The phrase "Sense of place" is open to quite wide interpretation. It was up to me in consultation with my editor James Coghill to decide which locations and subjects could best illustrate the idea.

Whenever you set out to make a programme the first and most important criteria is that it has to be "a good listen". If it isn’t; any other lofty ideas you might have, fall quickly by the way side as the majority of people will have turned off.

For me the second most important factor is the subject matter has to be personally challenging.

Like most people, I find death a fairly taboo subject. That’s one of the main reasons we decided to set the second episode at St. Michael's Hospice in Herefordshire.

To some extent the location was forced upon us as, at the moment, it is the only hospice in the two counties with bedded units.

Having said that once I’d visited and met the staff and patients I was in no doubt that St Michael’s was everything we were looking for and more.

Set four miles out of Hereford overlooking a beautiful valley, this unimposing modern brick built building has a character all of its own.

One of the things that I was immediately aware of as a programme maker were the diverse activities and atmospheres in such close proximity to each other.

The day hospice (especially on Thursdays) always seemed to be full of laughter, walk down the corridors and you often came across visitors some of whom were very upset, upstairs the fund-raising department was upbeat and energetic whilst in a room directly below someone was dying.

I’ve never been in a place which seemed so aware of the value or preciousness of life.

Although staff will cringe when they read this I can honestly say that I’ve never met so many wonderful people who got on with a very difficult job with no fuss at all.

Their quiet efficiency was matched only by their incredible empathy (they’ll hate me saying this!) I also found the patients and relatives were incredibly generous.

I sat with people some of whom were in the last days of their lives, sometimes recording sometimes not, it didn’t seem to matter.

When anyone found out what I was doing they immediately said they wanted to help no matter how distressing their own circumstances.

They all felt that if it helped the hospice movement and St Michael’s in particular then that was the least they could do.

Although so may people gave of their time I have to make a special mention of Dave who wanted me to record his feelings and thoughts during the last days of his mother’s life.

Dave is an experienced palliative care nurse and helped set up St. Michael’s, he had returned to his old work place for the first time as a relative of someone who was dying.

Although his mother was very ill and died during the course of the recording, she wasn’t in any discomfort, Dave had talked to her about his participation in the programme which she felt happy with.

Overhearing and recording Dave talking to his mum in the last hours of her life was a humbling experience.

I can only hope the programme does justice to their generosity.

You can contact the series producer Howard Belgard by e-mailing howard.belgard@bbc.co.uk