Countryfile

2017

53 episodes · Jan 1, 2017

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  • S30E1

    My Countryside Compilation

    Jan 1, 201760m

    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.

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  • S30E2

    Shropshire

    Jan 8, 201760m

    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.

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  • S30E3

    Carmarthenshire

    Jan 15, 201760m

    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.

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  • S30E4

    Jurassic Coast

    Jan 22, 201760m

    Countryfile is on the Jurassic Coast, where Matt Baker meets the man who's been digging for fossils for more than thirty years.

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  • S30E5

    Peak District

    Jan 29, 201760m

    Countryfile is exploring the Peak District. Matt Baker joins the team on a mission to restore the scarred moorland.

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  • S30E6

    Feathered Friends

    Feb 5, 201760m

    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.

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  • S30E7

    Winter Special

    Feb 12, 201760m

    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.

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  • S30E8

    Somerset

    Feb 19, 201760m

    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.

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  • S30E9

    Isle of Man

    Feb 26, 201760m

    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.

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  • S30E10

    South Downs

    Mar 5, 201760m

    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.

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  • S30E11

    Farming Now and Then

    Mar 12, 201760m

    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.

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  • S30E12

    Hoo Peninsula

    Mar 19, 201760m

    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.

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  • S30E13

    Denbighshire

    Mar 26, 201760m

    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.

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  • S30E14

    Forests

    Apr 2, 201760m

    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.

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  • S30E15

    Holderness

    Apr 9, 201760m

    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.

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  • S30E16

    Lancashire

    Apr 16, 201760m

    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.

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  • S30E17

    County Durham

    Apr 23, 201760m

    Countryfile is in County Durham, and Matt is on his old home turf, showing how to make panackelty, a traditional north-eastern dish.

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  • S30E18

    Warwickshire

    Apr 30, 201760m

    For Hedgehog Awareness Week, Ellie Harrison meets three schoolgirls on a mission to keep the hedgehogs of Warwickshire safe from harm.

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  • S30E19

    Tales of the Riverbank Compilation

    May 7, 201760m

    Ellie Harrison reveals how the landscape has been shaped by rivers, meeting those who live, work and play on the banks of the Severn.

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  • S30E20

    Suffolk

    May 14, 201760m

    Matt Baker hears about the plans the Suffolk Wildlife Trust are making for their biggest-ever land purchase in the charity's 55 years.

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  • S30E21

    Lanarkshire

    May 21, 201760m

    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.

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  • S30E22

    Spring Special

    May 28, 201760m

    In a spring special edition of the programme Countryfile goes in search of the secret and often overlooked wonders of the season.

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  • S30E23

    Essex

    Jun 4, 201760m

    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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  • Northern Ireland
    S30E24

    Northern Ireland

    Jun 11, 201760m

    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 to find out where they are feeding.

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  • Wye: Hay Festival
    S30E25

    Wye: Hay Festival

    Jun 18, 201760m

    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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  • Working Animals Compilation
    S30E26

    Working Animals Compilation

    Jun 25, 201760m

    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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  • Worcestershire
    S30E27

    Worcestershire

    Jul 2, 201760m

    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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  • Northants
    S30E28

    Northants

    Jul 9, 201760m

    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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  • Fife
    S30E29

    Fife

    Jul 16, 201760m

    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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  • Wiltshire
    S30E30

    Wiltshire

    Jul 23, 201760m

    Anita meets the contestants of the International Young Beekeepers competition at Marlborough College and visits the River Kennet.

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  • Cities
    S30E31

    Cities

    Jul 30, 201760m

    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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  • Roots and Shoots
    S30E32

    Roots and Shoots

    Aug 6, 201760m

    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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  • Dartmoor
    S30E33

    Dartmoor

    Aug 13, 201760m

    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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  • Summer Special
    S30E34

    Summer Special

    Aug 20, 201760m

    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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  • Llyn Peninsula
    S30E35

    Llyn Peninsula

    Aug 27, 201760m

    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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  • Harvest
    S30E36

    Harvest

    Sep 3, 201760m

    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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  • Rame Peninsula
    S30E37

    Rame Peninsula

    Sep 10, 201760m

    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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  • Protected Countryside
    S30E38

    Protected Countryside

    Sep 17, 201760m

    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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  • One Man and His Dog 2017
    S30E39

    One Man and His Dog 2017

    Sep 24, 201760m

    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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  • South Yorkshire
    S30E40

    South Yorkshire

    Oct 1, 201760m

    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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  • Dumfries House
    S30E41

    Dumfries House

    Oct 8, 201760m

    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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  • Nature Strikes Back
    S30E42

    Nature Strikes Back

    Oct 15, 201760m

    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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  • Cornish Heartlands
    S30E43

    Cornish Heartlands

    Oct 22, 201760m

    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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  • Ramble for Children in Need
    S30E44

    Ramble for Children in Need

    Oct 29, 201760m

    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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  • Autumn Special
    S30E45

    Autumn Special

    Nov 5, 201760m

    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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  • Remembrance
    S30E46

    Remembrance

    Nov 12, 201760m

    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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  • Hertfordshire
    S30E47

    Hertfordshire

    Nov 19, 201760m

    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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  • Cairngorms
    S30E48

    Cairngorms

    Nov 26, 201760m

    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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  • Cleveland Way
    S30E49

    Cleveland Way

    Dec 3, 201760m

    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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  • The Brecks
    S30E50

    The Brecks

    Dec 10, 201760m

    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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  • My Countryside Compilation
    S30E51

    My Countryside Compilation

    Dec 17, 201760m

    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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  • Christmas Special
    S30E52

    Christmas Special

    Dec 24, 201760m

    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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  • New Zealand Compilation
    S30E53

    New Zealand Compilation

    Dec 31, 201760m

    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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