‎Penelope Keith's Village of the Year - Apple TV

TV Show · Documentary

Beloved actress Penelope Keith hosts this delightfully quirky competition show to crown Britain’s “Village of the Year.” Along with her fellow judges-archaeologist Alex Langlands, garden designer Juliet Sargeant, and craft expert Patrick Grant-Penelope visits idyllic towns up and down Britain to partake in unique local events and charming traditions as she discovers what makes the perfect village.

2018 · 49m

Starring Penelope Keith, Alex Langlands, Juliet Sargeant

EPISODE 1

Charmouth, Redbrook, Lydford and Aberdaron

Starting their quest for Britain’s best village in western England, the judges bask in stunning seaside communities and rural idylls. Penelope is by the seaside in Charmouth, Dorset, while Patrick bridges the divide between Wales and England in the Wye Valley. Juliet uncovers her inner Viking in Lydford, Devon, and Alex learns to thatch on the coast in Aberdaron, Wales.

46m
EPISODE 2

Lympstone Llwyngwril, Colwinston and Porlock

In Devon, the Lympstone Brass Band performs for Penelope, as Alex investigates an alien invasion in Llwyngwril, North Wales. Patrick learns about the peculiar art of swede racing in Colwinston, South Wales, and Juliet helps spruce up the peaceful village of Porlock.

47m
EPISODE 3

Burton Bradstock, Dolgarrog, Llangwm, Mousehole

Penelope meets an army of volunteers on the Dorset coast in Burton Bradstock. Surf’s up for historian Alex Langlands at the world’s first surfing lake in Dolgarrog, while Juliet gets a real taste of the sea in Mousehole, Cornwall. And anything goes for Patrick in Llangwm’s museum of everything.

46m
EPISODE 4

Betws-y-Coed, Charlton Horethorne, Polperro, and Penclawdd

In Betws-y-Coed in the heart of Snowdonia, Alex gets adventurous. Penelope horses around in Charlton Horethorne, Juliet reels in the catch of the day in Polperro in Cornwall, and on the Gower Peninsula, Patrick digs for cockles in Penclawdd.

47m
EPISODE 5

Beer, Sherston, Clovelly and Llanllyfni

On the Jurassic coast, Penelope’s all at sea with Beer’s historic fishing fleet. Patrick is Boule-d over in Sherston in Wiltshire, and in Devon, Juliet meets Clovelly donkeys. Alex goes native in the Welsh village of Llanllyfni.

47m
EPISODE 6

Semi – Western Zone

Five villages from the western zone go head-to-head for a semifinalist spot and the chance to win Village of the Year and the 10,000-pound prize money. Will it be the buildings, the scenery, or good old British eccentricity that wins the day?

46m

Penelope Keith

Host
Alex Langlands

Host
Juliet Sargeant

Host
Patrick Grant

Host
Angela Norris

Producer
Emma Vulliamy

Producer