Town with Nicholas Crane

Town with Nicholas Crane is a BBC documentary series produced by Tern TV and first broadcast on BBC Two from 28 July 2011 to 11 June 2013.^[1] It covers various subjects about the history and development of towns in the United Kingdom. The series is presented by geographer Nicholas Crane.^[1]

Town with Nicholas Crane
Genre	Documentary
Created by	Tern Television
Presented by	Nicholas Crane
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producer	Sam Anthony
Producer	Ishbel Hall
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC Two
Release	28 July 2011 (2011-07-28) – 11 June 2013 (2013-06-11)
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Each four-part series covers one town per hour-long episode, and documents the benefits of life in a town as compared with a larger city.

Episodes

Series 1

Episode	Title	Original airdate	Summary
1	"Ludlow"	28 July 2011	The Shropshire town of Ludlow and the many treasures there.
2	"Scarborough"	4 August 2011	The Yorkshire town of Scarborough. He investigates the highs and lows of the holiday town.
3	"Perth"	11 August 2011	The Scottish town of Perth. He explains how the town wants to become a city, and visits its celebration of 800 years as a royal burgh.
4	"Totnes"	18 August 2011	The town of Totnes in Devon, a transition town.

Series 2

Episode	Title	Original airdate	Summary
1	"Oban"	21 May 2013	Oban, "a bustling ferry port clinging to the western side of Scotland that most people pass by with barely a sideways glance".
2	"Saffron Walden"	28 May 2013	Saffron Walden, Essex.
3	"Huddersfield"	4 June 2013	The West Yorkshire town of Huddersfield.
4	"Enniskillen"	11 June 2013	The lakeside Northern Ireland town of Enniskillen.