More4 celebrates Britain's love of rambling

More4 is to celebrate the nation’s love of exploration on foot with two Saturdays of programming themed around rambling. Brand new two-part show Coastal Walks with My Dog will see six famous faces (and their four legged friends) explore Britain’s magnificent coastline. From the wild western edge of North Wales to the ancient rocks of Dorset’s Jurassic Coast, Comedian Bill Bailey, adventurer Ben Fogle, 6 Music broadcaster Cerys Matthews, property presenter Phil Spencer, actress Angela Griffin and impressionist Debra Stephenson take their pet dogs on six very different but equally stunning coastal walks.

This Saturday (19 March) also sees the network premiere of British comedy film Downhill. James Rouse's directorial debut stars Ned Dennehy, Richard Lumsden, Jeremy Swift and Karl Theobald as middle-aged men who go on a very long walk - Alfred Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk - traversing an epic 192 miles of stunning but tough terrain from St Bees in Cumbria to Robin Hood's Bay in North Yorkshire.

To bookend the new programming, 10 short films have been made featuring stunning footage from all four corners of the British Isles accompanied by readings from much-loved British actors. The 10 shorts are:

• Anglesey - Hollywood actor Michael Sheen reads The Moment by Kathleen Raine over a fantastic aerial shot of Llanddwyn Island, Anglesey.
• Aber Falls - Michael Sheen reads Leisure by W.H. Davies over a single shot of the incredible Rhaeadr-fawr (Aber Falls), Gwynedd.
• Pinetum - Homeland star David Harewood reads Leaf and Tendril by John Burroughs over a beautiful shot of the forest at Bedgebury Pinetum, Kent.
• Slieve Donard - Amanda Burton reads an extract from The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S Lewis over a stunning image of the riverside walking route to Slieve Donard, County Down.
• Causeway - Amanda Burton reads an extract from The Irish Sketchbook by William Makepeace Thackeray over incredible images of Giant’s Causeway in County Antrim.
• Dovedale - Sean Bean reads an extract from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame over beautiful scenery of Dovedale, Derbyshire.
• Wycoller - Sean Bean reads Stanzas by Emily Bronte over a breathtaking shot of the historic Wycoller Country Park, Lancashire.
• Buttermere - Last Tango in Halifax star Nicola Walker reads The Words of Alfred Wainwright over a breathtaking image of one of the Lake’s District’s best views in Buttermere, Cumbria.
• Old Man - Downton Abbey star Phyllis Logan reads In Praise of Walking by Thomas A. Clark over striking scenery of The Old Man of Storr, Isle of Skye.
• Camusdarach - Phyllis Logan reads an extract from Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage by Lord Byron over shots of the golden sands of Camusdarach Beach, The Highlands.