Countryfile

2016

52 episodes · Jan 3, 2016

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  • S29E1

    Compilation: Winter Wildlife

    Jan 3, 201660m

    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.

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  • S29E2

    Hertfordshire

    Jan 10, 201660m

    Countryfile is in Hertfordshire, where Matt Baker meets a farming family who are turning oilseed rape into liquid gold - oil.

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  • S29E3

    Gloucestershire

    Jan 17, 201660m

    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.

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  • S29E4

    North Devon

    Jan 24, 201660m

    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.

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  • S29E5

    Winter Special

    Jan 31, 201660m

    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.

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  • S29E6

    Tyne and Wear

    Feb 7, 201660m

    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.

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  • S29E7

    Norfolk Broads

    Feb 14, 201660m

    Matt Baker joins student gamekeepers at work, while Ellie Harrison reveals how cranes have returned to Norfolk after an absence of 400 years.

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  • S29E8

    Staffordshire

    Feb 21, 201660m

    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.

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  • S29E9

    Essex

    Feb 28, 201660m

    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.

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  • S29E10

    Northern Ireland

    Mar 6, 201660m

    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.

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  • S29E11

    Young Farmers Compilation

    Mar 13, 201660m

    Countryfile is in Aberystwyth, where Adam Henson visits the town's university to meet the youngsters working towards a career in farming.

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  • S29E12

    Sussex

    Mar 20, 201660m

    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 Countryside Restoration Trust, which promotes wildlife-friendly farming. Ellie is on the hunt for woodpeckers - easy to hear, but harder to spot! John Craven is at West Rise, the state junior school with a difference: it has a bronze-age settlement and buffalo roaming its marshlands. Tom Heap is in Scotland where there's fresh concern about the impact that wind farms could have on birdlife. But how much of a threat do turbines really pose? And Adam Henson meets the farmer opening his farm to help refugees.

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  • S29E13

    Three Counties

    Mar 27, 201660m

    The team explore the three counties of Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire and meet some of the local crafts people keeping rural skills alive.

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  • S29E14

    Cattle Theme

    Apr 3, 201660m

    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.

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  • S29E15

    Northumberland

    Apr 10, 201660m

    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.

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  • S29E16

    Dumfries and Galloway

    Apr 17, 201660m

    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.

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  • S29E17

    Shakespeare Special

    Apr 24, 201660m

    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.

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  • S29E18

    Conservation Compilation

    May 1, 201660m

    Ellie Harrison visits the South Haven Peninsula in Dorset to tell the story of conservation's unsung hero Captain Cyril Diver.

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  • S29E19

    South Devon

    May 8, 201660m

    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.

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  • S29E20

    Spring Special

    May 15, 201660m

    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.

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  • S29E21

    Veggie Theme

    May 22, 201660m

    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.

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  • S29E22

    Snowdonia

    May 29, 201660m

    John Craven races a hill runner to the summit of Snowdon and meets the volunteers protecting the area's ospreys.

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  • S29E23

    Montrose

    Jun 5, 201660m

    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.

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  • S29E24

    Hampshire

    Jun 15, 201660m

    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.

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  • S29E25

    East Midlands

    Jun 19, 201660m

    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.

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  • S29E26

    Compilation Weather

    Jun 26, 201660m

    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.

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  • S29E27

    Pembrokeshire

    Jul 3, 201660m

    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.

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  • S29E28

    Kent

    Jul 10, 201660m

    It is tennis season and Countryfile is visiting Kent, where Matt Baker finds out about Wimbledon strawberries and gets to grips with the harvest.

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  • S29E29

    Meadows

    Jul 17, 201660m

    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.

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  • S29E30

    Cumbria

    Jul 24, 201660m

    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.

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  • S29E31

    Summer Special

    Jul 31, 201660m

    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.

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  • S29E32

    Island Life Compilation

    Aug 7, 201660m

    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.

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  • S29E33

    Lochaber

    Aug 14, 201660m

    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.

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  • S29E34

    Countryfile Live

    Aug 21, 201660m

    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.

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  • S29E35

    Wiltshire

    Aug 28, 201660m

    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.

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  • S29E36

    Harvest

    Sep 4, 201660m

    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.

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  • S29E37

    Anglesey

    Sep 11, 201660m

    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.

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  • S29E38

    Inspirational Countryside Compilation

    Sep 18, 201660m

    Countryfile marks the 100th anniversary of Roald Dahl's birth by discovering his passion for the outdoors and how it inspired his writing.

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  • S29E39

    One Man and His Dog

    Sep 25, 201660m

    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.

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  • S29E40

    Surrey

    Oct 2, 201660m

    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.

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  • S29E41

    Rivers & Waterways

    Oct 9, 201660m

    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.

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  • S29E42

    Isle of Wight

    Oct 16, 201660m

    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.

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  • S29E43

    Autumn Special

    Oct 23, 201660m

    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.

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  • S29E44

    Herefordshire

    Oct 30, 201660m

    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.

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  • S29E45

    Ramble for Children in Need

    Nov 6, 201660m

    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.

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  • S29E46

    A Remembrance Sunday Special

    Nov 13, 201660m

    Helen Skelton is on a special cycle ride across northern France to commemorate 100 years since the Battle of the Somme.

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  • S29E47

    West Yorkshire

    Nov 20, 201660m

    In West Yorkshire, Matt Baker meets the youngsters who have become RSPB rangers. Anita Rani meets an author who immerses himself in the landscape.

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  • S29E48

    Brecon Beacons

    Nov 27, 201660m

    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.

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  • S29E49

    Lincolnshire

    Dec 4, 201660m

    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.

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  • S29E50

    Aberdeenshire

    Dec 11, 201660m

    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.

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  • S29E51

    Christmas Special

    Dec 18, 201660m

    Countryfile celebrates Christmas at Bamburgh Castle on the Northumbrian coast. John Craven learns what the first Christmases on Lindisfarne would have been like.

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  • S29E52

    James Herriot Compilation

    Dec 26, 201660m

    Ellie Harrison visits Thirsk to celebrate the centenary of vet Alf Wight, known to the world as James Herriot, and speaks to his children.

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