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==Television and radio== By the mid-1980s Wainwright was a TV personality; he featured in three television series for the [[BBC]], presented by farmer and broadcaster [[Eric Robson]] and devised, directed and produced by Richard Else. A BBC documentary about Wainwright's life was broadcast on Sunday 25 February 2007 on [[BBC Four]], before a four-part series of walks. This first series covered [[Blencathra]] by Sharp Edge, [[Castle Crag]], [[Haystacks (Lake District)|Haystacks]] and [[Scafell Pike]] from [[Seathwaite, Allerdale|Seathwaite]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006yl97/episodes/guide |title=BBC Four β Wainwright Walks β Episode guide |website=BBC |access-date=3 June 2014}}</ref> The second series, broadcast in 2007, included [[Catbells]], [[Crinkle Crags]], [[Helm Crag]], [[Helvellyn]] from Patterdale, [[High Street (Lake District)|High Street]] from Mardale and [[Pillar (Lake District)|Pillar]]. A six-part series entitled ''Wainwright Walks: Coast to Coast'' was broadcast on BBC Four in April and May 2009 and on [[BBC2]] from 21 July 2009,<ref name="Wainwright Walks: Coast to coast" /><ref name="Wainwright Walks" /> and presented by [[Julia Bradbury]]. A Granada TV series ''Wainwright Country'' included [[Eagle Crag]], [[Great Calva]], [[Knott Rigg]], [[Pike of Blisco|Pike O'Blisco]], [[Stybarrow Dodd]], [[Thornthwaite Crag]] and [[Yewbarrow]]. In 2010, Eric Robson presented a [[BBC Radio 4]] documentary called "The Man behind the Mountains" (16 October 2010).<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vc2vn Archive on Four: The Man Behind the Mountains] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104194047/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vc2vn |date=4 January 2016 }} (BBC website β retrieved 18 October 2010).</ref> ''Wainwright Walks Series One'' was released on DVD in June 2007 and Series Two was released in January 2008. ''Wainwright Walks: Coast to Coast'' was released on DVD in June 2009.<ref name="Wainwright Walks: Coast to Coast with Julia Bradbury" />
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