Fakenham Races

Fakenham’s racecourse is almost square, left-handed and with a full racing distance of around a mile. The first race was held in 1905.

Dick Joice introduces this documentary charting the course and the history of the river starting at Horningtoft and finishing in Norwich.

Many a flock of curly-horned rams and golden-fleeced ewes, of various breeds and colour, at the last Hempton Sheep Fair, in September 1969.

Ploughing and sowing, baling and hoeing. Norfolk farmers produce food for a nation at war, aided by the latest farm machinery, but not altogether replacing the horse or labourer.

From solidarity protests for Palestine to sleepless nights wrestling with the horrific realities – a rabbit-hole inquiry into alleviating insomnia.

A Māori girl in the custody of an English couple savours her mother’s weekly visitations, making her long for a place to belong.

An eldest son treats himself to a weekend getaway, dangerously leaving his siblings to their own devices.

In this South Asian team sport, players repeating ‘kabaddi’ frantically cross boundaries on the court, tagging their opponents before returning.

Chickens and capybaras are unlikely allies.

When London’s Elephant and Castle shopping centre was demolished, it uprooted the community that made it their home.