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Season 2, 8 episodes

Episode 1: Bartholomew's Cycling Map of England and Wales (1896-1903)
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- Sep 5, 2005
Journeys around Britain using historic maps as a guide. Nicholas Crane starts by investigating the work of Victorian cartographer John Bartholomew, who capitalised on the popularity of cycling in the 1880s with his series of maps charting the best routes, and retraces his guide to the Lake District.
Episode 2: Timothy Pont's Maps of Scotland (c1583)
- Sep 12, 2005
Nicholas Crane retraces the steps of 16th-century cartographer Timothy Pont, who marked out the first detailed maps of Scotland. At that time, this was a dangerous task since wild wolves roamed the countryside and rival clans didn't take kindly to outsiders on their territory.
Episode 3: MacKenzie's Chart of the Orkney Islands (1748)
- Sep 19, 2005
Nicholas Crane harks back to the 1740s to follow in the footsteps of Murdoch Mackenzie, an Orkney schoolmaster who mapped the treacherous waters between the north coast of mainland Scotland and the islands. Crane uses Mackenzie's original methods for setting up baselines on land and frozen lochs.
Episode 4: John Speed's Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine (1611–12)
- Sep 26, 2005
Nicholas Crane follows the routes recorded by 17th-century cartographer John Speed. The maps are unusual in that they don't list any roads, recording instead county boundaries. The presenter uses these documents to find his way along the England-Scotland border, before heading to Berwick, a town which Speed measured exactly in 5ft paces.
Episode 5: John Cary's Inland Navigation (1796)
- Oct 3, 2005
Nicholas Crane examines John Cary's 18th-century maps recording the routes of Britain's canals. These documents were noted for their remarkable geographical accuracy, but finding the waterways proves difficult, since many have been filled in or turned into railway lines.
Episode 6: William Mudge's Ordnance Survey, 1st Edition, (1809)
- Oct 10, 2005
Nicholas Crane examines the first Ordnance Survey map. The epic task of plotting out an entire nation to a scale of one inch to one mile fell to Lieutenant William Mudge, who began the project in Kent and Essex before moving on to Devon - the most likely targets for French attack during the Napoleonic era.
Episode 7: Mrs P's A-Z (1936)
- Oct 17, 2005
The story of how writer and traveller Phyllis Pearsall single-handedly created the first London A-Z. Setting herself the task of walking the capital's 23,000 streets for 18 hours a day, she completed her mammoth task in 1936. Nicholas Crane tries to find his way around the city using only her map.
Episode 8: Thomas Raven's Clandeboye Estate Maps (1625)
- Oct 24, 2005
Nicholas Crane examines a map commissioned in 1625 to settle a property conflict in which cartographer Thomas Raven was hired to resolve the situation once and for all. Nick attempts to trace the disputed boundary, and also discovers what became of a mysterious village.

Episodes

Episode 1: Bartholomew's Cycling Map of England and Wales (1896-1903)

Episode 2: Timothy Pont's Maps of Scotland (c1583)

Episode 3: MacKenzie's Chart of the Orkney Islands (1748)

Episode 4: John Speed's Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine (1611–12)

Episode 5: John Cary's Inland Navigation (1796)

Episode 6: William Mudge's Ordnance Survey, 1st Edition, (1809)

Episode 7: Mrs P's A-Z (1936)

Episode 8: Thomas Raven's Clandeboye Estate Maps (1625)

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Episode 1: Bartholomew's Cycling Map of England and Wales (1896-1903)

Episode 2: Timothy Pont's Maps of Scotland (c1583)

Episode 3: MacKenzie's Chart of the Orkney Islands (1748)

Episode 4: John Speed's Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine (1611–12)

Episode 5: John Cary's Inland Navigation (1796)

Episode 6: William Mudge's Ordnance Survey, 1st Edition, (1809)

Episode 7: Mrs P's A-Z (1936)

Episode 8: Thomas Raven's Clandeboye Estate Maps (1625)

Episodes

E1 Episode 1: Bartholomew's Cycling Map of England and Wales (1896-1903)

E2 Episode 2: Timothy Pont's Maps of Scotland (c1583)

E3 Episode 3: MacKenzie's Chart of the Orkney Islands (1748)

E4 Episode 4: John Speed's Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine (1611–12)

E5 Episode 5: John Cary's Inland Navigation (1796)

E6 Episode 6: William Mudge's Ordnance Survey, 1st Edition, (1809)

E7 Episode 7: Mrs P's A-Z (1936)

E8 Episode 8: Thomas Raven's Clandeboye Estate Maps (1625)

Overview

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Episodes

E1 Episode 1: Bartholomew's Cycling Map of England and Wales (1896-1903)

E2 Episode 2: Timothy Pont's Maps of Scotland (c1583)

E3 Episode 3: MacKenzie's Chart of the Orkney Islands (1748)

E4 Episode 4: John Speed's Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine (1611–12)

E5 Episode 5: John Cary's Inland Navigation (1796)

E6 Episode 6: William Mudge's Ordnance Survey, 1st Edition, (1809)

E7 Episode 7: Mrs P's A-Z (1936)

E8 Episode 8: Thomas Raven's Clandeboye Estate Maps (1625)

Episode 1: Bartholomew's Cycling Map of England and Wales (1896-1903)

Episode 2: Timothy Pont's Maps of Scotland (c1583)

Episode 3: MacKenzie's Chart of the Orkney Islands (1748)

Episode 4: John Speed's Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine (1611–12)

Episode 5: John Cary's Inland Navigation (1796)

Episode 6: William Mudge's Ordnance Survey, 1st Edition, (1809)

Episode 7: Mrs P's A-Z (1936)

Episode 8: Thomas Raven's Clandeboye Estate Maps (1625)

Episode 1: Bartholomew's Cycling Map of England and Wales (1896-1903)

Episode 2: Timothy Pont's Maps of Scotland (c1583)

Episode 3: MacKenzie's Chart of the Orkney Islands (1748)

Episode 4: John Speed's Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine (1611–12)

Episode 5: John Cary's Inland Navigation (1796)

Episode 6: William Mudge's Ordnance Survey, 1st Edition, (1809)

Episode 7: Mrs P's A-Z (1936)

Episode 8: Thomas Raven's Clandeboye Estate Maps (1625)