Television presenter David Dimbleby visited Bronte Country this week, to film a programme exploring how the literary sisters' writing was influenced by the moors around Haworth.

A Picture of Britain is a six-part BBC1 series examining six regions of the UK, exploring how the landscape has influenced arts and literature. It will be broadcast in June.

Haworth was chosen as a location for an episode entitled The Romantic North.

Mr Dimbleby visited Penistone Cragg and Top Withens, on which Heathcliffe's farmstead in Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights is believed to have been based.

The programme also looks at the modern landscape, including the windmills on Ovenden Moor.

"The programme will explore how the landscape influenced the Brontes' writing and then changed the image of the North," said Mr Dimbleby. "People in the North used to be seen as savages and dangerous until the literature of the Brontes emerged."

Filming has taken place throughout the winter. Despite the freezing temperatures on the moors, Mr Dimbleby said he had enjoyed the experience.

"I prefer it to summer. There's two things about it. One, the light is better so we get better pictures. Second, is the lack of people. For example, there was hardly anyone about today - just a few nutters."

An exhibition at the Tate Modern in London will tie in with the series, with one room devoted to each region. The others to be featured are Wales, Northern Ireland, Sussex, Kent and Scotland.