A film by David Webb, narrated by Victoria Lampard

Duration: 80 minutes

Format: DVD region-free; PAL (playable on most PC's and Mac computers)

About the film

From the makers of Walton’s Secret Water and Portrait of Harwich, this film takes the viewer on an exploration of the countryside that inspired John Constable, visiting the landscapes, towns and villages that he loved around the Stour and Orwell estuaries and further afield in Suffolk and Essex.

Narrator Victoria Lampard (from ITV News Anglia) conducts us through Dedham and Dedham Vale, East Bergholt, Flatford and Stratford St Mary, to Roman Colchester, Wivenhoe, Brantham, Manningtree, Mistley, Lawford and Harwich, then up into Suffolk, via Pin Mill to Ipswich, Nayland, Stoke by Nayland, Hadleigh, Kersey, Boxford, Lavenham, Long Melford and Sudbury.

The film’s producer, David Webb was born in Mistley and in his youth explored these areas by bicycle. As a staff member at the BBC he won a gold award for his documentary work.