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.

Out Of Town - The Lost Episodes: Vol. 8 Pigeons

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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 Six

Pigeons: Jack is in an open field of barley stubble to control the wood pigeon population.

Fishing For Next To Nothing: Jack uses tackle, that cost him next to nothing, when he fishes at the height of summer.

Episode Twenty Seven

Fishing For Minnows: David Boag searches for minnows in the Dorset Stour to feed rescued baby kingfishers.

Kingfishers: David watches kingfishers in their natural habitat.  Corn flail: Jack Bird threshes corn with a flail.

Episode Twenty Eight

Summer Fishing:  Jack takes advantage of a warm summer’s day to enjoy fishing in a river, reflecting the seasonal conditions.

Village Fair: £20 is at stake for the winner of the “Guess the weight of the Steer” competition at Jack’s local village fair.

Out Of Town - The Lost Episodes: Vol. 7 Blackmore Vale

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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 Three

Blackmore Vale: Jack is in the valley of the River Stour, below Blackmore Vale, made famous by Thomas Hardy.

Breeding Lurchers: Former trials racing motorcyclist, Ginger French, shows the collection of lurchers he’s bred.

Episode Twenty Four

Annual Agricultural Show: Horse-drawn trade carts are the centre of attraction at this agricultural show. 

Pheasant Shooting: Octagenarian Percy Stanbury watches a pheasant shoot on the edge of Salisbury Plain.

Episode Twenty Five

Old Railway Line: Jack explores the path of a long, disused railway track that has turned into a new habitat for wild plants.

Cloudburst At The Agricultural Show: The Out Of Town cameras visit the New Forest Show, and even a cloudburst cannot spoil the fun.

Out Of Town

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Take a stroll down memory lane with this series of Out Of Town programmes presented by Jack Hargreaves. Let Jack be your guide to a bygone era as he looks at the skills and lifestyles of the British countryside of 30 years ago. In his own unique, easy going style, Jack introduces country crafts and pursuits, animal husbandry, fly and coarse fishing, gypsy fairs, hobbies, nature and a way of life with a depth of knowledge rarely equalled. Fishermen and farriers, horsemen and horticulturists were all featured as Jack took the Southern Television cameras around the country to explore pursuits and activities which have become a nostalgic historical record of life in Britain from a past generation.

Out of Town ended in 1981 when Southern Television lost its ITV franchise. In 1986, working with Steve Wade, and using extracts from original location films by cameraman Stan Bréhaut, Jack added a new commentary for 28 “programmes” to be re created. New footage, presented by Jack and filmed in his shed at his home - Raven Cottage near Belchalwell in Dorset - was also filmed.

Volume One

Episode One Appleby Fair · Ramming time • Episode Two New Forest point-to-point · Apple grafting • Episode Three Kingfishers · Model carts

Volume Two

Episode Four Sheep shearing · Sea bream • Episode Five Sweetheart story · Tyring a cart • Episode Six A farm sale · Fishing in a gale · Forest fire

Volume Three

Episode Seven Market day · Minnow trap · Lobster boat • Episode Eight Iron ponds · Lobster breeding • Episode Nine Romney March · Pumpkins

Volume Four

Episode Ten Lambing · Mayfly • Episode Eleven Mole catcher · High school horse/rider • Episode Twelve Rake maker · Stagecoach

Out Of Town - The Lost Episodes - Vol. 6 - Sheep Dogs

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Episode Twenty 

Sheep Dogs: Jack heads to Tregaron, in Wales, on a bitterly cold day to visit a sheep dog sale.

Guns: Eastleigh is Jack’s destination in this programme where he meets Dai Brooks, an expert on guns from the American West.

Episode Twenty One

Multiplier Reel Casting: Jack discusses the mechanics of a multiplier reel before Les Baldry and his friends practice their casting techniques in the unlikely setting of a school playing field.

Hounds: Jack visits Podimore in Somerset to see why basset hounds have been successfully used as hunting dogs for generations.

Episode Twenty Two 

Corn Threshing: The Out Of Town cameras are at a farm in Hampshire where the local young farmers’ club members demonstrate generations-old methods of corn threshing.

Eden Vale: Local knowledge is the key to success when a trout fisherman wades into action in the waters of the Eden Vale.

Out Of Town - The Lost Episodes - Vol. 5 - Pony Riding

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Episode Seventeen

Pony Riding: Junior performance ponies of the New Forest take part in a competition, and sons of sheikhs in the Persian Gulf take a riding lesson to continue the Arab tradition of horsemanship.

Next Generation: A clockmaker and a lacemaker demonstrate their skills and Jack fishes near a wreck in Poole Harbour for conger, ling and pollock.

Wild & Cottage Gardens: Jacks visits wild and cottage gardens.

Sheep fair: The ballroom of a Bournemouth hotel hosts a chicken show before Jack moves on to the Great Wilton sheep fair.

Barbel: For only the second time in 21 years the Out Of Town cameras capture a barbel being caught.

Episode Eighteen

Pannage: Jack is in the woodland to watch pigs lead their natural lives at pannage time.

Dry Fly Fishing On The River Test: The chalk water of the River Test is the scene for Jack’s dry fly fishing trip.

Episode Nineteen

Wheels: Jack visits a village wheelwright to collect his restored Hampshire strawberry wagon.

Grayling Fishing: The River Kennet is the location for this film which examines the grayling, a relative of the trout.

Out Of Town - The Lost Episodes - Vol. 4 - Into The Past At Appleby Fair

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Episode Thirteen

Into The Past At Appleby Fair: Jack arrives at the Appleby Old Time Show, in Cumbria, on a gig drawn by dales cross ponies, then enjoys demonstrations of some old country crafts.

Private Rivers: A Dorset country boy - rocker Greg Lake - fishes with Jack in a chalk stream in summer.

Episode Fourteen

Fishing For Barbel: After looking at some wooden fish sculptors, Jack goes barbel fishing with the Ringwood Anglers’ Club on the Lower Hampshire Avon.

Ferrets: Jack visits a colony of ferrets in a ferret court before taking them on a rabbiting expedition.

Episode Fifteen

Pigeon Decoy: Jack is given a demonstration of an ingenious device, invented by Tommy Grace, to be used in pigeon shooting.

Fishing With A Dog Knobbler:  Jack explores the history of artificial minnows and the contemporary minnow flies.

Episode Sixteen

Freeze Branding: Jack takes a look at how frozen carbon dioxide gas (dry ice) was introduced to brand horses.

Perch Fishing: Jack is at Dave Swallow’s side as he enjoys a perch fishing session.

Out Of Town With Jack Hargreaves: The Lost Episodes

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The 34 charming programmes in this collection of ten DVDs are presented as they were originally broadcast three decades ago, and provide ample evidence of why the enchanting charm of Out Of Town have endured for so many people for so many years.

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.

Over twenty eight hours (including bonus features) of Out Of Town are presented on these ten DVDs. Only edited versions of some of the location films that are included have been seen on DVD – featured in the 28 programmes produced in 1986 - but the significant part of them are being presented in their original form for the first time since they were broadcast three decades ago.

The discovery of these programmes ensures that Jack’s legacy on screen is preserved and that the unsentimental charm of Out Of Town will live on for future generations.

Each of the DVDs in this collection has a bonus feature which allows the viewer to see the unedited versions of the Out Of Town episodes in their original broadcast format, including the off screen countdown clock with comments from production staff and an occasional remark from Jack Hargreaves.

Out Of Town - The Lost Episodes - Vol. 3 - Heavy Horses

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Episode Nine:

Heavy horses: Jack is in Burton Bradstock, West Dorset, to see the mane of a heavy horse dressed.

Fly fishing in June: Jack is out, at the beginning of June, to see the mayfly rising.

Episode Ten:

Gypsy caravans: The work of a showman painter is explored as Jack visits the off-season home of a winter circus.

Fishing for pollock: Jack is with the anglers of Poole when they bring back 60 pollock from a fishing trip.

Episode Eleven:

21st anniversary programme: Jack reflects on the longevity of the series. He enjoys film clips of skate fishing with The “Ton Up” Club and watches steam traction engines, hunting with spaniels, and more.

Episode Twelve:

Sheep farming: Jack joins a mobile sheep dipping and shearing unit as they carry out their expert work.

Bite indicators: Jack takes his cameras to the River Stour to fish using some ingenious bite indicators.

Out Of Town - The Lost Episodes - Vol. 2 - Gean Tree Furniture

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Episode Five:

Gean tree furniture: Jack takes his cameras to study crab apple, blackthorn, wayfarer, sycamore and gean (black cherry) trees.

Southern Television Sea Angling Championships: Actor Michael Hordern joins Jack on a trip to Islay, in Scotland, for the final of the Southern Television Sea Angling Championships.

Episode Six:

Garden competition: Jack is on the road to view the entrants in a garden competition.

Dry fly fishing: Jack discusses animal husbandry before presenting a film on dry fly fishing on chalk and limestone rivers.

Episode Seven:

Model making: Jack takes a look at a collection of model horse-drawn vehicles.

Teaching fly fishing techniques: Jack makes a comparison between the techniques involved in fly fishing and golf.

Episode Eight:

The theft of the countryside: Jack reflects on changes in the countryside and walks the path of an old sheep track.

Fell ponies: Jack heads north to take a close look at fell ponies.

Out Of Town - The Lost Episodes - Vol. 1 - Coarse Fishing

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Episode One:

Coarse fishing: It’s the last day of the coarse fishing season and Jack is on a mission to land a big roach.

Yerro’s operation: Jack hires a veterinary team to deal with his noisy mule, Yerro. After a tricky operation, expertly carried out by Salisbury vet Mr Burgess, Yerro is back on his feet and Jack is happy with his mule.

Episode Two:

A river for all seasons: It’s April 19th, when the cuckoo arrives in the south of England and Jack watches as grubs turn into flies. Meanwhile, salmon fisherman Tom Williams lands a beauty.

Bass fishing: A young starling visits Jack in the middle of the ocean when he goes on a bass fishing trip with the boys from Herne Bay.

Episode Three:

Pebbles: Jack reflects on the age of a worn pebble rock found at the top of Southampton Water.

Tidal mill: Jack goes inside Eling tidal mill, near Southampton, to see the miller in action and is then back in the studio to put together his grandfather’s 18th century gun.

Episode Four:

Chalk hills and chalk springs: Chalk water provides the perfect environment for one of Jack’s fishing trips.

Stagecoach: A cowboy comes to the New Forest and teams local pinto horses with an imported western stagecoach.

Out Of Town with Jack Hargreaves on DVD

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Take a stroll down memory lane with this series of Out of Town programmes presented by Jack Hargreaves. Let Jack be your guide to a bygone era as he looks at the skills and lifestyles of the British countryside of 30 years ago. In his own unique easy going style, Jack introduces country crafts and pursuits, animal husbandry, fly and coarse fishing, gypsy fairs, hobbies, nature and a way of life with a depth of knowledge rarely equalled.

Out of Town 10 DVD box set to be released this year

In a follow up to the previous release regarding 34 unreleased episodes of Out of Town with Jack Hargreaves, Delta are pleased to announce that a 10 DVD boxset  featuring 28 Episodes will be released later this year.

These DVDs feature some of the original location footage used in those broadcast programmes with specially filmed links which were created by Jack near his home in 1986.  This is an opportunity to re-visit the series that explores the countryside, and to learn about country life from a countryman’s point of view.

"Jack Hargreaves was my stepfather and it is my duty, and pleasure, to hold the  responsibility of keeping Jack’s work alive for this, and future generations to enjoy.

Of all the things that Jack did in a long career in broadcasting, he is perhaps best known for his work on the Out Of Town series which was broadcast by Southern Television between 1963 and 1981. "

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Delta would welcome the views of those with an interest in the release of these episodes on DVD and Delta can be contacted at: outoftown@deltaleisuregroup.co.uk

Out of Town with Jack Hargreaves

The Delta Leisure Group has announced that it has secured the DVD and digital rights to 34 episodes of Out of Town with Jack Hargreaves which have never previously been made available for release on video or DVD.

The episodes have recently come to light thanks to the work of David King, Simon Baddeley, Simon Winters & Kaleidoscope, and are expected to be released by Delta towards the end of this year. DVD rights were acquired from Endemol Worldwide Distribution.

The episodes, from 1980 & 1981, are the original TV broadcast  programmes, as made by Southern Television.


They feature the following location films:

Course Fishing/Donkey Vet

A River For All Seasons

Pebbles/Eling Tide Mill

Chalk Hills & Chalk Springs/Stagecoach

Gean Tree Furniture/Fly Fishing

Garden Competition/Bulls & Countryside

Model Making/Fly Fishing

The Theft Of The Countryside/Ponies

Heavy Horses/Fly Fishing

Gypsy Caravan/Sea Fishing

21st Anniversary Programme

Sheep Farming/Bite Indicators

Into The Past/Private Rivers

Wood Sculptor/Ferrets

Pigeons/Fly Fishing

Pony & Horse Branding/Perch Fishing

Pony Riding/Next

Generation/Gardens/Sheep

Pigs/Dry Fly Fishing

Wheels/Grayling Fishing

Sheep Dogs/Guns

Multiplier Reel Casting/Hounds

Growing Corn/Eden Vale

Blackmore Vale/Dog Breeding

Annual Agricultural Show/Pheasant Hunting

Old Railway Line/Annual Agricultural Shows

Pigeons/Fishing

Fishing/Kingfishers/Corn

Fishing/Village Fair

Fish Hooks/Gardening

Southern Fishing Competition/Rabbit Catching

Observing The Country/Dog Show

Saving The Countryside/Going to Market

Sheep Farming/Fishing

Parsonage Down/First English Culture

Delta will announce more details for their release plans at a later date.

Delta would welcome the views of those with an interest in the release of these episodes on DVD and Delta can be contacted at: outoftown@deltaleisuregroup.co.uk