
Countryfile (1988)
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Ellie Harrison as Self - Host
Episodes 277
January 2, 2011
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January 9, 2011
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January 16, 2011
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January 23, 2011
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January 30, 2011
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February 6, 2011
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February 13, 2011
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February 20, 2011
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February 27, 2011
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March 6, 2011
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March 13, 2011
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March 20, 2011
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March 27, 2011
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April 3, 2011
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April 10, 2011
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April 17, 2011
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4th January 2012
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8th January 2012
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15th January 2012
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22nd January 2012
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29th January 2012
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5th February 2012
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12th February 2012
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19th February 2012
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26th February 2012
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4th March 2012
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11th March 2012
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18th March 2012
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25th March 2012
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1st April 2012
Countryfile is in County Durham. Matt Baker visits the family farm, where his children give him a hand with lambing. Julia Bradbury learns more about an adder project on the moors, and she discovers why the River Wear has been named as one of the 10 most improved rivers for cleanliness in the country.
Read More8th April 2012
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15th April 2012
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22nd April 2012
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29th April 2012
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6th May 2012
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13th May 2012
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20th May 2012
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27th May 2012
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3rd June 2012
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10th June 2012
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17th June 2012
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24th June 2012
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1st July 2012
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8th July 2012
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15th July 2012
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22nd July 2012
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29th July 2012
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5th August 2012
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12th August 2012
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19th August 2012
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26th August 2012
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2nd September 2012
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Furness Peninsula
A unique insight into how the Furness Peninsula has been shaped by nature and man.
Read MoreNottinghamshire
Matt and Ellie discover the ancient woodlands and industrial heritage of Nottinghamshire.
Read MoreUsk Valley
Julia Bradbury and John Craven explore the Usk Valley, known as the gateway to Wales.
Read MoreNorthumberland
The team visit England's most northerly county, Northumberland.
Read MoreEast Sussex
Matt Baker explores the East Sussex coastline and looks at some of its iconic legacies.
Read MoreWest Sussex
Ellie Harrison spends the day with expert woodsman Ben Law in West Sussex.
Read MoreForest of Dean Remembrance
Countryfile visits the Royal Forest of Dean, one of our most ancient woodlands.
Read MoreLeicestershire
John Craven and Julia Bradbury head to rural Leicestershire.
Read MoreSouth Downs
The team visit the heart of rural England, exploring the chalk-lands of the South Downs.
Read MoreSouth Gloucestershire
Countryfile is deep in Gloucestershire exploring some woodland treasures.
Read MoreSnettisham
Matt Baker and Julia Bradbury visit the RSPB bird reserve at Snettisham.
Read MoreChristmas Special
The team help with the preparations for a seasonal celebration deep in rural Warwickshire.
Read More30th December 2012
Ellie looks back at the men and women who have been inspired by the British countryside.
Read MoreHorses and Dogs
A look through the archives to see how horses and dogs are an integral part of rural life.
Read MoreHertfordshire
Matt Baker and Julia Bradbury head to the Hertfordshire countryside.
Read MoreSouth Wales
Matt Baker and John Craven head to South Wales.
Read MoreYorkshire Dales
John Craven explores the historic ruins of Jervaulx Abbey, once home to Cistercian monks.
Read MoreCornwall Coast
Countryfile heads to the north Cornwall coast. Matt Baker explores its glens and ruins.
Read MoreCotswolds
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: he is to collect the ingredients to make a pizza for his family's evening meal. He visits a local flour mill for the dough for the pizza base, a local halloumi cheese maker and a man who makes meatballs from his herd of Hereford cattle. It is an unusual combination, so what his daughter Ella make of it? Adam also delves back into the Countryfile archives to dig out the best of the foodie stories covered on the programme. Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison take each other on in the battle of the Yorkshire puddings, Julia Bradbury is on her home turf in Leicestershire tucking into stilton cheese and pork pies, Jules Hudson is out fishing off the Cornish coast for sardines and Katie Knapman discovers the unusual taste of Yorkshire sushi.
Read MoreNorthumberland
Countryfile heads to the wild, rugged and dramatic landscape of Northumberland.
Read MoreA Royal Appointment
The Countryfile team pay a special visit to Prince Charles on his Gloucestershire farm.
Read MoreGolden Valley
Matt Baker is with the farmers trying to make a living from sheep in the Golden Valley.
Read MoreSpring Compilation
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 are getting longer, and the islanders are busy getting everything ready for the start of the tourist season. She catches up with the boatman launching a newly refurbished ferry, joins the team given the stately rooms a deep spring clean, and talks the chaplain to find out why St Michaels Mount is such a place of pilgrimage. Whilst Ellie is on the island, she looks back at some of the best spring stories to have featured on Countryfile. These include the time Julia took to the skies above Herefordshire in search of our ancient orchards, and when Matt went to Exmoor to look for signs of our biggest mammal. Plus a second look at what happened when Adam went on a spring round-up with a difference.
Read MoreNorthamptonshire
Matt Baker explores the Grand Union Canal and Julia Bradbury discovers hidden heritage.
Read MoreCountry Architecture Compilation
Ellie Harrison visits the historic Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire.
Read MoreCambridgeshire
Ellie Harrison takes a peek behind the scenes at Newmarket, the home of horse racing.
Read MoreHenley-on-Thames
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 find out what makes Henley-on-Thames such a breeding ground for gold medal winning rowers. Meanwhile, Julia is at Burnham Beeches on the hunt for giant wood ants with an unusual defence mechanism which led to the discovery of formic acid. John Craven visits the Household Cavalry as they take part in an equine health survey launched by the charity Blue Cross. Elsewhere, Tom Heap is on the south west coast to find out why our seabirds are in decline; and down on the farm, Adam's Highland bull Eric is causing a bit of a stir.
Read MoreThe Humber
Countryfile travels to Yorkshire and the Humber, with Matt out on the Humber estuary.
Read MoreTeign Valley
The Countryfile team launch their annual photographic competition.
Read MoreNorth Wales Woodfest
Ellie Harrison and Matt Baker head to North Wales, and Matt heads to the Woodfest.
Read MoreTransport Compilation
John Craven visits the Lake District and looks back at transport-related stories.
Read MoreCambrian Mountains
The Countryfile team explore the Cambrian mountains, one of Wales' best-kept secrets.
Read MoreOut and About
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 up cream teas at Watersmeet and puts on his pads and whites to go in to bat for Lynmouth and Lynton Cricket Club.
During his day out, John looks back at some of the best days out that Countryfile has featured. There was the time Julia took to the hills as an Edwardian lady to hike in an old fashioned way, when Matt went looking for deer in the Scottish Highlands and found himself witnessing one of the rarest spectacles in nature, and the time Ellie braved the waves surfing for some winter sun.
Read MoreGower
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 little yellow fishes are helping people flush their waste water down the right pipes. Matt joins the divers pulling tonnes of waste a year out of the waters off the peninsular, before hitting dry land to hook up with the volunteers keeping its beaches pristine.
Adam explores the threat to livestock from nuisance dogs, and John Craven reveals the final twelve photographs to make it into next year's Countryfile calendar.
Read MoreStaithes
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 Staithes back on the art map, and even offers up his own contribution to the village's annual Arts and Heritage Festival.
Up on the moors, Ellie discovers an ancient bee bole - the only one of its kind in the UK. Boles were places where bees would have been kept centuries ago. She also meets the family of bee keepers doing all they can to keep our native black bees alive. Back down in the village, Ellie has a close encounter with a feisty lobster and learns all about traditional Staithes bonnets.
Tom Heap investigates solar power and asks why we are installing so many in farmers' fields when we have so many spare rooftops. Adam is busy harvesting his wheat, which he shows us is much more versatile than we think. And wildlife cameraman Richard Taylor Jones goes looking for kingfishers to film near his Kent home.
Read MoreDorset
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 stoked and wheels oiled.
In an echo of Dorset's agricultural past Ellie spends time with a Romany gypsy family. They were once the main seasonal workforce, but now there are few left living the old life. She then meets the lady bringing a bit of tropical heat to Dorset's rural byways, before throwing down the gauntlet to Matt back at the Steam Fair.
Julia looks at the efforts being made to help small furry animals cross one busy Kent road. Jules Hudson is in Wales' Elan Valley to find out the part played by its reservoirs in the Dambusters raids. And Adam looks at the threat to livestock from nuisance dogs.
Read MoreDevon
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. Joey has come to Iddelsleigh - the small village that inspired the story - and Ellie is there to greet him. Ellie then heads to North Devon to find out how beavers are being used to help manage the last of the region's rare culm grassland.
Just a few miles away, Matt is deep in the woods at the start of a massive multi-million pound programme to regenerate some of the country's last tracts of pristine ancient woodland. Wildlife cameraman Richard Taylor Jones shows us the stars moving across the heavens with some amazing 'starlapse' photography.
Tom Heap asks whether the number of domestic cats in the UK is posing a threat to our wildlife. And down on Adam's farm it may be harvest time, but there are still animals to be looked after. So Adam has a seasonal stock take.
Read MoreShropshire
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 and drink festival. This place is up there with the best when it comes to all things local. Matt samples a few delights on offer at the festival, and he meets the farmer putting the county's native breed of sheep back on the culinary map. Meanwhile, Ellie finds out how rare breed pigs are giving our continental cousins a run for their money, and doing their bit for conservation too.
Elsewhere, Tom Heap looks at the threat that non-native invasive species are posing to British plants and wildlife - and even to our own houses. But, as he discovers, some home-grown species also seem to be upsetting the delicate balance of flora and fauna in the countryside. And Adam is in Wales catching up with two sheep dog handlers representing Wales in this year's One Man and His Dog competition.
Read MoreAbergavenny
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 become rich habitat for a surprising number of creatures. The spoil heaps have also been made into a world-class BMX bike trail - Matt takes on some local young people in a time trial. He also sees how one old pit is now producing cheese rather than coal.
Julia Bradbury is combining her love of food and art; she is at the Abergavenny Food Festival, where a group of artistically minded local people get together to make huge sculptures based on the food on show.
Julia also explores the Monmouthshire and Brecon canal, and joins the team of volunteers restoring the waterway and bringing it back to life.
Helen Skelton is in Scotland, meeting two of the contestants in this year's One Man and His Dog. John Craven heads to Essex to surprise the winner of this year's photographic competition - and to launch the Countryfile Calendar for 2014. Tom Heap is in Lincolnshire, investigating the criminal gangs behind widespread illegal hare coursing in the countryside.
Read MoreCompilation - Wild Harvest
In this special edition of Countryfile, John Craven is in Somerset where something strange is going on: a mast. Once every ten years or so, trees, shrubs and hedgerows all produce a super abundance of fruit. John finds out it is nature's way of compensating for bad seasons. He then heads for the hedgerows, where amongst the blackberries he finds the odd wild apple tree - the result of casually discarded apple cores. He starts picking and soon has enough to take along to a community apple pressing event, where he catches up with the original cider-drinking superstars, The Wurzels.
During his Wild Harvest, John looks back at some of the best of all things autumnal to have featured on Countryfile. Like the time Matt hooked up with Antony Worrall Thompson to celebrate British sweet chestnuts. Or when Julia got a lesson in the science of autumn from BBC weatherman John Hammond. And the time Ellie went to Wales to discover the dark arts of mushroom growing.
Read MoreYorkshire Dales
John Craven visits the remote and strange landscape of Crummack Dale in the Yorkshire Dales. Here he learns about the Norber Erratics - giant boulders scattered after the last ice age, which have inspired painters, poets and dancers. And in a Countryfile exclusive he witnesses the first ever release of captive bred native crayfish anywhere in the UK.
Ellie Harrison is in Kent, discovering the old industrial sites that are amongst the best nature reserves in the country. Tom Heap investigates whether our love of foraging is threatening the countryside. And Helen Skelton and Adam Henson meet more contestants taking part in this year's One Man and His Dog competition.
Read MoreOne Man and His Dog
For the first time, Countryfile is home to the BBC's One Man and His Dog competition, showcasing the time-honoured skills and traditions of sheep dog trialling. The very best sheep dogs and their handlers from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales compete to become the 2013 champions.
Matt Baker takes to the commentary box to take us through all the trialling action. Julia Bradbury finds out if the collie really is the brains in the operation, or if the simple sheep has been pulling the wool over our eyes. And Adam is in Bala in North Wales - the birthplace of sheep dog trialling - helping farmers bring down more than 900 Welsh mountain sheep from the hills.
Read MoreHertfordshire
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 experts to learn how to look after his new orchard, and discovers what varieties of apples it might hold.
Julia Bradbury is exploring the Hertfordshire countryside, which inspired the world-famous sculptor Henry Moore. His love of the landscape was evident in his work - especially his love of sheep, as Julia soon finds out. Ellie Harrison is also in Hertfordshire. looking at the wildlife hidden in its reservoirs.
The dumping of rubbish on farmland is costing millions of pounds a year in clean-up costs - and damaging the environment. Tom Heap investigates the scale of the problem and finds out what is being done to stamp it out. Adam Henson is away from his farm and in Cornwall, helping to reintroduce sheep to the mystical ruins of Tintagel Castle - not an easy task, as he soon finds out.
Read MoreCannock Chase
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 horseback, volunteers are key to managing the landscape. She'll also be at the ancestral home of the Earl of Lichfield, Shugborough Hall, seeing how the local council manage a stately home.
Matt Baker is celebrating the centenary of Staffordshire's county council farms. He joins in at milking time for first time farmers Giles and Emily and has a surprise for one farmer who first appeared on Countryfile as a teenager in 1995.
As Countryfile marks Remembrance Sunday, Jules Hudson looks at the role Cannock Chase played as a training ground for troops.
From the spread of Spanish slugs to disease resistant ash trees, Tom Heap is finding out why more and more organisations are using the public to gather and analyse huge amounts of information about the countryside. But can people power ever be as effective as the work of trained professionals?
Adam Henson is in Ireland. This year the country has suffered its worst ever fodder crisis. Adam meets the man who thinks he's got the solution, he can grow fresh green fodder every day of the year - whatever the weather!
Read MoreSuffolk
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 countryside, so Julia spends some time looking at one of his less well known operas, Curlew River.
Matt Baker is with some of the county's best loved but rarest farm animals, the magnificent Suffolk Punch heavy horse. Ellie Harrison is also in Suffolk, meeting some alpacas on a farm where they are ultrasounding the pregnant mothers to be. Julia Bradbury is also looking for wildlife in an unlikely place, Sizewell B Nuclear Power Station.
Tom Heap is in Scotland, finding out why hill farmers think they are going to get a raw deal in the future. Then he heads to Wales, where upland farmers are challenging the controversial view that they should no longer receive subsidies.
Adam Henson is away from his Cotswold farm this week and is in Wales, where a young woman has won a competition to run a sheep farm in Snowdonia for a year - as Adam arrives, she is just taking in her first load of ewes.
Read MoreCompilation - Our Living Laboratory
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 heads to Wytham Woods, Oxford University's 'laboratory with leaves'. It is 70 years since Charles Elton first made scientific observations in these woods; John walks in his footsteps to find out how Elton's work still plays a part in shaping our ideas of the world, and meets the scientists carrying his work forward.
John also looks back at the best of Countryfile's forays into the world of science, including Matt Baker's look at the pioneer of natural history; Gilbert White and Julia Bradbury's trip to the coast to uncover the story of the palaeontologist and fossil collector, Mary Anning; the time when Adam learned how Hollywood wizardry is helping scientists breed the perfect pig; and when Tom Heap found out how robotics could transform farming in the future.
Read MorePeak District
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 has just been discovered, thanks to a family riddle.
In 2014, part of the Tour de France cycle race route will take in the highs of the Peak District. Ellie Harrison tests out part of this challenging route with a seasoned cyclist. Along the way she finds out the history of a very special site where tanks were tested ahead of going to the front in World War II.
Helen Skelton is also in the Peaks, in the village of Tideswell which is trying to persuade local people to buy their food from the village shops. She takes part in a local initiative which teaches people where their food comes from in the countryside, and also learns to shoot at targets and then cook up a delicious game pie.
Over the last few decades more and more of the fish we eat has come from farms. Tom Heap is in Scotland to see fish farming for himself, discover the benefits and find out about the controversy that this relatively new form of farming has caused.
Adam Henson is on Exmoor, helping out with the annual round-up of wild native ponies.
Read MorePeak District
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.
Read MoreCheshire
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 70 mills along the rivers. Helen Skelton is also in the county, meeting renowned fantasy author Alan Garner OBE. Cheshire born and bred, Alan's work has been inspired by the landscapes of the county.
Jules Hudson is at Beeston Castle. On a clear day the stunning ruin looks out across nine counties. Jules looks into the history of the fortress and hunts out some of the wildlife species who live there. John Craven is also be at Jodrell Bank Observatory, seeing how telescopes in farmers' fields are leading the way in the technology we take for granted.
Four years ago, the government announced plans for a national path around the whole of the English coastline. Tom Heap investigates why less than 1% of this project has been completed, and travels to Wales to discover why their own coastal path has been such a success.
Adam Henson is on the Mendip Hills in Somerset on a family dairy farm with a difference. They produce 14,000 tonnes of cheese a year, and it is all run on 100% green energy.
Read MorePadstow
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 during the Second World War as they prepared for the D-Day landings. Matt gets access to the 'American Wing' which has remained untouched since 1943. Prideaux Place is thought to have the oldest fallow deer park herd in the country. Matt helps catch one special buck that's got himself in a spot of bother.
Meanwhile, Helen Skelton is finding out why artists, writers and poets flock to Cornwall for inspiration. She also gets on her bike to test out a new woodland trail where cycling and conservation are working hand in hand. And Adam's in Dorset meeting a young shepherd and his Christmas lambs that are taking centre stage in a nativity.
Tom Heap learns about plans to expand British farming to make the most of the increasing global market for dairy products. He travels to Wales to meet a farmer who is increasing his herd of dairy cattle and believes this is an opportunity not to be missed. But, Tom also hears from those who can't afford to expand - as well as people concerned about the consequences of producing more milk.
Read MoreChristmas Special
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, meteorite lights and bubbles full of smoke.
Julia Bradbury acts as lighting apprentice for the day, learning from the experts how to create a magical festive display. Matt Baker learns about the history of the ancient woodland, and how the Forestry Commission keep the trees happy and healthy.
John Craven is with the volunteers who run the hedgehog hospitals. They are overflowing at this time of year with juvenile hedgehogs who need fattening up before they go into hibernation. Tom Heap finds out how farmers capitalise on Christmas. Some sell Christmas trees and mistletoe, while others have reindeers for Christmas events.
Adam Henson is on his farm settling his animals in for the Christmas period, with his father and his son lending a hand. He also visits his local agricultural college in Cirencester, seeing how the students there prepare for their break and tracking down the choir for a few carols.
Ellie Harrison is with Michelin award-winning chef Tom Kerridge as they cook up something tasty with partridge and pears in the woodland.
The whole team come together at the end of the programme for the big light switch on and some festive cheer.
Read MoreChristmas Special
The Countryfile team celebrate the festive season with a woodland Christmas at Westonbirt Arboretum in Gloucestershire as they switch on the holiday illuminations.
Read MoreCompilation - Wildlife Winners and Losers
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 reintroduce big cats like the lynx, and finds out more about the beavers and wild boar already at large in the British countryside.
Ellie spends the day at a wildlife sanctuary in Kent, where she helps get the water voles ready for their winter health check. She ventures into the lair of a wild wolf pack, and she gets up close to a wildcat kitten that has already had a fight for life.
During her time at the sanctuary, Ellie looks back at some of the wildlife winners and losers that have featured on the programme in the past. These include Julia Bradbury's visit to the Yorkshire Dales to take perfect pictures of red squirrels in the snow, and Matt Baker's journey underground to see how old man-made caves are providing the perfect habitat for horseshoe bats.
There is also another look at John Craven's visit to the Lakes to see for himself the final chapter in the 20-year reintroduction of red kites.
Read MoreCompilation - Wildlife Winners and Losers
Ellie Harrison explores the plight of some of Britain's most endangered animals and looks back at some classic Countryfile moments.
Read MoreCompilation - The Countryfile Calendar Year
John Craven looks at the year ahead, visits the Killerton Estate and introduces some choice Countryfile films from the last few years.
Read MoreWinter Special
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.
Read MoreGwaun Valley
Ellie Harrison and John Craven visit Pembrokeshire's Gwaun Valley and Preseli Hills. Ellie discovers Iron Age treasures, and John samples the local homebrew.
Read MoreWorcestershire
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.
Read MoreThe Lake District
The Countryfile team is in the Lake District, looking in detail at some of the locations featured in the opening titles of the programme.
Read MorePerthshire
Ellie Harrison meets scientists bringing endangered conifer species back to Scotland and also discovers what impact beavers are having on the countryside.
Read MoreCompilation - Beaches
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.
Read MoreGloucestershire
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.
Read MoreIsles of Scilly
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.
Read MoreYorkshire Dales
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.
Read MoreHills and Mountains Compilation
Ellie Harrison explores some of Britain's most spectacular hills and mountains, revealing that an iconic mountain is up for sale.
Read MoreLee Valley
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.
Read More18/05/2014
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.
Read MoreShropshire
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.
Read MoreBuckinghamshire
In Buckinghamshire, Matt Baker visits Waddesdon Manor and learns about the Rothschild family, while Ellie Harrison discovers creatures great and small.
Read MoreTransformations Compilation
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.
Read MorePort Talbot
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.
Read MoreLincolnshire
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.
Read MorePeak District
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.
Read MoreJohn Craven's 25th Anniversary
Countryfile takes a trip down memory lane with the legend John Craven as he celebrates 25 years on the show.
Read MoreSummer Special
The Countryfile team head to the Cotswold County Show in Cirencester for a celebration of the best of rural Britain, bringing along special guests.
Read MoreNorthern Ireland
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.
Read MoreHerefordshire
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.
Read MoreKids Countryside
In this bank holiday edition of the programme Helen Skelton looks at how the British countryside has shaped childhoods down the ages.
Read MoreStaffordshire
Jules Hudson and Ellie Harrison are in Staffordshire exploring its wide open moorlands and the imposing millstone grit ridges of the Roaches.
Read MoreStourbridge
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.
Read MoreOne Man and His Dog
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.
Read MoreMusic Compilation
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.
Read MoreAutumn Special
In this seasonal special the team look at how autumn marks a time of transformation for the wildlife, landscape and communities of the countryside.
Read MoreNorthumberland
Matt and Ellie are in Northumberland, where they visit Hadrian's Wall and experience some of the best dark skies in England.
Read MoreIsle of Wight
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.
Read MoreWorld War One Special
In an extended programme for Remembrance Sunday, Countryfile explores the First World War's lasting legacy on the landscape of the western front.
Read MoreCrafts of the Countryside
Ellie Harrison looks back through the Countryfile archive to revisit the crafts of the countryside. She also visits Acton Scott, a historic working farm.
Read MoreLancashire
Countryfile is in Lancashire. John Craven explores one of the county's hidden jewels and Ellie Harrison investigates the sculptural art of the area.
Read MoreEast Sussex
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.
Read MoreClwydian Range
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.
Read MoreChristmas Special
The Countryfile team go out and about at Christmas before meeting up at the Christmas market in Bath.
Read MoreCelebrations Compilation
John Craven is on the South Downs gathering goodies to throw his own festive party, toasting the taste of the South Downs.
Read MoreRare Breeds Compilation
Adam Henson presents a special edition of Countryfile looking at rare breed farm animals, starting with his own old spot pigs.
Read MoreBurns Highlands
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.
Read MoreWest Yorkshire
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.
Read MoreLeicestershire
Ellie Harrison reports from Leicestershire on the drastic decline in farmland birds and joins farmers learning how to spot rare birds.
Read MoreGloucestershire
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.
Read MorePembrokeshire
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.
Read MoreNorthern Ireland
The team explore the watery east of Northern Ireland. Matt Baker discovers the Irish hares who have made a rather unusual location home.
Read MoreAll Creatures Great and Small
Countryfile is on the Isle of Man. Adam Henson explores the local rock pools and goes on safari to find a wallaby.
Read MoreNorth Cumbria
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.
Read MoreSpring Special
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.
Read MoreFarming Heroes
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.
Read MoreWhere Town Meets Country
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.
Read MoreWarwickshire
Countryfile visits Warwickshire, where Matt Baker explores Charlecote Park and Anita Rani discovers what it is really like to be a pig farmer.
Read MoreChannel Islands
Countryfile visits the Channel Islands, where Matt Baker explores the legacy of naturalist Gerald Durrell and Ellie Harrison helps with a habitat restoration.
Read MoreNottinghamshire
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.
Read MoreEast Yorkshire
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.
Read MoreWorking Landscapes Compilation
John Craven explores the working landscape of Dartmoor and discovers a fascinating photographic record of the farming community going back decades.
Read MoreDerbyshire
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.
Read MoreNorthumberland
In Northumberland, Matt Baker meets the artist who has learnt to dive so he can capture on canvas what lies beneath the North Sea.
Read MoreSummer Special
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.
Read MoreSheep Theme
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.
Read MoreCompilation Seaside Theme
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.
Read MoreCLA Game Fair
Joe Crowley and Anita Rani explore the Country Land and Business Association's annual game fair, one of the highlights of the rural calendar.
Read MoreCompilation - The Great Outdoors
Adam Henson is in the Lake District, discovering the joys of the great outdoors and looking back through the Countryfile archive.
Read MoreOne Man and His Dog
Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison present Countryfile One Man and His Dog 2015, featuring the best shepherding talent from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Read MoreLancashire
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.
Read MoreAutumn Special
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.
Read MoreNorth Wales
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.
Read MoreCountryfile's Ramble for Children In Need
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.
Read MoreCambridgeshire
The team explore Cambridgeshire. Matt Baker finds out how Cambridge University students past and present are having an impact on the countryside.
Read MoreCompilation Field to Fork
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.
Read MoreShropshire
Countryfile is in Shropshire, where John Craven visits a seed bank and Ellie Harrison is on the hunt for the elusive Shropshire pine marten.
Read MoreCornish Coastal Christmas
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.
Read MoreCompilation: The Farming Year
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.
Read MoreCompilation: Winter Wildlife
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.
Read MoreHertfordshire
Countryfile is in Hertfordshire, where Matt Baker meets a farming family who are turning oilseed rape into liquid gold - oil.
Read MoreGloucestershire
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.
Read MoreNorth Devon
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.
Read MoreWinter Special
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.
Read MoreTyne and Wear
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.
Read MoreNorfolk Broads
Matt Baker joins student gamekeepers at work, while Ellie Harrison reveals how cranes have returned to Norfolk after an absence of 400 years.
Read MoreStaffordshire
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.
Read MoreNorthern Ireland
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.
Read MoreYoung Farmers Compilation
Countryfile is in Aberystwyth, where Adam Henson visits the town's university to meet the youngsters working towards a career in farming.
Read MoreSussex
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.
Read MoreThree Counties
The team explore the three counties of Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire and meet some of the local crafts people keeping rural skills alive.
Read MoreCattle Theme
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.
Read MoreNorthumberland
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.
Read MoreDumfries and Galloway
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.
Read MoreShakespeare Special
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.
Read MoreConservation Compilation
Ellie Harrison visits the South Haven Peninsula in Dorset to tell the story of conservation's unsung hero Captain Cyril Diver.
Read MoreSouth Devon
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.
Read MoreSpring Special
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.
Read MoreVeggie Theme
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.
Read MoreEast Midlands
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.
Read MoreCompilation Weather
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.
Read MorePembrokeshire
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.
Read MoreSummer Special
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.
Read MoreIsland Life Compilation
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.
Read MoreCountryfile Live
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.
Read MoreInspirational Countryside Compilation
Countryfile marks the 100th anniversary of Roald Dahl's birth by discovering his passion for the outdoors and how it inspired his writing.
Read MoreOne Man and His Dog
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.
Read MoreRivers & Waterways
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.
Read MoreIsle of Wight
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.
Read MoreAutumn Special
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.
Read MoreHerefordshire
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.
Read MoreRamble for Children in Need
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.
Read MoreA Remembrance Sunday Special
Helen Skelton is on a special cycle ride across northern France to commemorate 100 years since the Battle of the Somme.
Read MoreWest Yorkshire
In West Yorkshire, Matt Baker meets the youngsters who have become RSPB rangers. Anita Rani meets an author who immerses himself in the landscape.
Read MoreBrecon Beacons
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.
Read MoreLincolnshire
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.
Read MoreAberdeenshire
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.
Read MoreChristmas Special
Countryfile celebrates Christmas at Bamburgh Castle on the Northumbrian coast. John Craven learns what the first Christmases on Lindisfarne would have been like.
Read MoreJames Herriot Compilation
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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