Countryfile
6.3·1988 - now·1h 0m·38S·returning
The people, places and stories making news in the British countryside.
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Julia Bradbury and John Craven explore the Usk Valley, known as the gateway to Wales.
The team visit England's most northerly county, Northumberland.
In a special edition of Countryfile, Matt Baker and Julia Bradbury explore Hampshire.
Matt Baker explores the East Sussex coastline and looks at some of its iconic legacies.
The Countryfile team explore Anglesey, Wales's largest island.
Ellie Harrison spends the day with expert woodsman Ben Law in West Sussex.
Countryfile visits the Royal Forest of Dean, one of our most ancient woodlands.
John Craven and Julia Bradbury head to rural Leicestershire.
Matt Baker and Julia Bradbury explore Somerset's countryside and coastline.
The team visit the heart of rural England, exploring the chalk-lands of the South Downs.
Countryfile is deep in Gloucestershire exploring some woodland treasures.
Matt Baker and Julia Bradbury visit the RSPB bird reserve at Snettisham.
The team help with the preparations for a seasonal celebration deep in rural Warwickshire.
Ellie looks back at the men and women who have been inspired by the British countryside.
A look through the archives to see how horses and dogs are an integral part of rural life.
Matt Baker and Julia Bradbury head to the Hertfordshire countryside.
Matt Baker and Julia Bradbury head to Exmoor, where Julia learns about Alfred Vowles.
Matt Baker and John Craven head to South Wales.
John Craven explores the historic ruins of Jervaulx Abbey, once home to Cistercian monks.
Countryfile heads to the north Cornwall coast. Matt Baker explores its glens and ruins.
In this edition of Countryfile, Adam Henson ventures no more than 10 miles from his Cotswolds farm as discovers the delights of the local food available right on his doorstep. His mission is simple: h…
Matt Baker and Julia Bradbury are in Bristol, a city with the countryside on its doorstep.
Countryfile heads to the wild, rugged and dramatic landscape of Northumberland.
The Countryfile team pay a special visit to Prince Charles on his Gloucestershire farm.
Countryfile is in Lyme Bay, where the rugged west Dorset and east Devon coastlines meet.
Matt Baker is with the farmers trying to make a living from sheep in the Golden Valley.
In this special edition of Countryfile, Ellie Harrison charts the arrival of spring. She is on St Michaels Mount in Cornwall, where the season comes early. The daffodils are in full bloom, the days ar…
Matt Baker explores the Grand Union Canal and Julia Bradbury discovers hidden heritage.
Matt explores Suffolk's boating heritage as he puts the finishing touches to a boat.
In Calderdale, West Yorkshire, Ellie Harrison follows in the footsteps of Whitely Turner.
Ellie Harrison visits the historic Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire.
Ellie Harrison takes a peek behind the scenes at Newmarket, the home of horse racing.
Matt Baker explores the maritime history of Hampshire.
Matt Baker and Julia Bradbury head to the Thames Valley, on the doorstep of London. This area of countryside has at its heart the river that bears its name. Matt takes to the water with an Olympian to…
Countryfile travels to Yorkshire and the Humber, with Matt out on the Humber estuary.
Countryfile is in the historic kingdom of Fife. Matt Baker explores Tentsmuir forest.
The Countryfile team launch their annual photographic competition.
Ellie Harrison and Matt Baker head to North Wales, and Matt heads to the Woodfest.
The Countryfile team are on the coastal flatlands of Kent.
John Craven visits the Lake District and looks back at transport-related stories.
The Countryfile team explore the Cambrian mountains, one of Wales' best-kept secrets.
Ellie Harrison and Adam Henson head for the Shetlands, where Ellie meets seaweed farmers.
The team is in the Peak District, where John Craven looks at the secrets this familiar landscape is hiding deep underground. There's the precious shining mineral called Blue John, of which a new seam …
The Countryfile team are in Cheshire, where John Craven looks into the history of silk in the area. It all started with farmers making buttons for extra cash, and developed into an industry supporting…
The Countryfile team celebrate the festive season with a woodland Christmas at Westonbirt Arboretum in Gloucestershire, lighting up a mile-long stretch of enchanted woodland with glitter balls, lasers…
Ellie Harrison explores the plight of some of our most endangered animals. From water voles to wildcats, Ellie finds out what is being done to bring them back from the brink. She looks at plans to rei…
Countryfile is in North Cornwall. Matt Baker visits a stately home with an interesting past. Prideaux Place has been in the same family for fourteen generations and once housed American soldiers durin…
John Craven visits north Devon in search of the perfect bank holiday day out. But for him it is a working day out too. He visits Lynton where he lends a hand on the water-powered cliff railway, serves…
Ellie Harrison and Matt Baker head for South Wales' Gower Peninsula. Ellie visits Swansea Docks to see how its once filthy waters are now so clean that mussels thrive there. And she finds out how litt…
Ellie Harrison and Matt Baker head for Staithes on the north Yorkshire coast. It is an old fishing village that has long been a magnet for artists. Matt meets the new breed of painters putting Staithe…
Ellie Harrison and Matt Baker are in Dorset for the Great Dorset Steam Fair. It is the biggest steam gathering in the UK, and Matt goes behind the scenes meeting the enthusiasts keeping the boilers st…
Ellie Harrison and Matt Baker are in Devon, where Ellie gets to witness a very special homecoming. She meets Joey - the lifelike horse puppet that features in the successful stage play, War Horse. Joe…
Countryfile is in Shropshire. Its countryside is rich picking for some of Britain's finest homegrown foods. Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison head to the small market town of Ludlow for its annual food an…
The team are in Abergavenny, a town famous for its markets and its food. Matt Baker is looking at the history and heritage of the old mining town of Blaenavon, seeing how the old spoil heaps have beco…
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The team are in the county of Hertfordshire. When Matt Baker and his family moved to the county 18 months ago, they took on an orchard of 16 apple trees along with their new house. Matt brings in the …
On this week's programme, the team are in the wilds of Cannock Chase in Staffordshire. Julia Bradbury explores how with more than two million visitors a year coming on foot, mountain bike and horsebac…
The team are in the coastal county of Suffolk. Julia Bradbury celebrates the centenary of the birth of one of our greatest composers, Benjamin Britten. He was inspired by many aspects of the Suffolk c…
Countryfile looks at the part the landscape has played in making scientific breakthroughs, and the way in which such breakthroughs have changed our understanding of the land we live in. John Craven h…
John Craven looks at the mineral Blue John hidden deep underground in the Peak District. Ellie Harrison tests out part of the 2014 Tour de France cycle race route.
The team are in rural Cheshire. Matt Baker finds out about agricultural apprentices and Tom Heap asks whether we should be building more affordable houses in rural areas.
Countryfile is in North Cornwall, and Helen Skelton finds out why artists, writers and poets flock there for inspiration. Meanwhile Matt Baker helps catch a fallow deer.
The Countryfile team celebrate the festive season with a woodland Christmas at Westonbirt Arboretum in Gloucestershire as they switch on the holiday illuminations.
Ellie Harrison explores the plight of some of Britain's most endangered animals and looks back at some classic Countryfile moments.
John Craven looks at the year ahead, visits the Killerton Estate and introduces some choice Countryfile films from the last few years.
A visit to Conan Doyle's Surrey home. Plus Leicester longwool sheep, an artist who loves horses, and David Cameron's pledge to discourage new developments near villages.
Julia Bradbury and John Hammond learn why the UK gets the unique winters it does. Landscape artist Andy Goldsworthy visits Dumfries and Galloway to create a new work of art.
Ellie Harrison and John Craven visit Pembrokeshire's Gwaun Valley and Preseli Hills. Ellie discovers Iron Age treasures, and John samples the local homebrew.
The Countryfile team is in Worcestershire. Matt Baker visits Witley Court, while Helen Skelton meets the creatures of the Wyre Forest and cooks up a Malvern pudding.
The Countryfile team is in the Lake District, looking in detail at some of the locations featured in the opening titles of the programme.
The Countryfile team visits the rural county of Wiltshire. Matt Baker visits a pig farm, and Julia Bradbury looks at the birds that call the UK home in the winter months.
Countryfile is on the Isle of Portland, off the Dorset coast. Matt Baker visits Portland's lighthouses, while Julia Bradbury explores the famous Portland stone quarries.
In Kent, Matt Baker island hops to Elmley Marshes on the Isle of Sheppey, Ellie Harrison explores Knole House in Sevenoaks and John Craven finds out about Kentish blue cheese.
Ellie Harrison meets scientists bringing endangered conifer species back to Scotland and also discovers what impact beavers are having on the countryside.
The Countryfile team head to Somerset, which has taken a battering from the winter storms. Matt Baker meets the locals who have come together to create a silage food bank.
Ellie Harrison sees how the beaches of Norfolk are bouncing back from December's storm surge and looks back at some of Countryfile's best beach-themed stories.
Countryfile is in the beautiful County Durham, where Matt Baker helps his mother with lambing, and Ellie Harrison learns about the farmsteads of Weardale.
Countryfile has an exclusive interview with the Princess Royal at her home, Gatcombe Park in Gloucestershire; and Ellie Harrison meets the experts at Kew Gardens.
The Countryfile team visit the Merseyside coast around Southport. Matt Baker looks at the history of shrimping in the area, and Ellie Harrison visits a family potato farm.
The team head to the Isles of Scilly. Ellie Harrison looks at the problem of rats on the islands, while Matt Baker helps transport 50 ducklings to a duck farm.
Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison go in search of the great icons of Yorkshire. Tom Heap asks if eating horse meat could help solve the crisis over abandoned horses.
Ellie Harrison explores some of Britain's most spectacular hills and mountains, revealing that an iconic mountain is up for sale.
Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison are in the Lee Valley, the green lung of London. Ellie takes to the water to see what is being done to clean up its chalk streams.
Special edition of Countryfile. Ellie Harrison listens to the dawn chorus, Matt Baker searches for cranes, and Adam Henson goes on a voyage of discovery with John Hammond.
Countryfile is in Shropshire, where Matt Baker discovers the garden that inspired Charles Darwin's thinking and Ellie Harrison learns of a special restoration project.
In Buckinghamshire, Matt Baker visits Waddesdon Manor and learns about the Rothschild family, while Ellie Harrison discovers creatures great and small.
Helen Skelton is in Snowdonia looking at how the landscape has undergone many transformations down the ages, it is an area that has never stood still.
Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison are in Port Talbot in South Wales. Ellie has a go at the country's fastest-growing watersport. Matt is in pursuit of an unusual animal.
Ellie Harrison and John Craven are in and around Oxenhope in West Yorkshire. They see how the county is gearing up for the start of the Tour de France.
Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison visit Lincolnshire, where Matt meets one of the last surviving members of the Dambusters squadron and Ellie hunts for the man orchid.
Countryfile is in the Peak District where John Craven is on the set of the BBC drama, The Village, and Tom Heap looks at the value of the British shooting industry.
Countryfile is in Gower, south Wales, where Matt Baker explores Whiteford Burrows and explodes previously unearthed World War II ordnance on the sands with the MOD.
Countryfile takes a trip down memory lane with the legend John Craven as he celebrates 25 years on the show.
Matt Baker joins foragers scouring the coast of Cornwall for free food and Anita Rani makes an explosive entrance in her first show as she blasts 26,000 tonnes of rock.
The Countryfile team head to the Cotswold County Show in Cirencester for a celebration of the best of rural Britain, bringing along special guests.
John Craven and Shauna Lowry head for the Sperrin Mountains, James Wong has the latest from the Grow Wild campaign and Adam Henson explores the world of ticks.
John Craven and Anita Rani are in Herefordshire exploring the county's burgeoning foodie culture. John meets Simon Cutter, a farmer breeding pure Hereford cattle.
In this bank holiday edition of the programme Helen Skelton looks at how the British countryside has shaped childhoods down the ages.
Jules Hudson and Ellie Harrison are in Staffordshire exploring its wide open moorlands and the imposing millstone grit ridges of the Roaches.
Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison are in the Black Country, where they visit 18th-century English gardens Hagley Park and the Leasowes and the mysterious Kinver Rock Houses.
Countryfile is in Norfolk, where Jules Hudson is given access to MOD training grounds in the Brecklands and Anita Rani meets an artist who paints the workers of the land.
Countryfile is in Devon, where Matt Baker explores Dartmoor and Anita Rani meets a sculptor who is inspired by the ancient trees in the Devon landscape.
Countryfile plays host to the One Man and His Dog sheepdog trials, and Matt Baker and Helen Skelton present all the action from Byland Abbey.
Matt finds out how the latest technology is helping farmers get the harvest in quickly and efficiently and John announces the winner of the year's photographic competition.
John Craven explores the life and work of the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams and looks back at some other best bits of Countryfile that featured music.
In this seasonal special the team look at how autumn marks a time of transformation for the wildlife, landscape and communities of the countryside.
Matt and Ellie are in Northumberland, where they visit Hadrian's Wall and experience some of the best dark skies in England.
The team are on the Isle of Wight, where Matt Baker strolls along the oldest pier in the UK and Ellie Harrison visits Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's private beach.
In an extended programme for Remembrance Sunday, Countryfile explores the First World War's lasting legacy on the landscape of the western front.
Ellie Harrison looks back through the Countryfile archive to revisit the crafts of the countryside. She also visits Acton Scott, a historic working farm.
Countryfile is in Berkshire. John Craven visits the county's agricultural college, Shauna Lowry is in the valley of the racehorse and Sanjida O'Connell walks the Ridgeway.
Countryfile is in Lancashire. John Craven explores one of the county's hidden jewels and Ellie Harrison investigates the sculptural art of the area.
John Craven and Helen Skelton are in East Sussex, where Helen discovers a long-forgotten chronicler of the county's rural past and John takes a stroll around Batemans.
Ellie Harrison and Matt Baker are in the Clwydian range which spans Denbighshire and Flintshire in North Wales, where Matt joins the team cutting back heather.
The Countryfile team go out and about at Christmas before meeting up at the Christmas market in Bath.
John Craven is on the South Downs gathering goodies to throw his own festive party, toasting the taste of the South Downs.
Adam Henson presents a special edition of Countryfile looking at rare breed farm animals, starting with his own old spot pigs.
The team are in Somerset, revisiting areas hit by 2014's floods. Matt Baker talks to farmer Geoff Miller, and Helen Skelton explores the bird life of the area.
In the Lake District, Matt Baker discovers a piece of mountain rescue equipment being used to enable wheelchair users to abseil and Ellie Harrison climbs Helvellyn.
The team are in the Highlands of Scotland following in the footsteps of poet Robert Burns. Ellie Harrison learns how to drive a pony and carriage.
Ellie Harrison joins one of Britain's best poets, Simon Armitage, on a yomp across the snowy moors. Matt Baker visits a farm run by volunteers with wildlife in mind.
Ellie Harrison reports from Leicestershire on the drastic decline in farmland birds and joins farmers learning how to spot rare birds.
Ten years on from the fox hunting ban, Matt Baker visits the oldest pack of foxhounds in the country and Tom Heap hears from people on both sides of the debate.
Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison are in Suffolk finding out how erosion has shaped the landscape, swallowed up whole towns and inspired award-winning authors.
Countryfile is in Pembrokeshire to mark St David's Day. Matt Baker forages for food and Ellie Harrison is out at sea trying to spot a porpoise.
The team are in rural Cheshire. Matt Baker finds out about agricultural apprentices and Tom Heap asks whether we should be building more affordable houses in rural areas.
The team explore the watery east of Northern Ireland. Matt Baker discovers the Irish hares who have made a rather unusual location home.
Countryfile is on the Isle of Man. Adam Henson explores the local rock pools and goes on safari to find a wallaby.
Matt Baker and Shauna Lowry are in Hampshire, Charlotte Smith is at London Fashion Week and Tom Heap investigates the potential of tidal power in the UK.
Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison are in Norfolk. Matt finds out the important part rabbits play in maintaining the Breckland heath. Ellie visits the mysterious Grime's Graves.
Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison are in the uplands of north Cumbria. Matt meets photographer Ian Lawson, who has spent years photographing the hill shepherds.
Ellie Harrison, John Craven and Anita Rani explore Britain's woodlands, while Tom Heap investigates what can be done to protect trees from the threat of disease.
In the Peak District, John Craven looks at how to make the countryside accessible to all, Ellie Harrison meets some search dogs and Anita Rani explores the Pennine Way.
As the landscape bursts back into life, the team celebrate spring. Matt Baker gets a real feel of spring in north Wales, where he meets a flock of orphan lambs.
Countryfile celebrates Britain's farming heroes past and present. Adam Henson is in Bristol to reveal the winner of the first ever Countryfile Farming Hero.
Anita Rani returns to her home turf of Bradford to explore the countryside on the edge of the city. She discovers the rural gems right on her doorstep.
Countryfile visits Warwickshire, where Matt Baker explores Charlecote Park and Anita Rani discovers what it is really like to be a pig farmer.
Countryfile visits the Channel Islands, where Matt Baker explores the legacy of naturalist Gerald Durrell and Ellie Harrison helps with a habitat restoration.
Matt and Ellie are in Somerset, where Matt is following in the footsteps of a legendary caver who first explored the caverns beneath the Mendips a century ago.
Matt Baker visits a village where they farm just as they did in the Middle Ages, while Ellie Harrison goes bird spotting in Nottingham city centre.
In East Yorkshire, Ellie takes to the water near the mighty Bempton Cliffs and Matt tries his hand at fly fishing on the UK's most northerly chalk stream.
John Craven explores the working landscape of Dartmoor and discovers a fascinating photographic record of the farming community going back decades.
In Cornwall, Matt Baker tests his sea legs on the hunt for basking sharks. Ellie Harrison gets up to her knees in stinging nettles to dispel their bad name.
In Derbyshire, Matt Baker follows a new pilgrimage trail set up to mark the 350th anniversary of the plague, and Anita meets a man who grows furniture.
In Northumberland, Matt Baker meets the artist who has learnt to dive so he can capture on canvas what lies beneath the North Sea.
The Countryfile team visit the Kent County Show for their summer special. Friend of the show John Hammond explains just why Kent is so fruitful.
The team look at all things sheep. Joe Crowley heads to the Yorkshire Dales to visit a traditional upland farm where the shearing is in full swing.
John Craven travels to Llandudno to look at what it takes to make a great summer holiday. The team look back at their other summer holiday ideas.
Joe Crowley and Anita Rani explore the Country Land and Business Association's annual game fair, one of the highlights of the rural calendar.
Matt and Anita are in Wales' largest county, Powys. Matt visits Powis Castle, while Anita meets the volunteers delivering locally grown fruit and veg to their community.
In this harvest-themed programme, Matt visits a farm in Buckinghamshire where they do things the old-fashioned way.
Countryfile is in Cumbria, where John Craven takes to the skies to discover a new line of defence in the battle against flooding - river restoration.
Countryfile is in West Sussex. John Craven meets the current members of the first Women's Institute in England to discover the impact the WI has had on rural life.
Adam Henson is in the Lake District, discovering the joys of the great outdoors and looking back through the Countryfile archive.
Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison present Countryfile One Man and His Dog 2015, featuring the best shepherding talent from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Anita Rani and Helen Skelton are on the coast of Morecambe Bay in the far north western corner of Lancashire. Anita takes a cycle ride along the coast near Silverdale.
Matt Baker and Helen Skelton are in Cheshire. Matt visits Lyme Park, hoping for a glimpse of one of nature's most exciting spectacles - the annual red deer rut.
This edition of the countryside magazine revels in the colours of autumn. Ellie Harrison visits Perthshire, where the woodlands are a kaleidoscope of colour by both day and night.
Sean Fletcher visits Capel Celyn, where 50 years ago villagers were evicted to make way for a new reservoir. Sean meets the families still living with that legacy.
In this extended edition of the programme, the team present the first ever Countryfile Ramble for BBC Children in Need, as thousands of people explore the rural landscape.
The team explore Cambridgeshire. Matt Baker finds out how Cambridge University students past and present are having an impact on the countryside.
Ellie Harrison is in the market town of Frome in Somerset to find out about a field-to-fork revolution which is taking this place by storm.
Countryfile is in Dorset. Matt Baker explores a woodland architecture school, where the surrounding trees become the building materials.
Countryfile is in Shropshire, where John Craven visits a seed bank and Ellie Harrison is on the hunt for the elusive Shropshire pine marten.
Ellie Harrison and Joe Crowley explore the NC500 - a new 500-mile scenic loop that takes in some of Scotland's remotest and most beautiful places.
Ellie Harrison and Matt Baker are in the Peaks in Derbyshire, looking at how the geology there gives rise to two distinct landforms - the Dark Peak and the White Peak.
It's Christmas, and Matt and Ellie are in the tiny Cornish fishing village of Coverack, helping the locals get the place set for the festivities.
Adam Henson prepares for the new year ahead. There's also a look back at the farming year, with some favourites from the Countryfile archives.
Ellie Harrison is at the Cotswold Water Park looking back at some of Countryfile's encounters with winter wildlife, and spotting some of her own.
Countryfile is in Hertfordshire, where Matt Baker meets a farming family who are turning oilseed rape into liquid gold - oil.
Countryfile is in Gloucestershire, where Matt gives the trees at Batsford Arboretum a health check using a clever bit of x-ray kit to look for decay.
Ellie Harrison and Matt Baker are in north Devon, where Matt finds out what life is like for the residents once the tourists have gone.
The team pull on their thermals for a walk on the wild side of winter. Adam heads to North Ronaldsay, where their rare seaweed-eating sheep are under threat.
Matt Baker visits a country park near Newcastle that was once the site of a coalmine, and Ellie Harrison looks at the restoration of Roker Lighthouse near Sunderland.
Matt Baker joins student gamekeepers at work, while Ellie Harrison reveals how cranes have returned to Norfolk after an absence of 400 years.
Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison are in Staffordshire. Matt visits a school with farming at the heart of the curriculum. Ellie meets a couple who own a nature reserve.
Matt Baker and Shauna Lowry are near Colchester on the Essex coast. Matt ventures to Mersea Island to meet an oyster fisherman, and Shauna Lowry goes to the River Colne.
Exploring the beauty of Northern Ireland, John Craven finds out about Rathlin Island's kelp industry. Anita Rani meets a farmer whose animals are now TV stars.
Countryfile is in Aberystwyth, where Adam Henson visits the town's university to meet the youngsters working towards a career in farming.
Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison are in Sussex exploring Ashdown Forest, the inspiration for the Hundred Acre Wood in AA Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh stories. Matt also visits a farm belonging to the Countrys…
The team explore the three counties of Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire and meet some of the local crafts people keeping rural skills alive.
Matt Baker, Anita Rani and Helen Skelton tell the story of cattle in this themed programme. Matt spends the day with a young beef farmer.
John Craven marks the 40th anniversary of LS Lowry's death by following in the artist's footsteps. Ellie Harrison learns about how to conserve moorland.
Joe Crowley meets a woman who looks after a herd of Belted Galloway cattle. Anita Rani joins photographer Keith Kirk after dark, looking for wildlife.
To mark 400 years since Shakespeare's death, Countryfile travels the length and breadth of the country in search of the landscapes that inspired his works.
Ellie Harrison visits the South Haven Peninsula in Dorset to tell the story of conservation's unsung hero Captain Cyril Diver.
Matt Baker explores the Dartington estate in south Devon to discover the history of the place and meet the farmers who are turning their goats' milk into ice cream.
A snapshot of spring, including dolphins in Cardigan Bay, one of the UK's last remaining hay meadows, a Roman fort in Alderney, and a large vegetated shingle spit.
A snapshot of spring, including dolphins in Cardigan Bay, one of the UK's last remaining hay meadows, a Roman fort in Alderney, and a large vegetated shingle spit.
John Craven races a hill runner to the summit of Snowdon and meets the volunteers protecting the area's ospreys.
Matt Baker and Anita Rani are at the stunning Montrose Basin in Angus in Scotland, and Tom Heap asks what the EU referendum may mean for Britain's fisheries.
To celebrate British Flowers Week, Charlotte Smith and Anita Rani look at the resurgence of British flowers. Charlotte finds out why the smell of flowers is so popular.
Matt Baker takes to the Trent in a kayak and finds out about the effort to clean up the river. In Rutland, Helen Skelton is an apprentice in a windmill.
A look back at the long hot summer of 1976 with TV weatherman John Hammon, plus a rerun of some of Countryfile's best weather-related stories.
John Craven takes to the water in Pembrokeshire to find out about the area's boating heritage, painting boats and learning sea shanties along the way.
It is tennis season and Countryfile is visiting Kent, where Matt Baker finds out about Wimbledon strawberries and gets to grips with the harvest.
The Countryfile team explore meadows, from the wildlife that makes the meadow its home to the plants that thrive there. Matt Baker discovers the art of scything.
The team visit Cumbria, looking at the places which inspired Beatrix Potter, a farm run using horses and steam power, and Lakeland sports, including Cumberland wrestling.
A special edition of Countryfile celebrating the Great British summer. Matt Baker travels along the south Wales coast, while Naomi Wilkinson punts along the River Cam in Cambridge.
Anita heads to the tiny Scottish island of Kerrera, where she joins the postmaster on her daily round and helps the shepherd round up her sheep.
Countryfile marks the sixtieth anniversary of the Duke of Edinburgh Awards scheme. Joe heads to the Scottish Highlands to meet a team taking part in five-day challenge.
Matt Baker mingles with exhibitors and visitors at the first ever Countryfile Live, which took place in the magnificent grounds of Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire.
Countryfile has been given access to an excavation at the Stonehenge World Heritage site, and Joe Crowley meets the team who have found strange items buried in the soil.
It is harvest time, and the countryside is buzzing with activity. The Countryfile team are getting stuck in as crops are brought in across the country.
Anita Rani explores Anglesey, off the north west coast of Wales. She navigates the notorious Menai Strait and meets the fisherman who bought an island.
Countryfile marks the 100th anniversary of Roald Dahl's birth by discovering his passion for the outdoors and how it inspired his writing.
Matt Baker and Anita Rani preside over proceedings as the best shepherds and their dogs from England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland battle it out for the trophy.
Anita Rani travels to Surrey to explore the revival of interest in growing hops there. Adam Henson is hoping for the right conditions to get the last of his wheat harvest in.
Matt meets a writer who draws inspiration from the Thames Estuary and its people, and Naomi meets a photographer captivated by the waterfall at Lydford Gorge.
Matt and Anita explore the Isle of Wight. Matt abseils down the walls of Carisbrooke Castle, while Anita is on Ventnor Downs helping to round up feral goats.
To celebrate nature's final flourish before the slow descent into winter, the team pulls on its wellies, kicks through the crisp leaves and explores the fruits of our forests.
Matt looks at Herefordshire's historic perry-making industry and helps out with the pear harvest. He starts out at Weston's, the world's biggest producers of perry.
In this extended edition of Countryfile, the team head out into some of the nation's most beautiful landscapes for the Countryfile Ramble for BBC Children in Need.
Helen Skelton is on a special cycle ride across northern France to commemorate 100 years since the Battle of the Somme.
In West Yorkshire, Matt Baker meets the youngsters who have become RSPB rangers. Anita Rani meets an author who immerses himself in the landscape.
The team explores the Brecon Beacons. Matt Baker discovers geocaching, a treasure hunt with a modern twist, and meets an artist whose canvas is the night sky.
The team are in Lincolnshire, where it's all go in the vast fields of winter veg. John Craven learns about the kalette, a cross between kale and a brussels sprout.
The team are in Aberdeenshire, where Helen visits the only village on mainland Britain where cars can't go. Plus a turkey farm where the guard dogs are alpacas.
Countryfile celebrates Christmas at Bamburgh Castle on the Northumbrian coast. John Craven learns what the first Christmases on Lindisfarne would have been like.
Ellie Harrison visits Thirsk to celebrate the centenary of vet Alf Wight, known to the world as James Herriot, and speaks to his children.
Anita Rani travels to Malham Cove in the Yorkshire Dales. Plus she looks back at some famous faces who shared special places in the British countryside.
Countryfile is in Shropshire, where Matt Baker is exploring the highs and lows of a landscape shaped by the miners who once called this place home.
Countryfile is in Carmarthenshire, where Matt Baker explores the explosive history of the sand dunes and Helen Skelton visits the National Botanic Garden of Wales.
Countryfile is on the Jurassic Coast, where Matt Baker meets the man who's been digging for fossils for more than thirty years.
Countryfile is exploring the Peak District. Matt Baker joins the team on a mission to restore the scarred moorland.
Matt is up at the crack of dawn at the RSPB reserve at Snettisham on the north Norfolk coast to witness thousands of pink-footed geese taking flight.
Ellie Harrison is on a winter wildlife safari in the Cairngorms National Park in Scotland. In Filey, John Craven hears the history behind the fisherman's gansey.
Ellie abseils with a team from the National Trust to help give Cheddar Gorge its annual clean-up and make sure there are no loose rocks.
Joe takes a trip back in time on the oldest horse-drawn tram in the world and visits the farm where magnificent horses get to live out their days.
The team explore the South Downs. Matt Baker meets the pony who's blazing a trail. Helen Skelton discovers why dark skies are important for wildlife.
Adam Henson is in Snowdonia to discover how farming has changed in the past 60 years, with the help of some recently unearthed BBC archive.
Matt Baker and Anita Rani are on the Hoo Peninsula in Kent, and Tom Heap looks at what leaving the EU could mean for the UK's agricultural migrant labour force.
Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison visit Denbighshire in north east Wales. Ellie is up at the crack of dawn to witness the spring mating rituals of grouse.
Matt is in the New Forest taking part in an inventory of trees. Ellie is in Inverness-shire seeing what industrial-scale timber production looks like.
Matt, Anita and John are in Holderness in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Matt is on Spurn Point, which is now the country's newest island.
In Lancashire, Matt Baker learns all about the age-old Easter tradition of pace egg rolling and Anita Rani takes to the hills to follow the Lancashire Witches Walk.
Countryfile is in County Durham, and Matt is on his old home turf, showing how to make panackelty, a traditional north-eastern dish.
For Hedgehog Awareness Week, Ellie Harrison meets three schoolgirls on a mission to keep the hedgehogs of Warwickshire safe from harm.
Ellie Harrison reveals how the landscape has been shaped by rivers, meeting those who live, work and play on the banks of the Severn.
Matt Baker hears about the plans the Suffolk Wildlife Trust are making for their biggest-ever land purchase in the charity's 55 years.
Matt Baker explores the rise and fall of the Clyde valley in Lanarkshire as a major force in Scotland's food industry. Ellie Harrison meets an urban beekeeper.
In a spring special edition of the programme Countryfile goes in search of the secret and often overlooked wonders of the season.
Matt and Ellie are in Essex where Matt jumps aboard the Pioneer, a fully restored Essex oyster boat, and Steve Brown finds out what it's like to fire an English longbow.
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E24 · Northern Ireland
Jun 11, 2017·1h 0m
Joe Crowley is just south of Belfast, where he joins an RSPB team tagging swifts to find out where they are feeding. Joe Crowley is just south of Belfast, where he joins an RSPB team tagging swifts t…
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E25 · Wye: Hay Festival
Jun 18, 2017·1h 0m
At the Hay Festival, Ellie Harrison goes on a wildlife safari and Sean is on a literary adventure with a group drawing inspiration from the Wye Valley countryside.
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E26 · Working Animals Compilation
Jun 25, 2017·1h 0m
Sean Fletcher is in Carmarthenshire in west Wales taking a look at working animals. He meets one of the world's leading experts on birds of prey.
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E27 · Worcestershire
Jul 2, 2017·1h 0m
Ellie joins a family who have set up a traditional cottage industry producing natural elderflower cordials and presses, and tracks lesser horseshoe bats in Worcester.
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E28 · Northants
Jul 9, 2017·1h 0m
John Craven meets enthusiasts Matthew and Neil as they create a truly disgusting butterfly banquet to try and catch a glimpse of the purple emperor.
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E29 · Fife
Jul 16, 2017·1h 0m
Ellie Harrison crosses the Firth of Forth to witness the seasonal spectacle of guillemots, kittiwakes and puffins jostling for position on the Isle of May.
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E30 · Wiltshire
Jul 23, 2017·1h 0m
Anita meets the contestants of the International Young Beekeepers competition at Marlborough College and visits the River Kennet.
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E31 · Cities
Jul 30, 2017·1h 0m
Anita Rani is in London at the remarkable Woodberry Wetlands, a haven for all sorts of wildlife just a stone's throw from the tower blocks of Stoke Newington.
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E32 · Roots and Shoots
Aug 6, 2017·1h 0m
Ellie Harrison visits a Bristol herb garden to find out about a plant that is on the front line in the fight against cancer.
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E33 · Dartmoor
Aug 13, 2017·1h 0m
Anita Rani explores the Artisan Trail in Dartmoor, a newly created route that links some of the area's best artists and craftspeople.
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E34 · Summer Special
Aug 20, 2017·1h 0m
Anita Rani explores the Artisan Trail in Dartmoor, a newly created route that links some of the area's best artists and craftspeople.
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E35 · Llyn Peninsula
Aug 27, 2017·1h 0m
On the Llyn Peninsula, Ellie goes snorkelling to explore the rich seagrass habitat underwater. Steve meets the dairy farmers who produce and deliver their own milk.
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E36 · Harvest
Sep 3, 2017·1h 0m
Countryfile looks at how food is harvested, from large-scale crops for supermarket shelves to smaller hand-picked harvests for local markets.
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E37 · Rame Peninsula
Sep 10, 2017·1h 0m
Ellie Harrison visits Mount Edgcumbe on Cornwall's Rame Peninsula, where the UK's first ever native dark honeybee reserve has just opened.
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E38 · Protected Countryside
Sep 17, 2017·1h 0m
To mark it becoming a Unesco World Heritage Site, Ellie explores what makes the Lake District an area of international cultural significance.
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E39 · One Man and His Dog 2017
Sep 24, 2017·1h 0m
The best shepherds and their dogs from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales go head to head for the coveted One Man and His Dog 2017 title.
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E40 · South Yorkshire
Oct 1, 2017·1h 0m
Ellie is in South Yorkshire, right on the border of the Peak District, following in the footsteps of the Clarion Ramblers.
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E41 · Dumfries House
Oct 8, 2017·1h 0m
Prince Charles talks about why he stepped in to save Dumfries House in East Ayrshire and his vision of how it can be used to help the local community.
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E42 · Nature Strikes Back
Oct 15, 2017·1h 0m
Thirty years on from the Great Storm of 1987, Ellie Harrison visits Wakehurst Place in West Sussex to learn how it dealt with the devastation.
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E43 · Cornish Heartlands
Oct 22, 2017·1h 0m
John and Margherita are in Cornwall, where John attends a food festival with a difference. Plus a profile of Cornish artist David Hosking.
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E44 · Ramble for Children in Need
Oct 29, 2017·1h 0m
A special programme following the team as they lead the way on rambles of their own through some of Britain's best landscapes, all in aid of Children in Need.
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E45 · Autumn Special
Nov 5, 2017·1h 0m
Matt Baker crunches through the leaves to find out about a new charter to protect woodlands, and Ellie Harrison meets Skomer's new seal pups.
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E46 · Remembrance
Nov 12, 2017·1h 0m
Ellie Harrison finds out about the so-called 'Idle' women of the canals, who played a vital role in the Second World War.
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E47 · Hertfordshire
Nov 19, 2017·1h 0m
Countryfile is in Hertfordshire, where Charlotte Smith meets the man who's made it his sole mission to save the barbel in the Old River Lea.
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E48 · Cairngorms
Nov 26, 2017·1h 0m
Joe Crowley is at Britain's largest national nature reserve, Mar Lodge, and he is on the search for ptarmigan at the top of a mountain.
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E49 · Cleveland Way
Dec 3, 2017·1h 0m
Helen Skelton and Sean Fletcher are on the Cleveland Way in Yorkshire. Helen meets the team of Scouts who have 'adopted' their own stretch of the 109-mile trail.
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E50 · The Brecks
Dec 10, 2017·1h 0m
Ellie Harrison finds out about a conservation effort to save two species from extinction in Breckland, on the Norfolk-Suffolk border.
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E51 · My Countryside Compilation
Dec 17, 2017·1h 0m
Ellie Harrison sees her home county of Gloucestershire as she has never seen it before. And Nina Wadia explores the Highlands.
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E52 · Christmas Special
Dec 24, 2017·1h 0m
In this Christmas special, Matt Baker, John Craven and Anita Rani are in Castleton in the Peak District, where the Christmas tree festival is in full swing.
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E53 · New Zealand Compilation
Dec 31, 2017·1h 0m
In New Zealand, Adam Henson meets some old friends, helps with a cattle muster and witnesses sheep farming on a breathtaking scale.
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E1 · Ribble Valley
Jan 7, 2018·1h 0m
Matt Baker is in the Gisburn Forest and meets the people who make the most of what nature has to offer here. Anita Rani is on a farm which is looking to the future.
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E2 · Somerset Levels
Jan 14, 2018·1h 0m
In the Somerset Levels, Matt Baker is on the hunt for the common crane, a bird that has been brought back from the brink and which now thrives in the area.
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E3 · Leicestershire
Jan 21, 2018·1h 0m
Anita Rani visits Leicester University's herbarium to investigate the city's plants' past, present and future, and Tom Heap looks at the rural fire services.
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E4 · Perth and Kinross
Jan 28, 2018·1h 0m
Matt Baker visits a farm in Crieff to meet two brothers from a family famous in the sport of curling, discovering how Olympic training fits around farming.
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E5 · Winter Special
Feb 4, 2018·1h 0m
Matt Baker meets the Dorset man championing local winter produce. Anita Rani finds out how making jewellery inspired by nature can improve the winter blues.
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E6 · Cambridgeshire
Feb 11, 2018·1h 0m
Ellie Harrison and Matt Baker are in Cambridgeshire, where Matt looks at a huge project to turn a quarry into the UK's biggest reed bed.
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E7 · Anglesey
Feb 18, 2018·1h 0m
Matt Baker and Anita Rani are in Anglesey, where Matt is on the lookout for harbour porpoises and Anita finds out what's behind the boom in Menai mussels.
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E8 · Derbyshire
Feb 25, 2018·1h 0m
Matt Baker and Helen Skelton are in Derbyshire, where Matt is exploring the boom in farming alpacas. Tom Heap looks at illegal abattoirs.
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Mar 4, 2018·1h 0m
Helen Skelton is at Kielder Water in Northumberland, exploring the ways in which water shapes our lives. Plus watery worlds from the Countryfile archive.
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E10 · The Lothians and Borders
Mar 11, 2018·1h 0m
Matt Baker visits St Abbs - a community who refused to let their lifeboat service go under.
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E11 · Pembrokeshire
Mar 18, 2018·1h 0m
Ellie Harrison is in Pembrokeshire looking at the effect of recent storms on the coastline. Adam Henson is in Scotland exploring the mystery behind some missing upland sheep. Tom Heap looks at the p…
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E12 · Shropshire
Mar 25, 2018·1h 0m
Matt Baker immerses himself in Shropshire Wildlife Trust's Love Your Rivers project. It's a huge conservation operation, involving 12 organisations.
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E13 · West Yorkshire
Apr 1, 2018·1h 0m
Matt, Anita and Joe Crowley are in West Yorkshire where Matt meets Dr Ryad Alsous, a refugee from Syria whose love of bees has helped him forge a new life here.
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E14 · Loch Ness
Apr 8, 2018·1h 0m
Sean Fletcher and Naomi Wilkinson are in the wilds around Loch Ness. They travel to to Glenurquhart where they go head to head in a game of shinty.
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E15 · Cumbria
Apr 15, 2018·1h 0m
Matt Baker and Anita Rani are in West Cumbria where Matt takes a wild and bracing walk along a brand new section of the England Coast Path on Walney Island near Barrow.
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E16 · Heritage Crafts
Apr 22, 2018·1h 0m
Anita Rani is in Norfolk meeting the people keeping some of the UK's vanishing trades alive, including a millwright and a reed cutter.
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E17 · Cornwall
Apr 29, 2018·1h 0m
Matt Baker is in Cornwall to meet Julian Jackson, who lost his sight in 2010 and is raising money for a vision charity by walking from Land's End to John O'Groats.
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E18 · Northumberland
May 6, 2018·1h 0m
Anita Rani is in Rothbury, being put through her paces with the mountain rescue team and hearing how new technologies are helping search-and-rescue operations.
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E19 · Hampshire
May 13, 2018·1h 0m
The team are in Hampshire, where Matt Baker hears about a project championing the use of local wood. John Craven hears how oysters are being reintroduced to the Solent.
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E20 · Spring Special
May 20, 2018·1h 0m
Ellie Harrison meets the designer who's creating a celebratory 30th anniversary Countryfile garden for the Hampton Court Flower Show.
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E21 · Royal Special: Windsor
May 27, 2018·1h 0m
To celebrate 65 years since Her Majesty's coronation, Countryfile, also celebrating its 30th anniversary, has been given unprecedented access to the Queen's Windsor estate.
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E22 · Royal Special: Balmoral
Jun 3, 2018·1h 0m
To celebrate 65 years since HM the Queen's coronation, Countryfile has been given unprecedented access to the Queen's Balmoral estate.
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E23 · Royal Special: Sandringham
Jun 10, 2018·1h 0m
To celebrate 65 years since Her Majesty's coronation, Countryfile visits the Queen's Sandringham estate. Adam Henson looks into the farming history of Sandringham.
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E24 · Northern Ireland
Jun 17, 2018·1h 0m
Sean Fletcher, Margherita Taylor and Steve Brown are in Northern Ireland. John Craven launches the Countryfile Photographic Competition with Cerys Matthews.
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E25 · West Sussex
Jun 24, 2018·1h 0m
In West Sussex, Matt explores the phenomenon of 'champing' - where people pay to stay in churches - and Ellie meets Maya Leonard, a self-proclaimed insect activist.
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E26 · Dorset
Jul 1, 2018·1h 0m
Matt Baker and Margherita Taylor are in Dorset, where Matt spends time at Lorton Meadows, a nature reserve renowned for its birds of prey.
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E27 · Hampton Court
Jul 8, 2018·1h 0m
Ellie Harrison and Sean Fletcher explore the grounds and surrounds of Hampton Court Palace, which is home to the last stable of working shire horses in London.
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E28 · The Seven Wonders of Wales
Jul 15, 2018·1h 0m
Sean Fletcher introduces his 'seven wonders of Wales' - the mountains, hill farming, heritage, wildlife, castles, food and the coastline.
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E29 · 30th Anniversary
Jul 22, 2018·1h 0m
To celebrate Countryfile's 30th anniversary, John Craven takes us through 30 of the most memorable moments from the programme from the past three decades.
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E30 · Exmoor
Jul 29, 2018·1h 0m
In Exmoor, Margherita Taylor meets those doing all they can to restore the habitat, and numbers, of the UK's most endangered butterfly - the high brown fritillary.
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E31 · East Yorkshire
Aug 5, 2018·1h 0m
John, Margherita and Steve are in East Yorkshire where John takes a trip down memory lane to the seaside holidays of his youth.
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E32 · Nottinghamshire
Aug 12, 2018·1h 0m
Matt, Ellie and Steve are in Nottinghamshire where Matt reports on the plight of the original Bramley apple tree and there's a double hit of wildlife from Ellie.
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E33 · Countryfile Live
Aug 19, 2018·1h 0m
The team are at Countryfile Live, set in the stunning grounds of Blenheim Palace. Steve Brown goes backstage at the first ever British charcuterie awards.
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E34 · North Wales
Aug 26, 2018·1h 0m
Matt and Margherita are in north Wales where Matt discovers how miniature technology could tell us more about the habits of one of our best-loved insects.
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E35 · Saltmarsh, Sand and Sea
Sep 2, 2018·1h 0m
Steve Brown goes on a tour of the Isle of Sheppey. A flat landscape typified by saltmarsh, sea and big skies, this is a wilderness full of wildlife.
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E36 · Essex
Sep 9, 2018·1h 0m
Anita Rani and John Craven visit Essex. Anita hears how timber that has travelled around the world from the tropics to the UK is being up-cycled and repurposed.
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E37 · Harvest
Sep 16, 2018·1h 0m
Helen Skelton visits a farm in York to hear how carrots are in crisis. The extremes of weather have lead to the lowest yields for decades and the highest levels of imports.
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E38 · One Man and His Dog
Sep 23, 2018·1h 0m
The British Isles' top shepherds and their collies descend on the small village of Llansteffan in south Wales as we host Countryfile's One Man and His Dog 2018.
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E39 · Hereford
Sep 30, 2018·1h 0m
The team are in Herefordshire visiting a habitat creation project, harvesting hops and learning about the new-found popularity of a medieval apple drink called verjuice.
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E40 · Wildlife Special
Oct 7, 2018·1h 0m
Ellie Harrison takes a look at the state of the country's wildlife - the pressures it is under, the challenges it faces and the prospects for vulnerable species.
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E41 · A Different Day Out
Oct 14, 2018·1h 0m
Ellie Harrison is in Derbyshire to explore ideas for a different day out, including building a makeshift raft and taking in an arts trail.
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E42 · Autumn Special
Oct 21, 2018·1h 0m
Matt Baker is on the Isle of Skye otter spotting, Anita Rani visits the Ards Peninsular, and Steve Brown experiences the beauty of autumn leaves in miniature.
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E43 · Ramble for BBC Children in Need
Oct 28, 2018·1h 0m
The fourth annual Countryfile Ramble for BBC Children in Need features the show's presenters leading rambles across the UK, joined by viewers and inspirational youngsters.
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E44 · Worcestershire
Nov 4, 2018·1h 0m
Countryfile visits Worcestershire, where Matt Baker finds out about plans to save Pershore Lock Island and encourage more wildlife to live there.
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E45 · East Sussex
Nov 11, 2018·1h 0m
Countryfile visits East Sussex, where Sean Fletcher meets the family with a passion for poultry.
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E46 · Cambridgeshire
Nov 18, 2018·1h 0m
Countryfile visits Cambridgeshire, where Anita Rani is at the 40th annual hedge-laying competition and meets a painter who finds trees totally inspiring.
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E47 · Suffolk
Nov 25, 2018·1h 0m
Countryfile is in Suffolk, where John Craven takes to the water to meet the Walberswick ferrywomen. He also finds out about the age-old craft of pargetting.
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E48 · County Durham
Dec 2, 2018·1h 0m
Countryfile is in County Durham, where Helen Skelton finds out about the traditional rapper dance of the region and Steve Brown finds out about fancy pigeon showing.
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E49 · Isle of Wight
Dec 9, 2018·1h 0m
John Craven, Helen Skelton and Margherita Taylor are on the Isle of Wight, where John meets the amateur dinosaur hunter finding new prehistoric creatures.
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E50 · Cairngorms
Dec 16, 2018·1h 0m
In the Cairngorms, Matt Baker meets Tilly Smith and her herd of 150 reindeer, whose grazing habits are being studied by scientists to assess their environmental impact.
51
E51 · Christmas Special
Dec 23, 2018·1h 0m
Matt Baker and the team are in the small village of Elsdon in Northumberland, where preparations are in full swing for a big Christmas bash.
52
E52 · Countryfile's Inspirational Women
Dec 30, 2018·1h 0m
Anita Rani is in Yorkshire celebrating some of the many remarkable women who have been featured on the programme over the years.
1
E1 · Vets
Jan 6, 2019·1h 0m
Adam Henson looks at the harsh reality of being a rural vet in the depths of winter. He also looks back at the trials and tribulations of one the country's largest practices.
2
E2 · Kent
Jan 13, 2019·1h 0m
Matt Baker is exploring the magnificent Leeds Castle as it celebrates its 900th anniversary. He tries his hand at a spot of falconry with the castle's resident birds of prey.
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E3 · Wiltshire
Jan 20, 2019·1h 0m
Matt Baker discovers the incredible work of a care farm in Wiltshire which is changing children's lives. Anita Rani tastes a local cheese with a long heritage.
4
E4 · North Yorkshire
Jan 27, 2019·1h 0m
Turner Prize-winning artist Rachel Whiteread shows us her sculpture, commissioned to mark the Forestry Commission's centenary.
5
E5 · Winter Wildlife Rescue Compilation
Feb 3, 2019·1h 0m
Steve Brown visits Lower Moss Wood nature reserve in Cheshire to meet the volunteers and is shown the specialist hospital unit.
6
E6 · Winter Special
Feb 10, 2019·1h 0m
The team reveal how the countryside is full of life even in the coldest of months. Steve Brown discovers the challenges faced by barn owls during winter.
7
E7 · Devon
Feb 17, 2019·1h 0m
In Devon, Matt Baker looks at the work of James Ravilious, who spent years photographing the Devon countryside, and meets one of the farmers who appeared in the photos.
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E8 · Gloucestershire
Feb 24, 2019·1h 0m
Matt and Helen are in Gloucestershire where Matt pays a visit to the world-famous Slimbridge wetland reserve to see how a massive multi-million-pound refurbishment is going.
9
Mar 3, 2019·1h 0m
Matt and Ellie explore Cheshire and a wildlife haven in the Wirral, and Hannah Cockroft travels to beautiful North Uist in the Outer Hebrides.
10
E10 · Somerset
Mar 10, 2019·1h 0m
Matt Baker and Helen Skelton are in Somerset, and in a special film for Comic Relief, Sir Tony Robinson visits a charity that’s making a real difference to people’s lives.
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E11 · North West Wales
Mar 17, 2019·1h 0m
In north west Wales, Joe Crowley visits a sheep farm and meets its striking new arrivals. Margherita Taylor discovers the Welsh names for the local flora and fauna.
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E12 · Food Compilation
Mar 24, 2019·1h 0m
Sean is in Oxfordshire meeting farmers with a passion for our more unusual produce, from picklers to cheesemakers.
13
E13 · Surrey
Mar 31, 2019·1h 0m
Countryfile is exploring Surrey, where Matt Baker meets the women who have inspired generations of conservationists and Helen Skelton visits a biodynamic vineyard.
14
E14 · National Parks
Apr 7, 2019·1h 0m
Matt Baker, John Craven and Margherita Taylor mark the 70th anniversary of the creation of our national parks.
15
E15 · Shropshire
Apr 14, 2019·1h 0m
Matt meets the farmer using a no-till method of raising crops to help save our soils, while Ellie is on the trail of Shropshire’s Clun sheep.
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E16 · Herts & Bucks
Apr 21, 2019·1h 0m
Matt is in Panshanger Park in Hertfordshire, seeing how an old quarry has become one of the best places for wildlife in the county.
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E17 · Spring Special
Apr 28, 2019·1h 0m
Matt Baker is at Morecambe Bay to meet caravan enthusiasts celebrating 100 years of caravanning history, while John Craven tries his hand at sheep shearing.
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E18 · Living on the Edge
May 5, 2019·1h 0m
With sea levels rising and ferocious waves battering our coasts, Ellie Harrison finds out what it’s like living on the edge of land and sea all year round.
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E19 · Aberdeenshire
May 12, 2019·1h 0m
Anita Rani is in Aberdeenshire meeting a family with a passion for Highland cattle, and Joe Crowley investigates the rapidly falling number of wild Atlantic salmon.
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E20 · Queen Victoria
May 19, 2019·1h 0m
This month marks 200 years since Queen Victoria’s birth, so Countryfile is exploring the Victorian fascination with nature and the great outdoors.
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E21 · Derbyshire
May 26, 2019·1h 0m
The team are in Derbyshire. Matt Baker joins a group who have been restoring Chesterfield’s canals, Anita Rani visits Tissington and Steve Brown learns how we can help pollinators.
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E22 · South Wales
Jun 2, 2019·1h 0m
Matt Baker learns about a scheme to create new structures from the fabric of the land, while Tom Heap asks whether our countryside has become a tax haven for the super-rich.
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E23 · Chalk Streams
Jun 9, 2019·1h 0m
Anita and Matt are in Hampshire celebrating our chalk streams, while Adam and Charlotte meet the last of the three contenders for our Farming Hero Award.
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E24 · West Yorkshire
Jun 16, 2019·1h 0m
Matt Baker visits the beautiful Hardcastle Crags near Hebden Bridge, and John Craven launches this year's photographic competition.
25
E25 · Lincolnshire
Jun 23, 2019·1h 0m
In Lincolnshire, Ellie kicks back in a bar where it’s not drinks on the menu but clouds! Meanwhile, Adam looks at what Brexit could mean for our farmers.
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E26 · Caring for Our Planet Compilation
Jun 30, 2019·1h 0m
Machynlleth is the first town in Wales to declare a climate emergency. Anita sees how the community is doing its bit in the fight against a warming planet.
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E27 · Summer Special - Royal Highland Show
Jul 7, 2019·1h 0m
The team are at the Royal Highland Show celebrating the best that rural Scotland has to offer, including the Arbroath smokie and an award-winning Scottish gin.
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E28 · Bedfordshire
Jul 14, 2019·1h 0m
John Craven visits the secluded Luton Hoo estate, once a training ground for land girls, and Tom Heap looks at new forms of environmental campaigning.
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E29 · Cornwall
Jul 21, 2019·1h 0m
Anita Rani visits the Antony Estate on the Rame Peninsula, John Craven visits an off-grid camp in Truro, and Tom Heap meets farmers caught up in the bovine TB outbreak.
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E30 · Gloucestershire
Jul 28, 2019·1h 0m
The team is in Gloucestershire to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Riding for the Disabled Association. Interviewed, Princess Anne talks of her long association with the RDA.
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E31 · Norfolk
Aug 4, 2019·1h 0m
John and Margherita are in Norfolk, where John is up at the crack of dawn to help with a release back into the wild of one of our rarest birds, the corncrake.
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E32 · Perthshire
Aug 11, 2019·1h 0m
Countryfile visits Perthshire, where Matt visits Cultybraggan, a former prisoner of war camp that is now a thriving community of artisans and food producers.
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E33 · Working Animals
Aug 18, 2019·1h 0m
Sean is in the Lake District taking a look at some of the jobs working animals do, and we take another look at working animals we’ve featured in the past.
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E34 · Warwickshire
Aug 25, 2019·1h 0m
Matt Baker marks the centenary of the death of Joseph Arch, a farm labourer who founded the first national farm workers' union and later became an MP.
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E35 · Evacuees Special
Sep 1, 2019·1h 0m
This special programme looks back at how the wartime evacuation of children to the countryside shaped the lives of a whole generation.
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E36 · Northumberland
Sep 8, 2019·1h 0m
This week the team are in Northumberland. Helen Skelton visits the Blyth Tall Ship scheme, where students from disadvantaged areas are taught traditional boat-building skills.
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E37 · Dorset
Sep 15, 2019·1h 0m
Ellie Harrison joins volunteers restoring the Cerne Abbas Giant, and Charlotte Smith investigates the true scale of domestic abuse in the countryside.
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E38 · One Man and His Dog
Sep 22, 2019·1h 0m
The best shepherds from across the British Isles descend on the Scottish Borders to find out which nation has what it takes to claim the coveted title of One Man and His Dog 2019.
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E39 · Lake District
Sep 29, 2019·1h 0m
Joe Crowley is in Cumbria exploring the Lakes’ wild side, and Charlotte investigates the rise of far-right extremism in the countryside.
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E40 · Nature's Bounty
Oct 6, 2019·1h 0m
Helen Skelton learns about the history and traditions of harvesting, and we revisit the times when our presenters got stuck in to help harvest this country's varied produce.
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E41 · Wembury
Oct 13, 2019·1h 0m
Joe Crowley, Anita Rani and Ellie Harrison explore the wildlife and naval history of Wembury, near Plymouth, while Tom Heap tracks the gangs stealing village cashpoints.
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E42 · Forest of Dean
Oct 20, 2019·1h 0m
In the Forest of Dean, Matt Baker is on the hunt for the elusive adder, while Margherita Taylor meets a local brass band and visits Puzzlewood.
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E43 · Countryfile Ramble for BBC Children In Need
Oct 27, 2019·1h 0m
Matt Baker leads the fifth annual Countryfile Ramble for BBC Children in Need.
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E44 · Autumn Special
Nov 3, 2019·1h 0m
John Craven takes a walk in the footsteps of the poet John Keats and explores the landscape that inspired his poem To Autumn, written 200 years ago this autumn.
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E45 · Essex
Nov 10, 2019·1h 0m
Matt Baker helps the Essex Wildlife Trust with their first ever winter fish survey on Fingringhoe Wick, a newly created stretch of saltmarsh.
46
E46 · Balcaskie
Nov 17, 2019·1h 0m
The team are on the Balcaskie Estate in the East Neuk of Fife, where Charlotte Smith tries her hand at the fast-growing rural sport of competitive ploughing.
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E47 · Conwy and Gwynedd
Nov 24, 2019·1h 0m
Matt Baker walks the Snowdonia slate trail, while Ellie Harrison finds out about the Outdoor Partnership, a project to get people outdoors and into the countryside.
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E48 · Tees Valley
Dec 1, 2019·1h 0m
Sean Fletcher and Helen Skelton explore the Tees Valley, while Tom Heap looks at whether enough is being done to protect UK farming and food production from flooding.
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E49 · Wiltshire
Dec 8, 2019·1h 0m
John Craven visits a wood in Wiltshire that has been ravaged by ash dieback, while Adam Henson is in Lincolnshire to see for himself the impact of the recent devastating floods.
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E50 · Buckinghamshire
Dec 15, 2019·1h 0m
Matt Baker joins a group of schoolchildren making their first visit to a farm, while Margherita Taylor meets the people preserving some of the UK's last box trees.
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E51 · Christmas Special
Dec 22, 2019·1h 0m
John Craven and the team are at Tyntesfield in Somerset, a stately pile that celebrates Christmas in high Victorian style.
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E52 · Caring for Our Community
Dec 29, 2019·1h 0m
Steve Brown is in Somerset celebrating the work that volunteers and communities do in our countryside. He spends the day on a community farm that's doing its bit for sustainability.
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E1 · Cottage Industries
Jan 5, 2020·1h 0m
Countryfile celebrates cottage industries, with Ellie Harrison meeting a woman who sells hand-crafted products all revolving around fire.
2
E2 · Welney Marshes
Jan 12, 2020·1h 0m
The team are at Welney Wildlife Reserve in Norfolk. Charlotte Smith helps out with the international swan census, and Sean Fletcher hears how mini donkeys are helping residents of a Welney care home. …
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E3 · Ballycastle
Jan 19, 2020·1h 0m
The team are in Ballycastle, a coastal community on the north eastern tip of Ireland that's quickly becoming known for its local crafts and artisan food and drink. Margherita Taylor is on a small ‘for…
4
E4 · Hope Valley
Jan 26, 2020·1h 0m
This week, Countryfile is in the heart of the Peak District, where the pub is most definitely the hub! Anita Rani hears how the locals here saved Bamford’s village pub. It is now owned by the communit…
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E5 · Dungeness
Feb 2, 2020·1h 0m
Although it's classed as Britain’s only 'desert' - and despite its bleak aspect in the depths of winter - the shingle headland of Dungeness is home to an incredible array of wildlife, plants and birdl…
6
E6 · Auchlyne
Feb 9, 2020·1h 0m
Matt, Charlotte and Steve are on the Auchlyne Estate near Killin in Perthshire. It’s the first of four visits they’ll be making over the next year, charting life on the estate throughout the seasons. …
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E7 · Farm Diversification
Feb 16, 2020·1h 0m
Sean is in Essex meeting a farmer who has taken diversification to the next level. David Eagle has let the sea inundate acres of his farmland to create vital saltmarsh habitat for migratory birds, and…
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E8 · Shaftesbury
Feb 23, 2020·1h 0m
Matt, Ellie and Steve are in Shaftesbury in Dorset, where they take part in the town's celebrated snowdrop festival. Matt meets the growers and enthusiasts dedicated to the small white flowers. He dis…
9
E9 · Gwent Levels
Mar 1, 2020·1h 0m
This week the team are on the Gwent Levels. Matt Baker meets a group of fishermen who are still catching salmon the way it has been done there for centuries. Ellie Harrison is on the trail of a star s…
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E10 · Holnicote Estate
Mar 8, 2020·1h 0m
It’s International Women’s Day, and we’re in Somerset on the Holnicote Estate. Anita Rani meets Holly Purdey who farms with a baby on her back and her three-year-old as her farmhand. She’s part of a l…
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E11 · Looe Harbour
Mar 15, 2020·1h 0m
Countryfile visits Looe in Cornwall during Cornish Pasty Week. Margherita Taylor and Matt Baker meet the town's pasty makers and compete in a pasty-making competition. Margherita finds out more about …
12
E12 · Lake Vyrnwy
Mar 22, 2020·1h 0m
Lake Vyrnwy in Wales is gearing up for the warmer spring days ahead, when there will be a huge increase in migratory birds and tourists. Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison immerse themselves in the landsca…
13
E13 · Signs of Spring
Mar 29, 2020·1h 0m
Ellie is in the Lugg Valley in Herefordshire, where recent heavy floods have left their mark. Despite this, she is on the hunt for signs of spring - not least toads. She joins volunteers making sure t…
14
E14 · 24 Hours in the Lambing Shed
Apr 5, 2020·1h 0m
It is all systems go in the lambing shed as Adam Henson and Helen Skelton work round the clock to help a Wirral farmer at one of his busiest times of the year. Meanwhile, Sean Fletcher is in Carmarthe…
15
E15 · Presenter Favourites
Apr 12, 2020·1h 0m
The Countryfile presenters take you on a trip down memory lane, as they pick out their favourite films from the archive, including Anita Rani surfing in Snowdonia, Ellie Harrison counting gannets, Mat…
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E16 · Anita's Home Patch
Apr 19, 2020·1h 0m
In the first of a new-look Countryfile, Anita Rani is on her home patch discovering what the coronavirus lockdown means for Woodberry Wetlands and what the future holds for the animals of Hackney City…
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E17 · Matt's Home Patch
Apr 26, 2020·1h 0m
With the country still in lockdown, Matt Baker is on his home patch doing all the jobs he has not had time to do until now. He gets stuck in building a pond, meets a peregrine who lacks the confidence…
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E18 · Joe's Home Patch
May 3, 2020·1h 0m
Joe Crowley is on his home turf in north London, exploring the wonderful Lea Valley. He pays a visit to one of the UK’s biggest salad growers to see how Covid-19 is affecting them. He also heads to th…
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E19 · Helen's Home Patch
May 10, 2020·1h 0m
Helen is staying close to home in West Yorkshire, finding out how current restrictions are affecting her community. She pays a visit to Harewood House to learn more about their conservation projects, …
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E20 · Ellie's Home Patch
May 17, 2020·1h 0m
Ellie Harrison is on her home turf in Gloucestershire. At the Slimbridge Wetland Centre she helps with important conservation work and gets a ringside seat to watch some kingfisher parents busy feedin…
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E21 · Sean's Home Patch
May 24, 2020·1h 0m
Sean Fletcher visits Hampton Court, not far from his west London home, seeing how the team there keep the gardens and grounds in top condition. There is no machinery here, though - it’s a team of magn…
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E22 · John's Home Patch
May 31, 2020·1h 0m
John Craven is at home in his garden where he gives us tips on what butterflies to look out for and how to get involved in a nationwide survey and he catches up with super fund-raiser Captain – now Co…
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E23 · Steve and Margherita's Home Patch
Jun 7, 2020·1h 0m
Steve Brown explores one of his favourite local haunts, Elmley Nature Reserve on the Isle of Sheppey, where swallows and swifts are gathering in their hordes, heralding the arrival of summer. Margheri…
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E24 · Down on the Farm
Jun 14, 2020·1h 0m
As well as tending to his crops, much of Adam Henson’s time on his Cotswold farm is devoted to caring for his animals. Each and every one of them is important to him, from his commercial flock of shee…
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E25 · Epping Forest
Jun 21, 2020·1h 0m
Anita Rani is in Epping Forest to find out about its past, its wildlife and to meet some of the people who look after it. She discovers the art of cattle whispering when she meets the herd of Longhorn…
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E26 · Charlecote Park
Jun 28, 2020·1h 0m
As organisations like the National Trust open up to visitors again, Ellie Harrison is at Charlecote Park in Warwickshire, one of the great estates of the Elizabethan era. She’s rolling up her sleeves …
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E27 · Grand Union Canal
Jul 5, 2020·1h 0m
Matt Baker explores the stretch of the Grand Union Canal that runs close to his home in the Chilterns. He meets those who live and work on the water and gets to grips with an engineering marvel that k…
28
E28 · The Blean
Jul 12, 2020·1h 0m
This week Anita Rani and Matt Baker are visiting The Blean, an ancient woodland in the heart of Kent, to get an exclusive look at a wilding project like no other. Matt comes face to face with the beas…
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E29 · Shropshire Hills
Jul 19, 2020·1h 0m
Ellie Harrison and Tom Heap are in the Shropshire Hills to find out about an ambitious project to create a nature corridor between the two peaks of Long Mynd and Stiperstones. Tom meets a farmer who h…
30
E30 · Chichester Hills
Jul 26, 2020·1h 0m
Countryfile visits Chichester Harbour, the only Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the UK that’s managed by a harbour authority. Matt Baker and Anita Rani discover how you balance the needs of a ve…
31
E31 · Wisley and Ockham
Aug 2, 2020·1h 0m
Matt Baker and Margherita Taylor are at Wisley and Ockham Common on a mission to discover why heathland habitat like this needs to be prized and protected. Margherita goes in search of one of Britain’…
32
E32 · Weird and Wonderful
Aug 9, 2020·1h 0m
Day in, day out, our countryside is a hive of activity. Farmers grow our food, while guardians nurture our nature and wildlife. But you don’t have to dig too deep to discover the weird and the wonderf…
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E33 · Bamburgh
Aug 16, 2020·1h 0m
Matt Baker and Anita Rani are in Northumberland in the beautiful coastal village and ancient English royal kingdom of Bamburgh. Matt is busy in the castle, which covers nine acres, discovering what it…
34
E34 · Somerleyton
Aug 23, 2020·1h 0m
Matt Baker and Margherita Taylor visit the Somerleyton Estate in Suffolk to find out about an ambitious Wild East project aimed at turning East Anglia into a giant nature reserve. And it’s not just so…
35
E35 · Mary Berry Special
Aug 30, 2020·1h 0m
Special guest Mary Berry reveals how farming and the countryside have influenced her life and career – and still do. Matt Baker is by her side to discover what inspired her during her childhood on her…
36
E36 · River Burn
Sep 6, 2020·1h 0m
Anita Rani goes back to her Yorkshire roots, exploring the lesser-known River Burn in the glorious Swinton Park estate. She discovers why we’ve fallen in love with fishing since lockdown and how the h…
37
E37 · Stoke-on-Trent
Sep 13, 2020·1h 0m
Matt Baker and Margherita Taylor are in Stoke-on-Trent to learn about an ambitious scheme to bring the countryside into the heart of the city. Margherita finds out what it takes to move a stretch of t…
38
E38 · One Man and His Dog
Sep 20, 2020·1h 0m
Matt Baker and Charlotte Smith are with four of the UK’s top shepherds and their amazing sheepdogs for this year’s Countryfile One Man and His Dog competition. It is taking place on a tough course in …
39
E39 · The Lake District
Sep 27, 2020·1h 0m
Ellie Harrison and Joe Crowley are in the Lake District to celebrate the 250th anniversary of William Wordsworth’s birth. They discover how his sister Dorothy and her writings were as influential as t…
40
E40 · South Devon
Oct 4, 2020·1h 0m
Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison visit south Devon, once the cider capital of England, to discover how orchards are being revived. Matt meets eighth-generation cider-makers who have as close an eye on co…
41
E41 · Harvest Special
Oct 11, 2020·1h 0m
It’s a harvest that will go down in history - downpours and drought, pests and a pandemic. Adam Henson takes us through the toughest harvest of his career on his Gloucestershire farm. Charlotte Smith …
42
E42 · Big Adventures
Oct 18, 2020·1h 0m
We could all do with a bit of adventure in our lives after the last few months - and what better place to find it than in our great British countryside! This week, Joe Crowley visits Box Hill in Surre…
43
E43 · Lake Vyrnwy
Oct 25, 2020·1h 0m
Matt and Ellie are in Wales, exploring how industry and conservation are working together to safeguard important habitats at Lake Vyrnwy. Ellie gets hands-on with woodland management in a bid to prote…
44
E44 · Children in Need Ramble
Nov 1, 2020·1h 0m
The Countryfile team head out for Children in Need Rambles like you’ve never seen before. In this 75-minute special of one-to-one rambles with inspirational youngsters from across the UK, Matt Baker g…
45
E45 · Cornwall
Nov 8, 2020·1h 0m
Matt Baker and Charlotte Smith are in Falmouth for the start of the oyster season, where successful hatching is down to the moon. They also discover how old traditions are being used in modern ways, f…
46
E46 · Healing Countryside
Nov 15, 2020·1h 0m
The healing powers of the great outdoors have never been more valued than now, so Ellie Harrison visits Gloucestershire to discover just how our countryside can provide the perfect tonic in troubled t…
47
E47 · Lincolnshire Wolds
Nov 22, 2020·1h 0m
Anita Rani and Joe Crowley are in the Lincolnshire Wolds at historic South Ormsby, which has ambitions to be the finest farming estate in the world. They discover the entrepreneurial spirit driving th…
48
E48 · Plant Britain
Nov 29, 2020·1h 0m
Countryfile launches Plant Britain, an ambitious two-year challenge aimed at galvanising everyone in the nation to get planting. Matt Baker is in Cheshire, planting the very first trees in what will …
49
E49 · Black Mountains
Dec 6, 2020·1h 0m
Ellie Harrison and Sean Fletcher are in the Black Mountains, which straddle the border between Wales and England, to find out more about a drive to preserve ancient rural skills and traditions. Sean g…
50
E50 · Stour Estuary
Dec 13, 2020·1h 0m
The Stour estuary in Essex has just been added to Suffolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty - the first extension of an AONB for thirty years. At this time of year, birds flock here in their th…
51
E51 · Christmas Special
Dec 20, 2020·1h 0m
Countryfile celebrates Christmas on the stunning Auchlyne estate in Scotland. Charlotte Smith and Joe Crowley join laird Emma and her family to help monitor beavers and tame some deer. Charlotte also …
52
E52 · Wildlife Compilation
Dec 27, 2020·1h 0m
Ellie Harrison has a love for the natural world and all creatures great and small. She is in Bristol to meet wildlife photographer and friend of Countryfile, Simon King, to get a crash course in how t…
1
E1 · Review of the Year Compilation
Jan 3, 2021·1h 0m
Sean Fletcher looks back at 2020 – a difficult year for all of us as we faced a pandemic but a year when the countryside became a lifeline for unprecedented numbers; when wildlife came out to play and…
2
E2 · New Year, New Me
Jan 10, 2021·1h 0m
After the turmoil of 2020 and as a new year gets underway, how do we plan to make the countryside a bigger part of our lives? Matt Baker wants to get fitter and tries his hand at canicross, Anita Rani…
3
E3 · Mendips
Jan 17, 2021·1h 0m
Ellie Harrison and Tom Heap are in the Mendips looking at how this stunning but fragile area is being protected from the invasion of visitors. Ellie scales Cheddar Gorge and discovers the damage cars …
4
E4 · The Chilterns
Jan 24, 2021·1h 0m
Matt Baker is staying close to home, exploring the Chilterns landscape and the people and skills that have shaped this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. He discovers some hidden historical gems reve…
5
E5 · Ellie's Home Turf
Jan 31, 2021·1h 0m
Ellie Harrison is in Gloucestershire, finding out how communities on her home turf are pulling together to support each other in these tough times. She meets the producers on a mission to get everyone…
6
Feb 7, 2021·1h 0m
Helen Skelton is on Crompton Moor in the Pennines, braving all weathers to discover what makes this site of biological interest such a special place. Battered by rain, wind and snow, she helps instal…
7
E7 · Winter Heroes
Feb 14, 2021·1h 0m
Whilst visiting Kentish Town City Farm to lend a helping hand, Margherita Taylor takes a look back through the Countryfile archives to celebrate some winter heroes - the farmers toughing it out in all…
8
E8 · Nene Valley
Feb 21, 2021·1h 0m
Tom Heap explores Northamptonshire’s Nene Valley, discovering how a farmer fighting flooding has embraced wetland wildlife to make his land pay. Tom also meets a sheepdog turned search-and-rescue hero…
9
E9 · Hidden Treasures
Feb 28, 2021·1h 0m
This week Anita Rani is on her home turf in London, showing that you don’t need to go far for a healthy dose of green. Anita is taken on an enchanting tour of one of London’s 'magnificent seven' ceme…
10
E10 · Colne Valley
Mar 7, 2021·1h 0m
Charlotte Smith visits the Colne Valley Regional Park, a landscape of forest, fields and waterways on the edge of west London. She does battle with an invasive species, gets up close with tiny creatur…
11
E11 · Lambing Special
Mar 14, 2021·1h 0m
In this special episode, Ellie joins Adam and his team for 48 hours of hectic lambing action. She may be the rookie in Adam’s lambing shed, but Ellie quickly gets to grips with multiple births, touch-…
12
E12 · First Signs of Spring
Mar 21, 2021·1h 0m
Ellie Harrison celebrates the arrival of spring on her home turf in the Cotswolds. From the millions of snowdrops in Painswick’s Rococo Gardens to discovering some old folklore, finding out about a sc…
13
E13 · Greensand Ridge
Mar 28, 2021·1h 0m
Joe Crowley discovers how science is helping better understand nature on Bedfordshire’s Greensand Ridge. He gets up close with avian giants, finding out how the world’s longest-running bird survey hel…
14
E14 · Daffodil Way
Apr 4, 2021·1h 0m
Ellie Harrison visits the 'golden triangle' in Gloucestershire to find out why the area is so famous for the wild daffodil. She takes a trip down memory lane with villagers who recall picking the daff…
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E15 · Canals
Apr 11, 2021·1h 0m
Tom Heap and Margherita Taylor look at the impact of canals on the past, present and future of our countryside. In the Midlands, Tom is on the UK’s longest canal – the Grand Union - discovering the e…
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E16 · Hambleden Valley
Apr 18, 2021·1h 0m
Sean Fletcher goes wild in the Hambleden Valley in Buckinghamshire with a whistlestop trike tour of a chocolate box landscape that has been the beautiful backdrop for many TV dramas and films. But how…
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E17 · Nidderdale
Apr 25, 2021·1h 0m
Helen Skelton is in the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in North Yorkshire, helping prepare for the return of both animals and visitors to the hills. She joins a team keeping track of ad…
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E18 · John Craven's Best of Britain
May 2, 2021·1h 0m
As John Craven celebrates 50 years as a BBC presenter, on this – his 1,250th episode for Countryfile - he opens up a treasure trove of memories of some of his favourite parts of Britain. Each location…
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E19 · Cranbourne Chase
May 9, 2021·1h 0m
Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison uncover the wonders past and present of Cranborne Chase. Matt unravels a puzzling piece of the area’s past as he explores a 900-year-old mediaeval ‘miz maze’ hidden in t…
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E20 · White Peak
May 16, 2021·1h 0m
Matt Baker and Charlotte Smith head to the Peak District to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the UK's first national park. Matt joins a pioneering scheme to restore ruined farm buildings and meets '…
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E21 · Plant Britain Spring Special
May 23, 2021·1h 0m
Plant Britain is all about encouraging community gardens and planting wildflowers in a two-year initiative to help combat climate change, help wildlife and pollinators and transform our own wellbeing.…
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E22 · Llŷn Peninsula
May 30, 2021·1h 0m
Matt Baker and Margherita Taylor visit the stunning Llyn Peninsula in north Wales, known as 'Snowdonia’s arm'. Margherita finds out about plans for a major blue energy project. While harnessing the po…
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E23 · Norfolk / Suffolk
Jun 6, 2021·1h 0m
It’s a tale of transformations as Matt Baker and Charlotte Smith head to the Norfolk-Suffolk border. Matt gets his fingers dirty gardening and feels the heat of the forge at a social enterprise that i…
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E24 · County Down
Jun 13, 2021·1h 0m
Matt Baker and Anita Rani head to County Down in Northern Ireland to catch up with the dairy farming Lilburn family and their quest to diversify. Matt jumps into a tractor to help cut grass to feed th…
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E25 · Art in the Countryside
Jun 20, 2021·1h 0m
Ellie Harrison is in Gloucestershire at Nature in Art, the world’s first museum and art gallery dedicated to art inspired by nature, as she goes in search of her inner muse. Under the expert eye of aw…
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E26 · Cumbria
Jun 27, 2021·1h 0m
Adam Henson and Charlotte Smith are in the stunning Cumbrian Hills as we catch up with the formidable mother and son farming duo Andrea and Hector Meanwell. We first met them in early Spring, but Adam…
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E27 · Wimbledon Common
Jul 4, 2021·1h 0m
Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison explore Wimbledon Common to celebrate its 150th anniversary. Matt saddles up with one of the UK’s only mounted rangers, finding out how horseback patrols have been enforc…
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E28 · Isle of Purbeck
Jul 11, 2021·1h 0m
Matt Baker and Margherita Taylor are in Dorset, on the stunning Isle of Purbeck, looking at the importance of its diverse landscape and the changes the coastline has gone through over the centuries. M…
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E29 · Flamborough Head
Jul 18, 2021·1h 0m
Anita Rani and Tom Heap head to Yorkshire’s Flamborough Head. Anita visits England’s largest onshore seabird colony at Bempton Cliffs, where she helps to track breeding numbers and witnesses a very sp…
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E30 · Community Farm - Herefordshire
Jul 25, 2021·1h 0m
As more and more of us yearn for a life in the country, Matt Baker and Charlotte Smith roll up their sleeves on a community farm in Herefordshire. Matt helps to save a bee colony and harvests fruits f…
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E31 · Food and Drink
Aug 1, 2021·1h 0m
Joe Crowley meets chef Romy Gill to celebrate the glories of seasonal food at Chew Magna Community Farm. From pickles and preserves to a feast making the most of fabulous produce, Joe also delves into…
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E32 · Highlands Rewilding
Aug 8, 2021·1h 0m
Joe Crowley and Charlotte Smith are in the Highlands, visiting a 100-acre rewilding site near Loch Ness known as the Natural Capital Laboratory. But this is no ordinary lab, and there’s not a white co…
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E33 · Coniston
Aug 15, 2021·1h 0m
Charlotte Smith and Steve Brown are on Yew Tree Farm in Coniston, which sits in the stunning landscape of the Lake District National Park. Steve meets first-generation farmers to find out how they are…
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E34 · Offa's Dyke Path
Aug 22, 2021·1h 0m
Countryfile Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison are on the border of England and Wales to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Offa’s Dyke Path and to explore the fascinating history and treasures that lie al…
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E35 · Manifold Valley Agricultural Show
Aug 29, 2021·1h 0m
Sean Fletcher and Steve Brown are in Staffordshire at the Manifold Valley Agricultural Show, where the focus is on encouraging young people to get into the countryside, agriculture and the show ring w…
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E36 · Islands
Sep 5, 2021·1h 0m
Joe Crowley is on Isle Martin, a dot of an island off the west coast of Scotland, which is getting ready to host Scotland’s very first seaweed festival. Joe meets the island's sole occupant, explores …
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E37 · County Down
Sep 12, 2021·1h 0m
Charlotte Smith is in County Down, Northern Ireland, catching up with the dairy farming Lilburn family after our last visit in June. The pressure is on for them – Richard is up against the weather t…
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E38 · Bromyard Hops
Sep 19, 2021·1h 0m
Anita Rani is in Herefordshire to discover the secrets behind the great hop revival, from pest-eating predators to new flavours to help pack a punch in our pints. She also meets one of the last picker…
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E39 · One Man and His Dog 2021
Sep 26, 2021·1h 0m
Matt Baker and Helen Skelton are at the helm of this year’s One Man and His Dog sheepdog trial competition as competitors from all four nations compete to clinch the coveted trophy. And there couldn’t…
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E40 · Cumbria
Oct 3, 2021·1h 0m
Sean Fletcher and Charlotte Smith catch up with mother-and-son farming duo Andrea and Hector Meanwell in Cumbria. Countryfile has been following them throughout the year, and they have some big challe…
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E41 · Harvest Special
Oct 10, 2021·1h 0m
It’s harvest time on Adam’s farm. The old reliables are back - wheat, barley and oilseed rape - and the combines, tractors, trailers and balers are hard at work. But how much longer will farmers be wo…
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E42 · Wild Britain
Oct 17, 2021·1h 0m
Steve Brown is on the Isle of Mull in the hope of realising a lifetime ambition: to see white-tailed eagles in the wild. They are Britain’s largest bird of prey, and not the only wild wonders he might…
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E43 · Countryfile Ramble for BBC Children in Need 2021
Oct 24, 2021·1h 0m
In this 75-minute special, the Countryfile Ramble for BBC Children in Need heads out on a tour of the UK in the company of some truly inspirational youngsters. Matt Baker takes on a challenge in the L…
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E44 · Newlyn
Oct 31, 2021·1h 0m
Joe Crowley and Ellie Harrison are in Cornwall, exploring the fishing port of Newlyn with a remarkable secret history. Joe also discovers the fishy equivalent of ‘nose to tail’ eating, while Ellie fin…
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E45 · Plant Britain
Nov 7, 2021·1h 0m
Countryfile’s Plant Britain autumn special celebrates the magic of trees and hedgerows in combatting climate change, boosting wildlife and our own wellbeing. We also look at the future guardians of ou…
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E46 · Staffordshire National Memorial Arboretum
Nov 14, 2021·1h 0m
For Remembrance Sunday, Ellie Harrison visits the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire to help the Royal British Legion mark their centenary and to explore the diverse ways nature can offer he…
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E47 · Best of Autumn
Nov 21, 2021·1h 0m
John Craven revisits the Gloucestershire village of Hillesley 50 years after he first reported on the local newspaper. He meets Hollywood screenwriter William Nicholson, who cut his teeth on the paper…
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E49 · Compton Verney
Nov 28, 2021·1h 0m
Ellie Harrison and Joe Crowley are at the Compton Verney estate in Warwickshire to mark 300 years since the death of Britain’s greatest master carver, Grinling Gibbons. Known as the Michelangelo of wo…
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E50 · Kielder Forest
Dec 5, 2021·1h 0m
Matt Baker and Charlotte Smith are in Kielder in Northumberland to explore some of the 250 square miles of England’s largest forest. Charlotte discovers how this man-made landscape supplies a quarter …
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E51 · Malvern Hills
Dec 12, 2021·1h 0m
Matt Baker and Anita Rani explore the beauty of the Malvern Hills and discover how this area inspired writers such as JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis and composer Edward Elgar. Anita visits Malvern College, …
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E52 · Countryfile at Christmas
Dec 19, 2021·1h 0m
Matt Baker and Charlotte Smith head to Christmas Common in Oxfordshire, home to one of the biggest Christmas tree farms in the country, to celebrate the festive season. Matt finds out why a dairy-farm…
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E53 · Christmas Traditions
Dec 26, 2021·1h 0m
Charlotte Smith takes a look at some of our Christmas traditions. She visits historic Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire – the birthplace of photography in Britain – to discover how the Fox Talbot family celeb…
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E1 · Review of the Year
Jan 2, 2022·55m
John Craven pays tribute to inspirational young people who are doing their bit for farming and the countryside, including volunteers, rangers and a 14-year-old shepherdess.
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E2 · The Cairngorms
Jan 9, 2022·55m
Sean Fletcher is in the snowy Cairngorms to mark the centenary of the death of the great explorer Ernest Shackleton.
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E3 · Bristol's Last Farm
Jan 16, 2022·1h 0m
Matt Baker and Charlotte Smith visit the last traditional farm in the Bristol postcode to meet a farmer fighting to keep her farm and her connection with the local community she feeds. Matt helps out …
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Jan 23, 2022·1h 0m
On the 50th anniversary of the miners’ strikes, Matt Baker and Anita Rani are in County Durham on the Heritage Coast to discover how this area has risen from the ashes and reinvented itself after pit …
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Jan 30, 2022·1h 0m
Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison visit the largest privately owned estate in Devon, which has been in the same family for more than 700 years, to discover how the 25,000 acres are shaping up to the futur…
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E6 · Allerton
Feb 6, 2022·1h 0m
Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison are at the Allerton Project in Leicestershire, where cutting-edge research by farmers for farmers enables agriculture to keep ahead of the challenges facing the industry.…
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E7 · Snowdonia
Feb 13, 2022·1h 0m
Matt Baker and Joe Crowley get their walking boots on as they visit Snowdonia National Park. Home to Wales’s largest natural lake and its highest mountain, Mount Snowdon, the park shot to the top of t…
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E8 · Holkham
Feb 20, 2022·1h 0m
This week we’re visiting the Holkham Estate in Norfolk. Joe Crowley witnesses the awesome spectacle of thousands of overwintering pink footed geese leaving their roost. Matt Baker unearths the remarka…
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E9 · Wrest Park
Feb 27, 2022·43m
John Craven is at Wrest Park in Bedfordshire to help with an ambitious 20-year restoration project to breathe new life into fabulous features that reflect fashions across three centuries, from statues…
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E10 · High Weald
Mar 6, 2022·54m
Matt Baker and Charlotte Smith head to the High Weald, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on the borders of Sussex and Kent, to discover the role of wood, iron and clay both historically and for th…
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E11 · River Severn
Mar 13, 2022·55m
Charlotte Smith and Tom Heap are on the River Severn to find out how living with the constant threat of floods is affecting rural communities and how climate change could make things worse.
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E12 · Melton Mowbray
Mar 20, 2022·55m
To mark British Pie Week, Countryfile is in the birthplace of the pork pie – Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire. Margherita Taylor visits the cathedral of pies, home of the British Pie Awards, to find o…
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E13 · Seasonal Hub
Mar 27, 2022·55m
Like so many farmers across the UK, Adam Henson is facing a dilemma. In the face of pressure to go green, how can you change your farming habits and still pay the bills? Adam catches up with his neigh…
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E14 · Pembrokeshire
Apr 3, 2022·55m
Anita Rani and Sean Fletcher explore the beautiful south west corner of Wales as they celebrate the seventieth anniversary of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. Anita faces her fears as she abseil…
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E15 · Plant Britain by the Sea
Apr 10, 2022·1h 5m
Countryfile's Plant Britain by the Sea special shines the spotlight on the incredible coastline of our island and how we can all do our bit to help combat climate change, revive the fortunes of our wi…
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E16 · Easter Treats for Easter Sunday
Apr 17, 2022·55m
John Craven visits two villages in Herefordshire to find out about ancient rural Easter customs and traditions from field blessings to grave dressing and the pax biscuit, which, 500 years on, is still…
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E17 · County Down Spring
Apr 24, 2022·55m
It’s springtime in County Down, where Anita Rani and Joe Crowley meet the Mackies of Mahee Island during the first of four seasonal visits this year. Anita gets a tour of the family’s very own arboret…
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E18 · Lambing Special
May 1, 2022·55m
Nothing says spring quite like lambing, and Adam Henson is in his lambing shed getting ready for the last of his new arrivals. Anita Rani meets 15-year-old shepherd Katie on her family farm in Cumbria…
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E19 · Mount’s Bay, Cornwall
May 8, 2022·55m
Countryfile this week visits the breathtaking coastline of Mount’s Bay in Cornwall and explores the magical St Michael’s Mount. Matt Baker is in for some extreme gardening as he abseils on the island’…
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E20 · Blenheim
May 15, 2022·55m
Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison explore the grounds of the beautiful Blenheim Palace estate, and Tom Heap investigates claims that by 2050 the UK could run out of water.
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E21 · Ystradgynlais
May 22, 2022·55m
Joe Crowley and Anita Rani visit Ystradgynlais in south Wales, and Adam Henson catches up with a young Welsh farmer to find out what can be done to combat loneliness in agriculture
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E22 · Warwickshire Greenways
May 29, 2022·55m
As cycling booms, Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison jump on their bikes to explore a new greenway in Warwickshire, and Tom Heap investigates the increase in cycling deaths on our rural roads.
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E23 · Flat Holm
Jun 5, 2022·55m
Matt Baker discovers the fascinating history of Flat Holm, an island in the middle of the Bristol Channel. Joe Crowley investigates the water companies still dumping sewage into our rivers.
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E24 · Haweswater
Jun 12, 2022·54m
At Haweswater Reservoir, John Craven meets the people behind radical new thinking to boost biodiversity, enjoys a breakfast with red squirrels and launches the calendar photographic competition.
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E25 · At the Seaside
Jun 19, 2022·43m
Sean Fletcher visits Whitby, the setting for the novel Dracula, published 125 years ago. He meets people protecting Whitby's coastline and introduces clips about coastal Britain from the archives.
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E26 · Cotswolds
Jun 26, 2022·54m
Charlotte Smith visits the Cotswolds to see how Adam is getting on with his experiment in regenerative farming. Adam also meets a robot that could one day eliminate the need for pesticides.
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E27 · Jersey 1
Jul 3, 2022·55m
Matt Baker and Charlotte Smith pay the first of two visits to Jersey. Matt mucks in on an organic farm, and Charlotte explores how the brutal landmarks of German occupation are being repurposed.
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E28 · A Rural Welcome
Jul 10, 2022·55m
Matt Baker and Margherita Taylor visit the New Forest in Hampshire, where the community are coming together to help Ukrainian
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E29 · County Down - Summer
Jul 17, 2022·55m
Margherita Taylor makes the second of three visits to Mahee Island in County Down. Charlotte Smith investigates what the Northern Ireland protocol means for farmers.
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E30 · Jersey 2
Jul 24, 2022·54m
Charlotte Smith and Matt Baker hear about the fight to save Jersey's puffins from extinction, Matt discovers the healing powers of surfing, and Tom Heap investigates another avian flu outbreak.
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E31 · Blairgowrie
Jul 31, 2022·55m
John Craven and Margherita Taylor are in Blairgowrie, in the east of Scotland, to celebrate the town’s passion for producing what are said to be among the finest raspberries in the world.
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E32 · Hadrian’s Wall
Aug 7, 2022·55m
Matt and Charlotte visit the world-famous Hadrian’s Wall as it celebrates its astonishing 1,900th anniversary, while Adam learns how one farming family in Northumberland is turbo-charging birds.
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E33 · Wonderful Wildlife
Aug 14, 2022·55m
Ellie Harrison is at Oxfordshire Wildlife Rescue to help care for injured creatures great and small, and to find out why the centre has been so busy that it had to temporarily close its doors.
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E34 · Surrey Hills
Aug 21, 2022·55m
To mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Ralph Vaughan Williams, violinist Pekka Kuusisto performs The Lark Ascending, and Charlotte Smith finds out how farmers could help to save the skylark.
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E35 · Heatwave Special
Aug 28, 2022·55m
Adam Henson and John Craven meet those affected by the recent heatwave, including farmers, firefighters, scientists, wildlife champions and winemakers.
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E36 · 100 Years of Farming
Sep 4, 2022·55m
As the BBC marks its centenary, Adam Henson and Margherita Taylor step back in time at Cogges Farm in Oxfordshire to look at farming 100 years ago.
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E37 · Quantocks
Sep 25, 2022·54m
Margherita Taylor is in the Quantock Hills to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Tom Heap examines the crisis facing pig farmers.
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E38 · Brixham
Oct 2, 2022·54m
Joe Crowley visits Devon, finding out about a discovery that could revolutionise scallop fishing. Adam Henson meets the final contenders in One Man and His Dog.
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E39 · Harvest
Oct 9, 2022·54m
We join Adam Henson on his farm to find out if he is being persuaded to give regenerative farming a go. Charlotte Smith finds out whether a giant grass could help to heat our homes in the future.
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E40 · Field to Fashion
Oct 16, 2022·54m
Anita Rani visits Blackburn with fashion designer Patrick Grant to find out about the growing field-to-fashion movement. She tries her hand at spinning and finds out about growing woad.
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E41 · One Man and His Dog
Oct 23, 2022·54m
Four of the UK’s top handlers and their sheepdogs go head-to-head for this year’s One Man and His Dog trophy.
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E42 · Green Space Dark Skies
Oct 30, 2022·54m
Matt Baker goes behind the scenes of an ambitious art installation celebrating access to and custodianship of the countryside.
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E43 · Ramble
Nov 6, 2022·54m
John Craven and the team catch up with ramblers from all over the UK to find out their favourite haunts and hear how they are supporting Children in Need this year.
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E44 · Mount Edgcumbe Country Park
Nov 13, 2022·54m
Margherita Taylor visits Mount Edgecumbe Country Park in Cornwall to mark Remembrance Sunday. Adam reveals who will be crowned Countryfile Young Countryside Champion of the Year.
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E45 · Plant Britain Finale
Nov 20, 2022·44m
John Craven and Ellie Harrison visit the Countryfile wood in Cheshire, and Charlotte Smith finds out how community gardens are changing lives.
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E46 · Inclusive Farming
Nov 27, 2022·55m
Matt Baker rolls up his sleeves to help out on a remarkable smallholding in Bedfordshire, while Joe Crowley investigates if enough is being done to combat wildlife crime.
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E47 · Winter Wonders
Dec 4, 2022·54m
Anita Rani is at the world-famous Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust in Slimbridge to discover some wonderful winter sights, including the visiting Bewick's swans.
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E48 · Rural Power
Dec 11, 2022·54m
Ellie Harrison heads to Bethesda, in north west Wales, to see how the village has transformed itself into a growing community of energy self-sufficiency.
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E49 · Rockingham Castle
Dec 18, 2022·49m
John Craven and Anita Rani get into the Christmas spirit at Rockingham Castle. Anita learns about Charles Dickens's visits to the castle, and John joins a wildlife survey.
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E50 · Hogmanay and New Year Traditions
Dec 27, 2022·54m
Margherita Taylor is in Auchindrain, a fascinating and perfectly preserved example of a Scottish Highland farm township to discover the roots and traditions surrounding New Year and Burns Night.
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E1 · Rural Heritage
Jan 2, 2023·54m
John Craven is at the National Hedgelaying Championships as competitors go chainsaw to chainsaw, billhook to billhook in a bid to claim the coveted title.
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E2 · Shooting Estate
Jan 8, 2023·55m
Charlotte explores the 12,500-acre Rhug Estate in north Wales to see what it means to be a traditional shooting estate in the modern world, and looks at how it contributes to local business.
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E3 · Audley End House
Jan 15, 2023·57m
John Craven and Charlotte Smith visit one of the finest Jacobean houses in the UK, where they roll up their sleeves and muck in with winter cleaning and maintenance.
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E4 · Flash: The UK’s Highest Village in Winter
Jan 22, 2023·57m
Anita Rani and Joe Crowley are in Flash, the UK’s highest village, to hear about the Big Freeze of 1962/63, one of the coldest winters on record, when even the sea froze over.
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Jan 29, 2023·55m
Charlotte Smith and Steve Brown are visiting first-time farmers around the country to discover the trials and tribulations of trying to break into the industry.
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E6 · Underground Britain
Feb 5, 2023·54m
Sean Fletcher visits Cornwall to unearth the legacy of the county’s renowned tin and copper mining industries. Tom Heap finds out if mining Cornish lithium could herald a new gold rush.
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Feb 12, 2023·55m
Joe Crowley and Steve Brown are on the North Yorkshire coast in the beautiful village of Staithes to find out how the traditional fishing community is adapting for the future.
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E8 · Livestock Market
Feb 19, 2023·55m
Adam Henson and Charlotte Smith visit Bakewell Livestock Market in Derbyshire, and Joe Crowley finds out about opposition to a proposed new multibillion-pound power grid.
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E9 · Going to Extremes
Feb 26, 2023·57m
On the seventieth anniversary of the first summit of Mount Everest, Ellie Harrison is put through her paces at a materials research facility, including a cold chamber that reaches -40 Celsius.
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E10 · Vanishing Villages
Mar 5, 2023·55m
John Craven and Matt Baker are on the east coast of England to find out how storms are devouring the coastline, and Adrian Chiles rolls up his sleeves to find out what it takes to be a hill farmer.
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E11 · Dartmoor
Mar 12, 2023·1h 5m
Charlotte Smith discovers how political parties are responding to the recent wild camping ruling on Dartmoor. Adam Henson visits a rehab centre for horses.
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E12 · Troubled Waters
Mar 19, 2023·55m
Like so many of our waterways, the River Wye is being suffocated by pollution. Matt Baker and Anita Rani meet the volunteers trying to save this spectacular river.
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E13 · Aberystwyth
Mar 26, 2023·45m
In Aberystwyth, Joe Crowley meets scientists behind some of the biggest new developments in farming and food security. And why is London's salad bowl in the Lea Valley on the brink of collapse?
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E14 · Hidden Histories of Sherwood Forest
Apr 2, 2023·55m
Margherita Taylor and Joe Crowley visit Sherwood Forest to discover how much more there is to this nature reserve and site of special scientific interest than Robin Hood.
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E15 · Compilation (9th April 2023)
Apr 9, 2023·57m
Sean Fletcher is in Hendy, south Wales, visiting Europe’s most productive leech farm, which supplies 70 per cent of medicinal leeches worldwide.
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E16 · Wild Britain
Apr 16, 2023·56m
Picking up the baton from Sir David Attenborough’s Wild Isles, Countryfile launches 'Wild Britain', an ambitious initiative to galvanize us all to help and save our wildlife.
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E17 · Dumfries House
Apr 23, 2023·57m
Charlotte Smith and Hamza Yassin travel to Dumfries House, a showcase for the King's passion for rural life.
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E18 · Lambing Special
Apr 30, 2023·56m
It's lambing season, and Charlotte Smith visits the Outer Hebrides to meet teenage farmer Archie, while Paralympian Sammi Kinghorn is back home lambing on her family farm in the Scottish Borders.
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E19 · A Rural Welcome Revisit
May 7, 2023·57m
Matt Baker and Margherita Taylor are back in the New Forest in Hampshire to catch up with the community and families who have come together to help Ukrainian refugees.
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E20 · Mental Health Awareness
May 14, 2023·57m
Ahead of Mental Health Awareness Week, the team explores initiatives in different parts of the UK that are helping people to improve their mental wellbeing.
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E21 · Cumbrian Shepherdess - Spring
May 21, 2023·57m
Sammi Kinghorn catches up with a 16-year-old farmer from Cumbria. Adam Henson looks into the dangers facing sheep and lambs from an increase in dog attacks this year.
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E22 · Upper Teesdale
May 28, 2023·57m
Charlotte and Matt travel to Upper Teesdale to meet a remarkable woman who has made it her life’s work to look after one of the most important botanical sites in the UK.
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E23 · Lower Hampen Farm
Jun 4, 2023·57m
Charlotte Smith and Matt Baker are at Lower Hampen Farm in the Cotswolds to meet Lydia and Clive Handy, who have turned back the clock to adopt a more traditional approach to farming.
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E24 · Argyll Hope Spot
Jun 11, 2023·57m
There are 151 hope spots around the world – areas that have been identified as critical to the health of the oceans. Hamza Yassin visits the only one in the UK – the Argyll Coast and Islands.
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E25 · Porthcawl Surf and Sand
Jun 18, 2023·57m
John Craven meets the UK's first female European surfing champion in Porthcawl, and he joins Swansea's Surfers Against Sewage to help clean up the local beach.
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E26 · Rare Breeds 50th Anniversary Compilation
Jun 25, 2023·55m
A visit to Adam Henson's farm to celebrate 50 years of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust, which was founded by Adam’s father Joe.
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E27 · Ronald Blythe’s Suffolk
Jul 2, 2023·54m
John Craven and Margherita Taylor are in Charsfield to celebrate one of the UK's most respected rural writers, Ronald Blythe, whose works were inspired by the Suffolk countryside.
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E28 · Flower Farming
Jul 9, 2023·55m
The team visit Spalding, the historic hub of Britain's bulb and flower farming industry, to learn how a new generation of farmers is shaping the future of the UK's flower industry.
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E29 · Countryside Cycling
Jul 16, 2023·55m
Joe Crowley joins a group of electric bike riders who have all recovered from heart attacks, and Sammi Kinghorn meets an organisation combating pollution in outdoor spaces.
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E30 · Wild Fires
Jul 23, 2023·55m
In the aftermath of one of the biggest fires to ever engulf the UK countryside, Joe Crowley and John Craven explore the impact of increasing wildfires.
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E31 · Hay Time
Jul 30, 2023·57m
Charlotte Smith and Adam Henson discover what makes hay, one of our oldest crops, so special. And Tom Heap investigates how heatwaves are threatening the sea life that lives around our coastline.
Matt Baker and Charlotte Smith return to Dumfries House where the summer activities are in full swing.
In Renfrewshire, John and Hamza judge this year’s entries to the Countryfile photographic competition with the help of photography enthusiast and DJ Edith Bowman. The final 12 images will grace the 20…
Every year, hundreds of farms across the UK diversify their income by opening their gates and hosting music festivals. Anita Rani heads to Somerset to meet sheep farmers Andy and Jen, and their sons, …
Sean Fletcher and Matt Baker find about the changes being made in the management of the national park of Bannau Brycheiniog, formerly referred to as the Brecon Beacons.
In a special episode, Dame Judi Dench reveals her love of the countryside – and Scotland in particular. From picnics to camping, saving the arts in rural communities and a lifelong passion for wildlif…
Sammi Kinghorn returns to Cumbria to find out how young shepherdess Katie is doing now that she’s finished school for the year.
From the Goodwood Estate in West Sussex, four of the UK’s top sheepdog handlers go head-to-head, aiming to claim 2023's One Man and His Dog trophy. The challenging course at Goodwood leaves our compet…
Adam Henson and Sean Fletcher join the Martin family on their Cambridgeshire arable farm at harvest, a time that can be financial 'make or break' for many UK farmers.
Adam Henson and Sean Fletcher are back in the ‘breadbasket’ of East Anglia as farmer Tom Martin learns if this year’s harvest has been a success.
Hamza Yassin fulfils a long-standing ambition by taking a trip to Royal Deeside to attend the Braemar Highland Gathering.
Joe Crowley and Charlotte Smith head to the Wash in Norfolk to see one of the greatest wildlife events in the UK, the Snettisham Spectacular.
Adam Henson and Charlotte Smith are in Cambridgeshire at Cheffins’ famous agricultural machinery auction, the ultimate trading floor for farm equipment.
It’s time for presenters Matt Baker, Charlotte Smith, Margherita Taylor, Joe Crowley and John Craven to pull on their bobble hats and get rambling in aid of Children in Need 2023. They join five rema…
As part of Countryfile's Wild Britain initiative, Ellie Harrison and Hamza Yassin visit Wytham Woods in Oxfordshire.
John Craven and Sammi Kinghorn visit the South Downs to see how the past is inspiring residents to preserve the future of this diverse landscape.
Countryfile returns to Dumfries House as autumn is in full swing and the first year of teaching gets underway at the new rural skills centre recently opened by the King.
Ellie Harrison and Anita Rani are at Poole Harbour for the conclusion of a three-year environmental study, and thety celebrate Ellie’s last Countryfile episode with a trip down memory lane. Ellie vis…
Charlotte Smith and Matt Baker head to Elan Valley, nestled in the heart of the Cambrian Mountains, where the Welsh natural world is getting ready for the onset of winter. The valley is a patchwork of…
The team meet with experts to learn about nature and the behaviour of wildlife in the winter, and what folk wisdom across the centuries can teach us about the season.
The team return to the Cumbrian fells to learn of 16-year-old shepherdess Katie and her family's Christmas traditions on their upland farm.
New Year's Day is traditionally a day when we get outside and go for a gentle stroll to blow off the cobwebs from the night before and welcome in the coming year. Margherita Taylor goes for a wintry w…
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E1 · Norfolk North Sea
Jan 7, 2024·55m
Anita Rani and Matt Baker head to Blakeney National Nature Reserve, a four-mile-long shingle spit that offers protection and provides a perfect habitat for grey seals to come ashore and breed.
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E2 · Tamara Way
Jan 14, 2024·55m
Charlotte Smith and Sammi Kinghorn visit the Tamara Coast to Coast Way, connecting the north and south of Cornwall’s coastal paths for the very first time.
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E3 · Newport
Jan 21, 2024·55m
Sammi Kinghorn and Matt Baker witness one of nature's greatest displays – a starling murmuration – at the Newport Wetlands National Nature Reserve in south Wales.
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Jan 28, 2024·55m
Joe Crowley is in the Somerset Levels to experience the history, heritage and farming of this unique environment. In the Cotswolds, Adam Henson is restoring his ancient orchard.
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E5 · Bodmin Moor
Feb 4, 2024·55m
Matt Baker and Charlotte Smith learn how Bodmin Moor, a windswept terrain scarred by its industrial past, is gearing up to welcome back wildlife.
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E6 · Ashdown Forest
Feb 11, 2024·55m
Matt Baker and Charlotte Smith visit Ashdown Forest in East Sussex, the inspiration for Winnie-the-Pooh’s magical home, 100 Aker Wood, to learn more about this ancient woodland.
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E7 · Snowdrops
Feb 18, 2024·54m
Joe Crowley and Anita Rani are at the Colesbourne estate in the Cotswolds, where its gardens at this time of year are home to millions of one hardy flower – the snowdrop.
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Feb 25, 2024·55m
Britain is home to over 4,000 castles. Charlotte Smith visits one of Wales’s finest, Powis Castle, to explore the impressive grounds and grand rooms of this former medieval fortress.
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E9 · Pontcysyllte Canal
Mar 3, 2024·55m
Matt Baker and Charlotte Smith head to the UK's longest and highest aqueduct, the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in north Wales, and Joe Crowley investigates claims of threats to Britain's historic waterways.
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E10 · RNLI 200 Years
Mar 10, 2024·55m
As the RNLI celebrates its 200th anniversary, Matt Baker and Sammi Kinghorn meet some of its volunteers at the charity's station in Minehead, Somerset.
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E11 · Wessex Downs
Mar 17, 2024·54m
Charlotte Smith and Sean Fletcher explore Marlborough Downs, which is home to one of the UK’s newest nature reserves – Bay Meadows.
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E12 · Archaeology at Hinton Ampner
Mar 24, 2024·55m
Anita Rani visits Hinton Ampner in Winchester, a medieval village and Georgian country estate that is also the site of both Neolithic and Bronze Age settlements and barrows.
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E13 · Trent Valley
Mar 31, 2024·57m
Margherita Taylor and Matt Baker head to the Trent Valley, where over the past two centuries, industrialisation along the river Trent has taken its toll on the landscape.
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E14 · Westonbirt Arboretum
Apr 7, 2024·55m
Hamza Yassin and Charlotte Smith celebrate the arrival of spring at the majestic 600-acre National Arboretum at Westonbirt in Gloucestershire, home to a collection of 2,500 different tree species.
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E15 · Wrynose and Hardknott Passes
Apr 14, 2024·55m
Buckle up as Anita Rani and Matt Baker are on a road trip along the Hardknott and Wrynose Passes in the heart of the Lake District.
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E16 · Wisley Bees
Apr 21, 2024·55m
From the blooming gardens of RHS Wisley in Surrey, Hamza Yassin and Sammi Kinghorn celebrate one of nature’s heroes – the not-so-humble bee!
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E17 · Rutland
Apr 28, 2024·54m
Sean Fletcher and Margherita Taylor travel to Rutland, historically the smallest county in England. Despite its size, it is home to the largest man-made body of water in the country – Rutland Water.
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E18 · Lambing
May 5, 2024·54m
To wrap up this year’s lambing season, we’re at Adam Henson’s farm in the Cotswolds to see what’s next for his new spring additions. As well as the mischievous lambs, Adam checks in with his Highland …
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E19 · Rural Mental Health
May 12, 2024·55m
Ahead of Mental Health Awareness Week, Sean Fletcher and Margherita Taylor travel to the Sharpham Trust, located in the beautiful wilds of south Devon.
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E20 · Northumberland Coast
May 19, 2024·55m
Joe Crowley celebrates the 60th anniversary of the National Nature Reserve at Lindisfarne and joins the ranger team protecting nesting ringed plover on the shore.
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E21 · Camel Trail
May 26, 2024·55m
Adam Henson and Charlotte Smith travel to north Cornwall to explore the history of the Camel Trail, encounter local wildlife and meet the people that live and work along its route.
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E22 · D-Day: 80th Anniversary
Jun 2, 2024·55m
Anita Rani and Charlotte Smith travel to Dorset, where 80 years ago, tens of thousands of troops amassed as the Allies’ combined forces prepared for D-Day.
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E23 · South Wales Farming
Jun 9, 2024·54m
Charlotte Smith and Joe Crowley head to south west Wales, where they help with a kelp harvest at Câr-y-Môr, Wales’s first regenerative ocean farm.
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E24 · Hidden Treasures of Wanlockhead
Jun 16, 2024·55m
Sammi Kinghorn and Sean Fletcher explore the natural riches and hidden treasures of Wanlockhead – the highest village in Scotland.
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E25 · Three Rivers Race
Jun 23, 2024·55m
Joe Crowley joins the teams at the Horning Sailing Club as they get ready for the Three Rivers Race.
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E26 · The East Riding of Yorkshire
Jun 30, 2024·53m
From the towering cliffs of RSPB Bempton on the coast to shallow, crystal-clear streams further inland, Charlotte Smith explores England’s most northerly chalk outcrop.
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E27 · Montacute House
Jul 7, 2024·54m
Matt Baker and Margherita Taylor visits Montacute in Somerset, home to an impressive 400-year-old Elizabethan mansion and some of the rarest wildlife in the UK.
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E28 · Hengistbury Head
Jul 14, 2024·55m
Charlotte Smith and Sean Fletcher are on Hengistbury Head in Dorset, where a large-scale engineering project is set to save huge swathes of this coastline from being lost to the sea.
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E29 · Chew Valley
Jul 21, 2024·51m
Joe Crowley visits Chew Valley and learns about one of the UK's largest farming projects. He also discovers how the wider Chew Valley inspires those who work and live in the local area.
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E30 · The Fens
Jul 28, 2024·55m
Anita and Matt are at the lowest point in the UK, the Fens, to explore the way wildlife and people coexist at and below sea level.
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E31 · Britain's Rarest Creatures
Aug 4, 2024·55m
Joe Crowley is on the lookout for some of the UK’s most elusive animals at Thursley National Nature Reserve in Surrey, one of the largest remaining areas of heathland.
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E32 · Royal Welsh Show
Aug 11, 2024·54m
With over 7,000 livestock being shown, and an expected turnout of 250,000 people, Adam Henson and Charlotte Smith are at one of the largest agricultural shows in Europe – the Royal Welsh.
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E33 · Borrowdale
Aug 18, 2024·55m
Sean Fletcher explores Borrowdale Oakwoods, England’s largest remaining temperate rainforest and one of the rarest habitats on earth.
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E34 · Wakehurst
Aug 25, 2024·55m
Wakehurst, Kew’s botanic gardens in West Sussex, is the location for judging this year’s Countryfile photographic competition. John Craven and Charlotte Smith are joined by presenter, journalist, auth…
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E35 · Angling
Sep 1, 2024·53m
Fishing is one of the most popular outdoor pursuits in the UK, with three million anglers casting their lines each year. The UK’s coastlines and rivers offer incredible fishing opportunities, from bas…
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E36 · West Exmoor
Sep 8, 2024·55m
Sean Fletcher and Anita Rani explore the rugged hills and valleys of west Exmoor, where landscape-scale change is occurring with the introduction of large animals to aid nature restoration.
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E37 · Salisbury Plain
Sep 15, 2024·55m
The Ministry of Defence is not only responsible for the nation's security, but they are also one of the UK’s major landowners. Charlotte and Matt have security clearance to enter their largest site, S…
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E38 · Wild Britain - Anglesey
Sep 22, 2024·55m
Joe Crowley and Anita Rani continue Countryfile’s Wild Britain initiative, galvanising the nation into helping our beloved wildlife. This week, they’re exploring how communities are supporting nature …
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E39 · Kelso Ram Sales
Sep 29, 2024·55m
The Kelso Ram Sales on the Scottish Borders is one of the largest and oldest ram sales in Europe, with more than 3,500 rams expected to be sold on the day. Charlotte Smith joins local farmer Anne Mair…
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E40 · The Supreme
Oct 6, 2024·54m
Adam Henson and Charlotte Smith are in Biggar, South Lanarkshire, at the 2024 International Sheepdog Championship.
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E41 · Stranraer Oyster Festival
Oct 13, 2024·55m
Joe Crowley is on the west coast of Scotland, celebrating a local delicacy – the oyster! Every year, people flock to the small coastal town of Stranraer to visit the Stranraer Oyster Festival, where p…
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E42 · Autumn Harvest
Oct 20, 2024·55m
The cereal harvests of summer are finished, and now it’s the time to gather in our autumn crops, including one of our most popular - potatoes. Joe Crowley visits an Essex potato farm at the height of …
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E43 · Rare Crop Harvest
Oct 27, 2024·56m
It’s harvest time, but not as we know it. Charlotte Smith meets pioneering farmer David Mwanaka, who grows crops from his native Zimbabwe.
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E44 · BBC Children in Need Countryfile Rambles 2024
Nov 3, 2024·1h 10m
Presenters Matt Baker, Anita Rani, Sean Fletcher, Margherita Taylor and John Craven are celebrating the tenth anniversary of Countryfile Rambles for BBC Children in Need.
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E45 · Westonbirt at Autumn
Nov 10, 2024·55m
John Craven visits Westonbirt, The National Arboretum, in Gloucestershire, to see it in all its autumnal glory. At this time of year, 2,500 different species of trees, from around the world, burst int…
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E46 · Yorkshire Dales
Nov 17, 2024·55m
Sean Fletcher and Sammi Kinghorn are in the Yorkshire Dales with its craggy hills, plunging valleys and expansive moors - but the landscape hasn’t always looked like this. Sean discovers the Dales wer…
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E47 · Northumberland Coast in Autumn
Nov 24, 2024·55m
Hamza Yassin and Charlotte Smith are on the beautiful Northumberland Coast. Hamza travels to Coquet Island with the RSPB’s site manager, warden and volunteers to help restore a nesting platform for th…
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E48 · Woodoaks Farm
Dec 1, 2024·53m
John Craven and Margherita Taylor explore Woodoaks Farm in Hertfordshire, where efforts are under way to restore nature’s balance and reconnect people with farming. John discovers the rural heritage o…
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E49 · Romney Marsh
Dec 8, 2024·55m
Matt Baker and Margherita Taylor are visiting Romney Marsh in Kent, known for its sweeping skies, marshland and shingle beaches, and at this time of year, home to tens of thousands of wintering birds.
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E50 · Peak District
Dec 15, 2024·55m
Sammi Kinghorn and Matt Baker explore the Peak District, the first national park created by the transformative National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act of 1949.
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E51 · Christmas at Highgrove
Dec 22, 2024·54m
It's Christmas, and Countryfile has received a very special invitation to visit Highgrove Gardens, which surround the private residence of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla. Matt Bak…
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E52 · Winter Walks
Dec 29, 2024·55m
After the indulgences of the festive season, one way to blow away the cobwebs is getting outside for a winter walk. Charlotte heads out on one of Britain's most famous trails, the South West Coast Pat…
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E1 · Winter Wonders
Jan 5, 2025·54m
John Craven visits Farmoor Reservoir in Oxfordshire, where many bird species find sanctuary in the cold winter months. John joins up with a local bird spotter to hear about the vast array of species t…
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E2 · The Waterways of the Shropshire Hills
Jan 12, 2025·55m
Sammi Kinghorn and Matt Baker are exploring the waterways of the Shropshire Hills, where the critically endangered Atlantic salmon makes its ancient journey upstream to its spawning grounds. Sammi an…
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E3 · Dartmoor
Jan 19, 2025·55m
Countryfile is in Dartmoor, famous for its rugged landscape, vast moorland and ponies. Anita Rani assists a team from the Devon Wildlife Trust, armed with radio scanners and trail cameras, as they try…
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E4 · New Forest
Jan 26, 2025·55m
Adam Henson and Sean Fletcher explore the rich landscapes of the New Forest, where the animals that roam the heath and woodlands play an essential role in shaping the landscape. Adam joins the head ag…
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Feb 2, 2025·55m
Matt Baker and Charlotte Smith head to Welney Wetland Centre in Norfolk for World Wetlands Day, uncovering the vital role these habitats play in supporting a host of bird species, including the whoope…
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E6 · Mourne Mountains
Feb 9, 2025·57m
Tucked away in the south east corner of Northern Ireland are the Mournes – a mountain range which stretches all the way down to the coast. Matt Baker and Charlotte Smith uncover the threats the area f…
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E7 · Sound of Mull
Feb 16, 2025·57m
2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the reintroduction of white-tailed eagles to the UK, following their release in Scotland. Hamza Yassin takes us on a sea eagle safari across the Sound of Mull to Tob…
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E8 · Stirling Bull Sales
Feb 23, 2025·55m
Adam Henson and Charlotte Smith are at the Stirling Bull Sales, one of the most prestigious events in the farming calendar. Over two action-packed days, approximately 300 pedigree bulls are showcased …
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E9 · Humber Estuary
Mar 2, 2025·57m
Matt, Anita and Adam discover the wonders of the Humber Estuary, a region famed for its bustling port and industry that is also home to diverse wildlife. Matt visits Far Ings Nature Reserve, where he…
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E10 · Kielder Forest
Mar 9, 2025·55m
Matt Baker welcomes new presenter Vick Hope to Countryfile. Together, they explore England’s largest forest – Kielder in Northumberland – where they meet the people protecting its ecosystems and prese…
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E11 · The Slate Landscape of North West Wales
Mar 16, 2025·55m
Matt Baker and Joe Crowley explore the slate landscape of north west Wales, a Unesco World Heritage site, which is being prepared for a new role in rural tourism after securing a grant. Joe visits Di…
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E12 · River Otter Return
Mar 23, 2025·55m
It’s ten years since the start of the River Otter Beaver Project – England’s first official beaver reintroduction. John Craven is back in Devon to see how these industrious creatures have been faring.…
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E13 · Watercress Line
Mar 30, 2025·55m
Matt Baker and Margherita Taylor commemorate 200 years since the birth of the railways with a journey on the Watercress Line in Alresford, Hampshire. They explore how the advent of steam engines conne…
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E14 · Cairngorms Capercaillie
Apr 6, 2025·54m
Adam Henson and Charlotte Smith are in the Cairngorms National Park, home to a quarter of the UK’s rare and endangered species.
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E15 · Stroudwater Canal
Apr 13, 2025·54m
Charlotte Smith and John Craven explore the Stroudwater canal in Gloucestershire, where a major restoration project is bringing this historic waterway back to life.
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E16 · Wembury Coast
Apr 20, 2025·54m
John Craven and Vick Hope celebrate new life on the Wembury Coast, from high up on the clifftop to the bed of its natural harbour.
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E17 · Forest of Bowland
Apr 27, 2025·57m
Margherita Taylor and Joe Crowley are in the Forest of Bowland for a sensory spring feast – soaking up the sights, sounds and flavours of the season.
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E18 · Lambing Special
May 4, 2025·54m
Lambing season is the crux of the UK’s sheep-farming calendar – a high-stakes, hands-on period that defines rural livelihoods, demands round-the-clock care and shapes the year’s success from pasture t…
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E19 · Dyfi River
May 11, 2025·54m
John Craven and Sean Fletcher are in Mid Wales around the Dyfi river, exploring the hidden stories of wildlife that flock to the area at this time of year - and the people ready to welcome them.
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E20 · Shropshire’s Nature Comeback
May 18, 2025·54m
Charlotte Smith and Matt Baker are in Shropshire, where landscapes are being brought back to life - floodplains are being rewilded, meadows restored and ancient woodlands reimagined.
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E21 · Storrington
May 25, 2025·54m
Vick Hope and Joe Crowley are in West Sussex to celebrate the revival of the white stork.
As the BBC celebrates this year’s UK City of Culture, Countryfile explores how the countryside around Bradford shaped the city and its creative legacy. A story of grit and wool.
