thirty One

Observing the country: Jack is in a prime position to watch deer and other wildlife.

Working dog show: Terriers and lurchers are the centre of attraction at a show for working dogs.