The Perfect Village was a companion series of architectural travelogues presented by Ptolemy Dean, and shown on BBC Four in 2006. The show chose twelve villages from all around the United Kingdom as illustrations of village life. In the final show Heighington in County Durham was chosen as the UK's "perfect village".
- Show 1. Introduction
- Show 2. Dedham and Alderley Edge (Essex and the North West)
- Show 3. Bourton-on-the-Water and Ardglass (The West and Northern Ireland)
- Show 4. Rogart and Tonyrefail (Scotland and South Wales)
- Show 5. Heighington and Milton Abbas (the North and the South West)
- Shpw 6. Polperro and Wye (the South West and the South East)
- Show 7. Silver End and Poundbury (the East and the South West)
- Show 8. What makes the perfect village?
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