Talking the Walk and Beyond the Complete Works
Talking the Walk
Every town in Shakespeare Country has its beautiful architecture, its stock of tall stories its characters both past and present, some famous, some infamous, and every one of them is steeped in the history that changed the world forever, there are tales of ghosts and of course there is also the gossip. These are the components that make up each Shakespeare Country 'Talking the Walk' podcast and the sort of things you may never ever have discovered with just a map and a guide book in your hand.
'Talking the Walk' is perfect to download in advance of your visit, to use as an audio guide whilst you walk the physical route or it can take you there in your imagination with a spot of armchair tourism direct from your computer now. Alternatively you can download a walk to listen to on your portable player at your leisure, en route to the town or while you walk around it. Enjoy.
Shipston-on-Stour
Download a walking tour of Shipston-on-Stour (17Mb) and hear about the history of this picturesque market town.
Southam
Download a walking tour of Southam (13Mb) and hear about the towns history including its Holy Well which has recently been restored.
Warwick
An historical walking tour of Warwick (14Mb) including St Nicholas Park, St Mary's Church, Lord Leycester Hospital and Hill Close Gardens.
Warwick - the county town of Warwickshire in the heart of England - is well known for its fabulous castle but there's much more to the town than that and visitors will be missing out if they don't venture outside its mighty walls.
Much of the Tudor part of the town was destroyed by a catastrophic fire at the end of the 17th century and what grew from the ashes was a delightful Georgian town.
But the tomb of Queen Elizabeth's favourite Robert Dudley survived and what about the run away tram!
Join Warwick's Town Crier, Graham Sutherland, his wife Mo (both Blue Badge Guides) who take us on a walk around this lovely town and get a local's eye view!
Beyond the Complete Works
'Beyond the Complete Works' (4Mb) free downloadable podcast takes a looks back at the most successful year in the history of the Royal Shakespeare Company - The Royal Shakespeare Theatre and the Complete Work's Festival is a stunning award winning performance of every single play William Shakespeare had ever published performed within a single year on stage in and around Stratford-upon-Avon, London and many other venues across the Globe for the first time in history has such a feat been undertaken.
'Beyond the Complete Works' podcast takes you behind, through and beyond the Complete Works Festival to discover more about the massive £113million re-development plans for a new Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of the great bard himself. The Royal Shakespeare Theatre's Artistic Director, the Festival Director and the people of Stratford-upon-Avon talk about what Shakespeare's Stratford means to them. Exhilarating.
Compton Verney
Lancelot Capability Brown laid out the grounds of Compton Verney (14Mb) a grade one listed mansion house in the heart of Warwickshire not far from Stratford Upon Avon. This Talking the Walk takes us on a stroll round the lake to the Ha Ha and beyond with John Schumann - the head groundsman who took over from his father 30 years ago - and historian John Phibbs, who has made a particular study of Capability Brown's work. When you've done the walk why not visit the house which is now an art gallery housing the Peter Moores Foundation collection.