I was born in the early 70s, I loved watching this programme. TV was definitely better quality back then.

This is what Children need today we want Britain back

there was a time in the 70's when 'out of town' was the only fishing show on tv, such a relaxed feel to his programmes

I love Jack, I smoke a pipe and go fishing just like he did, how I wish I lived in these simpler times...

I used to do ferreting,fishing and shooting and if Jack was on the TV I wouldn't miss an episode. A great man and great programmes!!😎🐓🐓🇬🇧

Love Jack's programme's He always explained things in an interesting and easy to understand way. Brings back memories of a man who is greatly missed...👍🏻

Admiration from many people

Thanks for sharing this with us.I live and grew up in Cornwall missed alot of his programs. But really love this man can't wait to see more. Many thanks.

@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Nigel, Thank you for your comments and I am glad you liked the programme. All the best Dave

Keeping jacks name alive,thx.

A lovely first part showing what a lovely man Jack was and what a lovely team he had, I share Jacks' belief that you do not have to catch a fish every time, it's being there that counts. My dad introduced me to fishing first with the float often using goose feather floats made by my grandfather, spinning and then later in life we went fly fishing for both brown and rainbows and often he would catch his limit and feel sorry for me not getting anything but not realising that I didn't care, it was the fact I was there to watch and be with him that counted.

@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Chris I really enjoyed reminiscing with Steve. We don't see each other very often but it was great to talk through our memories of Jack. Take care Dave

Thank you for bringing back many childhood memories of me waiting impatiently for Jack's program to start. I have had my wife take a particular note of the Amazon link with Christmas in mind. Thanks again.

Grew up looking forward to jacks progs when I was a boy in the sixties,soon as that classic guitar music started I was exited because I knew I was in for a treat,god bless mate,your progs have always kept me in tune,and respectful of nature.

@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Dom. I will try and keep the programmes coming so please keep an eye on my KZread Channel as I am going to try and put them up on a more regular basis. All the best Dave

@iandixon1987

2 жыл бұрын

Jack and these programs gifted me a life of fishing shooting and a deep love of the countryside. Priceless in my opinion.

I met jack as a kid in the 70s on the river stour at stourpaine Dorset .... he was such a nice guy . My memory’s are still strong 44 years later ...

@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker

4 жыл бұрын

Hi James, Thank you for sharing that with us. I still remember him well like you and making these programmes is bring back so many memories.. All the best Dave

Another interesting vlog Dave,well done you 😁👍👏👏👏

fantastic love it remember from early days

Excellent insight, enjoyed that, thanks Dave

Wonderful footage this. I'm not sure Steve's right about my stepfather not being so keen on coarse fishing. He described that mix of 'nothing happening' with an angler's constant alertness as akin to the attention of a good chess player to their game. It doesn't mean you can't go around the world and back in your mind at the same time. I never acquired that level of attention, though in old age I'm getting a little better at it.

I've been on holiday and playing catch up with your videos marvelous insight into Mr Hargreaves xx

@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Morrislouise Eagle thank you for your comment. I am so pleased you are enjoying my videos. There are many more to come on Jack's Country. I will be posting a new one on Sunday so please look out for it. All the best Dave

Amazed where you reveal that Jack wasn't a massive fan of coarse fishing. As a young boy in the 70's, part of my enduring love of the sport came from Out of Town and watching him catch all those different species. I particularly remember one show where he set out to catch Crucian Carp, a fish he hadn't caught before. Of course, he got one and I always think of him on the rare occasions these days that I put a Crucian on the bank.

@SimonBaddeley

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with you, Cliff, that Steve's suggestion that J wasn't a fan of coarse fishing came as a surprise. Among my happiest childhood memories of Jack as I grew up was being at his side when 'coarse' fishing. I think Steve got things wrong there. Of course he enjoyed fly fishing, but I'd say he enjoyed both kinds of fishing enormously - and had little time for the relatively recent distinction between the two.

Thank you very much !

What a great upload, thanks a lot. Glad I subscribed to your channel a few months ago

@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. All the best Dave daveknowles.net/jacks-country/

Would they ever re air these programs they are so relaxing to watch. Not much on like this any more...thanks for posting your work🙂👍

@smhorse

Жыл бұрын

They would never broadcast anything like this now, as today's audiences have no patience

@natureisallpowerful

10 ай бұрын

No chance they want to erase our past.

Some good background. Thank you.

Absolutely loved Jack's programs, and thank you for doing this, do you happen to know the name of the pond which Jack walked the horse around in the intro?

From what I can tell from various reviews and such Out of Town: Volume Two is repeat material as in Volume One but with some additional shed segments and some additional special features.

@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker

3 жыл бұрын

No I think the problem is that there have been a number of publishers over the years and therefore it gets very confusing. All the publishers except for Network are no longer but if you buy just the Network DVD’s non are repeated. If you need more help please let me know.

Mr Knowles dear chap, you know what tickles the fancy of JH fans and again (as I have said before) you delivered. Thanks mate, I'm watching , listening as I am typing this.....love the wrinkle that Jack checked Steve out as a person not due to his resume!!!!

@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Barry and please call me Dave. I have been meaning to do a piece on how we made the Old Country series and the opportunity just came up when I saw Jack's Raven Cottage for sale. Steve has been a good friend for many many years and he is the best cameraman I have every worked with as a director so with his knowledge of Jack he was the obvious choice. All the best Dave

Cheers Dave will do,all the best from Devon mate.

@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dom. I will be down in Devon in a couple of weeks shooting a piece on the The New Forest Toy Factory that was based in Brockenhurst. The person I am talking to has written a book on it and used to live in The New Forest before moving to Devon. All the best Dave - daveknowles.net/jacks-country/

Wonderful thank you. Oh if only I had a time machine!

@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker

2 жыл бұрын

Well I suppose KZread is our time machine.

@iandixon1987

2 жыл бұрын

@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker It's most definitely enjoyable to watch and remember, thank you Dave.

People who are against shooting i fully understand that!

Great to see some more of these 👍🏾. Who plays the intro music 🤔

@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker

3 жыл бұрын

I am so glad you enjoyed it. The music is "Recuerdos de la Alhambra", and was commissioned by Jack from Jonathon Coudrille whose group plays it.

@riddimchef1

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, I love the music as much as the program. I have been to the Alhambra too 😊👍🏾

I would love to know the technical spec of the location filming, camera/lenses and filmstock used? Such a shame the entire programme was not captured on film as opposed to poor quality video tape used at the time. Looking at the telecine, reckon a much higher quality transfer could be done.

@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker

4 жыл бұрын

Hi, The telecine work was done by the BFI and transfered to an uncompressed a I file. Unfortunately this does not take into account that the original studio video was shot on portable 1” with the film fed in from BetaCam (I don’t think SP was available then). You have to bear in mind also that telecine transfer then was sometimes not all that good for the film shot on location. This was then transferred to BetaCam. The film stock used for all Out of Town and Old Country was Kodak reversal. We then edited the original shot film. This was common practise at Southern TV for all by the high end productions such as Worzel Gummage and Famous Five. In the case of some of these programmes they were still shot on reversal but we had a black and white cutting copy made and this was rubber stamp numbered to match the reversal. We then cut the cutting copy and the assistant editor woul match the master reversal.

Steve we have got a lot to talk about ;)

where can we buy the full set of DVD for "old country"?

@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Kenneth there is a link in the description below the video. You will have to click on more to see all the details. All the best Dave

People like jack fred Dina and a good friend of mine les Crawley that started the anson engine museum in Cheshire are getting few on the ground now when I growing up in 60 s a lot of people new same as jack

@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker

3 жыл бұрын

I do think that even then Jacks way of presentation was rather special and I think Fred Dinenage has also said this. Everything Jack said came from his memory and was related just like you or me would if we were sitting down chatting to our friends. This is not easy when you have a TV crew and cameras pointing at you. Jack used to say to me that the night before a recording of the programme he really didn’t sleep very well worrying about it.

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Ah...his shed..was a studio... this would explain a sour comment I read years ago about him being a fraud...who was acting the "country gent". Maybe also leading the ponies which weren't his. Just shows how things can be misinterpreted. Thank you for these insights into him and his show.

@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker

4 жыл бұрын

In the final series he did use a real shed and he was never the "country gent". He did own a number of horses and ponies during his life. It is just that he used help transporting them around for filming things like the titles sequences. All the best Dave

This man Hargreaves was a true Brit

Jack wouldn’t even be allowed to smoke his pipe on TV now, and god forbid dispatching a trout with a priest, his house would be besieged by anti-everything.

that piece of pidgeon shooting i have ..but not on box set . why is that

@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Peter, I am not sure as that was from the "Old Country" Series one DVD produced by me for Channel 4. This is now distributed by Network link above and there should be no reason for it to be any different. One thing though I probably did choose two sections from the original programme as I wanted to see Jack shooting and this maybe why yours looks different. All the best Dave

Hi Dave, Who lives at Raven's Cottage now?

@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker

2 жыл бұрын

Not sure now as I was told last week it has now been sold.

Jack knew, does anyone know if someone called Ron Pace who knew Jack?.

Shed envy.

Shooting with permission for quarry only not for fun