THE COTSWOLDS WITH PAM AYRES, 8PM, CH5
ONE of our best-loved poets, Pam Ayres, is paying a loving, inspirational homage to the land she calls home in this new, four-part series. She starts off in Bourton-on-theWater and will be meeting locals and hearing fascinating history along the way. In this first part, her adventures include meeting Alex James, the Blur bassist turned cheesemaker, who explains why he moved to a farm. She learns about Churchill’s ties to Blenheim Palace (where she meets head forester Nick, pictured), makes beer at Hook Norton, and visits an eye-wateringly pricey perfumery with a royal past.