Out of Town

Name: Out of Town
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1960-07-08
Rating: 8.3
Cast: Jack Hargreaves

TV Series
1960– 1960–

8.3/10

Episode guide

Documentary

Series about the countryside, rural life and traditionsSeries about the countryside, rural life and traditionsSeries about the countryside, rural life and traditions

8.3/10

Star
- Jack Hargreaves

Top credits

See production, box office & company info

2User reviews

See production, box office & company info

See more at IMDbPro

Browse episodes

1 Season

1960

Add image

Jack Hargreaves

Self - Presenteras Self - Presenter

1 episode1 ep • 1960

For over 20 years Out of Town was a television program that provided a window on country life in rural Britain. Fishermen and farriers, horsemen and horticulturalists were prominently featured as presenter Jack Hargreaves took the Southern Television cameras around the country to explore pursuits and activities in the 1960s, 70s and early 80s many of which have long since disappeared. When Out Of Town was first broadcast by ITV, these programs soon won a large following for the entertaining and informative way that they gave a gentle insight into country life, but as time has passed since the last transmission in 1981 they have become a nostalgic historical record of life in Britain from a bygone age. —Spudgun

partially lost tv series

Genre
- Documentary
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

Trivia
Many editions of this series are lost.

Connections
Featured in 100 Greatest TV Moments from Hell (2000)

Top review

10/10

A TV programme to bring back happy memories if you are over 35.

Now in the age of computers and high tech machinery Jack Hargreaves took us back to the days when townsfolk never seen a cow or a sheep in the """wild"". This series ran and ran and I can remember my father sitting next to me reminiscing about his younger days both watching Jack and the things he remembered. Jack told us how they sheared sheep and well as the mating pattern of sheep !!!! He also showed us tales of fishing trips and the various countryside antics that he as a boy did. If you get the chance to see this do not expect high speed motor cars and artificial insemination of bulls and this is all done the old fashioned way and at a pace that makes us wish we all had time to spare.

helpful•13