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TV tie-in to the BBC2 series Wainwright; the man who loved the lakes, about the famous fellwalker and guide book author. Ties into 6 X 45 minute primetime BBC series broadcast June 2007 Wainwright's original guide's have sold over a million copies The series has already been proved to be a huge critical and ratings success when it broadcast on BBC4 in March, BBC2 transmission will bring it to an even bigger audience Trails after the series will be seen by millions Coast and British Isles; A Natural History have shown that books that celebrate our landscape are hugely popular Walking is the UKs most popular outdoor activity and Wainwright the best known guide book author. Like Coast, the book is a celebration of the British landscape, specifically the Lake District, and it tells the remarkable story of Alfred Wainwright who in 1952 decided to hand draw a series of guides to the fells of Lakeland. For the next 13 years he spent every weekend walking, and every weekday evening drawing and writingcompleting one page per night. The result was Wainwright's Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells. Although initially self published they have now sold over a million copies and are still popu
- Author
- Martin (author) Wainwright
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781846072949
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