Countryfile
6.4
1988
Documentary
The people, places and stories making news in the British countryside.
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- Cast:
- John Craven
Episode 52 : Caring for Our Community
December. 29,2019
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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Episode 51 : Christmas Special
December. 22,2019
John Craven and the team are at Tyntesfield in Somerset, a stately pile that celebrates Christmas in high Victorian style.
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Episode 50 : Buckinghamshire
December. 15,2019
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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Episode 49 : Wiltshire
December. 08,2019
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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Episode 48 : Tees Valley
December. 01,2019
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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Episode 47 : Conwy and Gwynedd
November. 24,2019
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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Episode 46 : Balcaskie
November. 17,2019
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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Episode 45 : Essex
November. 10,2019
Matt Baker helps the Essex Wildlife Trust with their first ever winter fish survey on Fingringhoe Wick, a newly created stretch of saltmarsh.
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Episode 44 : Autumn Special
November. 03,2019
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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Episode 43 : Countryfile Ramble for BBC Children In Need
October. 27,2019
Matt Baker leads the fifth annual Countryfile Ramble for BBC Children in Need.
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Episode 42 : Forest of Dean
October. 20,2019
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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Episode 41 : Wembury
October. 13,2019
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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Episode 40 : Nature's Bounty
October. 06,2019
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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Episode 39 : Lake District
September. 29,2019
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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Episode 38 : One Man and His Dog
September. 22,2019
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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Episode 37 : Dorset
September. 15,2019
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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Episode 36 : Northumberland
September. 08,2019
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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Episode 35 : Evacuees Special
September. 01,2019
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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Episode 34 : Warwickshire
August. 25,2019
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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Episode 33 : Working Animals
August. 18,2019
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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Episode 32 : Perthshire
August. 11,2019
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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Episode 31 : Norfolk
August. 04,2019
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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Episode 30 : Gloucestershire
July. 28,2019
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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Episode 29 : Cornwall
July. 21,2019
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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Episode 28 : Bedfordshire
July. 14,2019
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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Episode 27 : Summer Special - Royal Highland Show
July. 07,2019
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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Episode 26 : Caring for Our Planet Compilation
June. 30,2019
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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Episode 25 : Lincolnshire
June. 23,2019
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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Episode 24 : West Yorkshire
June. 16,2019
Matt Baker visits the beautiful Hardcastle Crags near Hebden Bridge, and John Craven launches this year's photographic competition.
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Episode 23 : Chalk Streams
June. 09,2019
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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Episode 22 : South Wales
June. 02,2019
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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Episode 21 : Derbyshire
May. 26,2019
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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Episode 20 : Queen Victoria
May. 19,2019
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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Episode 19 : Aberdeenshire
May. 12,2019
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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Episode 18 : Living on the Edge
May. 05,2019
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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Episode 17 : Spring Special
April. 28,2019
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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Episode 16 : Herts & Bucks
April. 21,2019
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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Episode 15 : Shropshire
April. 14,2019
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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Episode 14 : National Parks
April. 07,2019
Matt Baker, John Craven and Margherita Taylor mark the 70th anniversary of the creation of our national parks.
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Episode 13 : Surrey
March. 31,2019
Countryfile is exploring Surrey, where Matt Baker meets the women who have inspired generations of conservationists and Helen Skelton visits a biodynamic vineyard.
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Episode 12 : Food Compilation
March. 24,2019
Sean is in Oxfordshire meeting farmers with a passion for our more unusual produce, from picklers to cheesemakers.
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Episode 11 : North West Wales
March. 17,2019
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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Episode 10 : Somerset
March. 10,2019
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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Episode 9 : Cheshire and the Wirral
March. 03,2019
Matt and Ellie explore Cheshire and a wildlife haven in the Wirral, and Hannah Cockroft travels to beautiful North Uist in the Outer Hebrides.
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Episode 8 : Gloucestershire
February. 24,2019
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.
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Episode 7 : Devon
February. 17,2019
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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Episode 6 : Winter Special
February. 10,2019
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.
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Episode 5 : Winter Wildlife Rescue Compilation
February. 03,2019
Steve Brown visits Lower Moss Wood nature reserve in Cheshire to meet the volunteers and is shown the specialist hospital unit.
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Episode 4 : North Yorkshire
January. 27,2019
Turner Prize-winning artist Rachel Whiteread shows us her sculpture, commissioned to mark the Forestry Commission's centenary.
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Episode 3 : Wiltshire
January. 20,2019
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.
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