Fern’s long love affair with Cornwall explored on TV

ANOTHER TV programme about all things Cornwall hit TV screens on Thursday night – this time starring Fern Britton.

By delving into Cornwall’s roots, its rich history, heritage, myths and legends, Britton attempts to discover “the secret behind the magic of modern Cornwall” in the two-part series on Channel 5.

The 64-year-old, who frequented Cornwall as a child, and lives here today, talks about village life as a “parcel of gossip”, revisits her youth and shares her favourite places.

For as long as Britton can remember, Cornwall has always been in her heart. From childhood holidays in the 1950s, to covering the area as a local news reader in the 1980s, and now as her home and inspiration as an author.

In this two-part series, viewers accompany

Britton as she explores the part of the county she first fell heart over heels for as a child – the South West.

Fern’s love affair with Cornwall began with sand between the toes adventures on childhood holidays in Looe, and it’s there she started her journey in episode one, recreating some of her happiest childhood memories to get to the bottom of what she found so intoxicating.

Britton tries to uncover what sets the county’s physical landscape apart from the rest of the UK by taking us back to the fiery dawn of time with geologist Dr Anjana Khatwa on the stunning Lizard peninsula.

My Cornwall with Fern Britton airs Thursday, August 5, at 8pm, Produced by Twofour for Channel 5.

Twofour Fern Britton is sharing her favourite bits of Cornwall with the world